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Did Herrmann Recycle Vertigo Score?

posted 13 years ago by claudenorth
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Just finished watching this and it sounded to me as if Bernard Herrmann recycled part of his score for Vertigo for this film. Has anyone else noticed this?

[–] ozymandias312 13 years ago

I disagree. These are two excellent musical scores, and both are plainly recognizable as Bernard Herrmann scores, in terms of general style. But otherwise I'd say they are quite distinct.

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[–] turtletommy 12 years ago

The trivia section for this movie said Herrmann used bits from many of his earlier scores, including Vertigo, North by Northwest, etc in this score.

[–] MystMoonstruck 12 years ago

I'll second that statement about the scores being distinctly different. I know that I would recognize his scores immediately, even tossing in "Journey to the Center of the Earth" and "Psycho". He has his own sound, and each meshes so beautifully with the film that I can listen to a soundtrack, close my eyes, and recall that film.

There are many composers who create orchestral/symphonic scores, but Bernard Herrmann stands alone with his personal sound.

"Vertigo" definitely is not "Jason and the Argonauts" or vice versa!

*** The trouble with reality is there is no background music. ***

[–] EdgarST 9 years ago

If Herrmann did -and it was frequent in his work- I hope this note on Nino Rota can help:
«According to critic Dinko Fabris, Nino Rota frequently made citations of himself. Rota's nomination for the Best Score Academy Award in 1972 for "The Godfather" was even withdrawn, when it was revealed that he had used portions of his 1958 score, "Fortunella". Ironically, Fabris notes, "in the end self-citation is the stylistic figure that always and unmistakably identifies a composer".»

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