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Danny Elfman
Danny Elfman
American composer and musician
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Joel McNeely
Joel McNeely
American composer
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Jerome Moross
Jerome Moross
American composer; film score composer
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Elmer Bernstein
Elmer Bernstein
American composer and conductor (1922-2004)
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Charles Gerhardt
Charles Gerhardt
American conductor
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Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
orchestra
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James Bernard
James Bernard
British film composer
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John Williams
John Williams
American composer, conductor, pianist and trombonist (born 1932)
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Laurie Johnson
Laurie Johnson
British film and tv composer and bandleader
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Franz Waxman
Franz Waxman
German film composer (1906-1967)
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Rumon Gamba
Rumon Gamba
conductor
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Howard Blake
Howard Blake
composer
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Ron Goodwin
Ron Goodwin
English composer and conductor
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Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock
British film director and producer (1899-1980)
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Sidney Sax
Sidney Sax
British violinist
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Miklós Rózsa
Miklós Rózsa
Hungarian-American composer
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John Addison
John Addison
British composer (1920-1998)
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Leopold Stokowski
Leopold Stokowski
British conductor
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Howard Shore
Howard Shore
Canadian composer and conductor noted for his film scores (born 1946)
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Charles Ives
Charles Ives
American composer
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National Philharmonic Orchestra
National Philharmonic Orchestra
British orchestra
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Arturo Toscanini
Arturo Toscanini
Italian conductor (1867-1957)
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Morton Gould
Morton Gould
American composer, conductor, arranger, and pianist
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Nitin Sawhney
Nitin Sawhney
British Indian musician, producer and composer
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Russell Shaw
Russell Shaw
British composer and sound designer
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Philip Glass
Philip Glass
American composer and pianist
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Alexandre Desplat
Alexandre Desplat
French film composer, of Greek descent
Bernard Herrmann
American composer (1911-1975)

Bernard Herrmann

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American composer (1911-1975)
Genres
Awards Received
Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score
Academy Awards
Grammy Award
Nominated For
Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

Bernard Herrmann (born Maximillian Herman; June 29, 1911 – December 24, 1975) was an American composer and conductor best known for his work in composing for films. As a conductor, he championed the music of lesser-known composers. He is widely regarded in many circles as one of the most influential and innovative composers of all time.

An Academy Award-winner (for The Devil and Daniel Webster, 1941; later renamed All That Money Can Buy), Herrmann mainly is known for his collaborations with director Alfred Hitchcock, most famously Psycho, North by Northwest, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Vertigo. He also composed scores for many other films, including Citizen Kane, Anna and the King of Siam, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Cape Fear, Fahrenheit 451, and Taxi Driver. He worked extensively in radio drama (composing for Orson Welles), composed the scores for several fantasy films by Ray Harryhausen, and many TV programs, including Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone and Have Gun – Will Travel.