Thursday, June 30, 2011

Music of the Fears



For Welles he scored Citizen Kane
Worked for Hitchcock again and again
His memorable themes
Have the power of dreams
With their pulsing and sonorous strains.

David Cairns



Yesterday was the centenary anniversary of the birth of maestro Bernard Herrmann. Image source: mptvimages.com

1 comment:

surly hack said...

David, you are so right about the hypnotic effect of Herrmann's scores for Hitchcock.