Psycho

by Bernard Herrmann

Psycho cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1975
  • Label: Unicorn
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 4.21/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Herrmann scored Hitchcock's film for strings alone, and this composer-conducted recording with the National Philharmonic Orchestra was the first complete release of that score. The American Film Institute later ranked the music the fourth greatest film score of all time, its shrieking string glissandi having become the defining sound of screen terror.

Genres

Descriptors: orchestral, dissonant, minimal, tense, sinister

Tracklist

  1. Prelude And Dawn
  2. The City
  3. Marion
  4. Marion And Sam
  5. Temptation
  6. Flight
  7. The Patrol Car
  8. The Car Lot
  9. The Package
  10. The Rainstorm
  11. Hotel Room
  12. The Window
  13. The Parlour
  14. The Madhouse
  15. The Peephole
  16. The Bathroom
  17. The Murder
  18. The Body
  19. The Office
  20. The Curtain
  21. The Water
  22. The Car
  23. The Swamp
  24. The Search (A)
  25. The Shadow
  26. Phone Booth
  27. The Porch
  28. The Stairs
  29. The Knife
  30. The Search (B)
  31. First Floor
  32. Cabin 10
  33. Cabin 1
  34. The Hill
  35. The Bedroom
  36. The Toys
  37. The Cellar
  38. Discovery
  39. Finale

Credits

  • Bernard Herrmann - primary artist, conductor
  • Christopher Palmer - producer, liner notes
  • Philip Warr - artwork
  • Bob Auger - engineer [recording]

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