There isn’t much that makes Taxi Driver, The Twilight Zone, and Alfred Hitchcock feel like they have a ton in common, but one thing that unifies these three things is film and TV composer Bernard Herrmann.
You can make the argument that many film composers are the best in the entire field, but few had control over atmosphere in the way that Herrmann did.
His particular musical touch doesn’t just fill out the soundscape of whatever you’re watching, it sneakily becomes the entirety of what you feel.
Whether his arrangements are grand, fully orchestrated compositions, or sparse, minimalist pieces, Bernard Herrmann’s themes are in a league of their own.
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