And then at 5:35 - the tenderest beauty. The very famous Scene d’Amour (a title much better than Love Scene) from 1956 was taken again to use in 2011 for The Artist. No nomination for Hitchcock or Herrmann but somehow The Artist won the Oscar for Picture, Director, and Score?
I always got the film confused with Spellbound and the last time I watched it I was anticipating: oh it is not that terrible fillm. And of course it was, it is a truly awful tragic story but now I realise that I was drawn to it by the music and the performance which is beautiful but OMG the tale is so horrible! Regards Lori F
I grew up listening to Rock and Jazz, this made me appreciate classical music. This score turned me onto Bartok, Ravel, Stravinsky. Wonderful performance by one of the worlds best orchestras.
One of the all-time great film scores, played by one of the world's great orchestras. And whoever engineered this is a genius, because the acoustics sound dry and close-miked, like a film recording session, and not with the more expansive, but inappropriate, sound of a concert hall. A magnificent performance, whose only flaw is that it's only twelve-and-a-half minutes long and not the whole score. Though I've never heard it played better, if one wants the complete score, then the James Conlon recording is still the one to get.
I do agree but another strong performance to consider (although a little shorter than James Conlon's Paris Opera Orchestra 1999 recording) is the magnificent one conducted by Joel McNeely with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra for Varèse Sarabande in 1996.
I think it was Bernard Herrmann’s intension to close-mike certain instruments to achieve a very dry and other-worldly sound. For me, this movie was the pinnacle of Hichcock’s colossal career, and Bernard Hermann’s music is inseparable in it’s incredibly high achievement.
As a huge Hitchcock fan, I necessarily am a fan of Bernard Herrmanm. From "The Trouble with Harry" to "Psycho", his film scores for Hitchcock were masterpieces. Vertigo may be his best. The main title opening music is saturated with mystery and tension. But the love scene music is for me the most powerful. If you watch this great movie, this is the scene where James Stewert's character finds the woman (Kim Novak) who he fell in love with but thought was dead (long story). He realizes that it is her despite her "disguise", and then confronts her in her hotel room. What happens next has been studied by cinematographers for decades now as one of the true examples of pure genius film directing. The two characters do not move from their spots, but the camera moves slowly 360 degrees around them. As it does, the backround scenery changes from a hotel room to a previous important scene where they had been. I have always wondered if Herrmann watched and timed this scene before scoring the music. He had to, or else Steward and Novak did the scene with the score being somehow played. The timing between what happens on the screen and the music is so perfect. I have two excellent studio recordings of the soundtrack music to this movie. But this live performance by the RCO is better than either. So good!
Hitchcock and Hermann were made for each other. His scores gave Hithcock's films that final touch of emotional completion that gave them their universal recognition of greatness
Just saw Vertigo again today. Amazing soundtrack! Bernard Herrmann could not record the score in the States as there was a musicians' strike. They tried to record it in England, However only part of the score was done when the british musicians' union decided to support their colleagues in America . So the rest was recorded in Vienna
Of all the film scores Hermann coposed this is considered his masterpiece and for obvious reasons. It was even reprised many years later in the Oscar winning movie The Artist.
I hate that the director of the artist re used this song. Yes as long as they get the rights to use it it’s okay but. This was made for vertigo it didn’t exist before this movie came out. Of course people will like it because it reminds them on Hitchcock. But it’s not original. Even Kim Novak herself didn’t like the re use or an original music piece.
@@chrisrivera236 You're sailing against the wind. Composers copy each other's music forever. Forget Hermann, classical music by the great composers symphonic music have been used in movies too often to count
THANK YOU so much for sharing this amazing masterpiece. I love it, I don't think I'll ever get tired of it. Bernard Hermann was a musical genius. And then, you put such strength, such conviction into it... Bravo.
The Concertgebouw has always been one of my favorite orchestras since the Philips recordings of Mahler's symphonies conducted by the great Bernard Haitink in the seventies. What a pleasure to discover this absolutely superb ensemble performing, in 2022, the music of (in my humble opinion... ) one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century: Bernard Herrmann. Stéphane Denève delivers a powerful, delicately sensitive and extremely passionate reading of one of the summits in film music history. Chapeau, Maestro!
I saw this preformed live by the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center a few months ago with the film playing on a screen behind. it was absolutely incredible.
I deep coming back to this performance. It truly captures the genius of Bernard Herrmann's music. Every time I hear the love theme, I cannot help but think how stunningly beautiful Kim Novak was in this Hitchcock classic.
Hitchcock's films would have had half the impact without Herman's scores. When I was a child, I saw the old Journey to the Center of the Earth, and the scene where the cast is on the rim of the Icelanic valcano awaiting the sun's ray to mark the entrance to their descent is scored by Herman, and when the sun's ray struck the crater rim and the blast of music hit, it made my skin tingle. I wish orchestras would include that short piece in concerts today. Isn't it strange how the Vertigo score creates an immediate atmosphere all its own - almost indescrible and unique. Perfection.
Si bien es cierto la partitura musical en las películas de Hitchcock son importantes y en especial en Vértigo lo es y de sobremanera no es la única ni tampoco la más importante . La partitura de Bernan Hermann para Vertigo es brillante y seguro la película no sería lo q fue sin ella pero creo q más importante aún es la magia de Hitchcock para crear esa atmósfera dónde conjugue historia, elementos de suspenso y partitura , y haga q todo eso funcione como un todo , en suma la puesta en escena , esa magia q solo Hitchcock podía brindar .
It's called "Mountain Top and Sunrise" and it is one of my favorite works! Journey to the Center of the Earth is difficult to perform live as it used 5 Organs among other extravagances. But by all means it SHOULD be performed.
Love you Concertgebouw! Excellent interpretation. Also my favorite Bartok 2nd Violin Concerto with Haitink and Szeryng, and Nielsen and Sibelius Syms #5 live with Kondrashin. Thank you, and also for the Bartok Concerto for Orchestra with Dorati and Debussy with van Beinum.
What can I say about Bernard Herrmann that hasn't been said before? How can he (or anyone, for that matter) "think up" things like this? That's a rhetorical question, of course. It's just something someone is born with, I guess. Otherwise, we'd all be a Herrmann, Bach or Mozart. His music is so powerful that it becomes a character in the movie, such as this one, Hitchcock's "Vertigo" and other Hitchcock masterpieces like "North by Northwest." His brilliance shows in everything he did, like his numerous uncredited cues when working at CBS such as "The Twilight Zone," "Perry Mason," "Have Gun Will Travel" and many others. Anyway, thanks for posting this.
Alfred Hitchcock owes a great debt to Bernard Herrmann. Alfred Hitchcock's movies would not achieved "classic" status without Bernard Herrmann's magnificent scores.
Richard Wagner would be chewing the carpet at Wahn-not-so-Fried at the thought of a NY Jew, Maximillian Herman (Bernard Hermann) stealing from Tristan & Isolde for Vertigo!
The conductor's hair is like a woman's. I suppose he thinks he is far too important to make himself look presentable. He probably considers himself as equal to Beethoven who wore the fashion of his day two hundred years ago.
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Three protagonists in this film; James Stewart, Kim Novak and this terrifying soundtrack.
James Stewart, Kim Novak and Bernard Herrmann*
@@jorgejaramillomx Si
God! That Vertigo opening is SCARY !!!!!
And then at 5:35 - the tenderest beauty. The very famous Scene d’Amour (a title much better than Love Scene) from 1956 was taken again to use in 2011 for The Artist. No nomination for Hitchcock or Herrmann but somehow The Artist won the Oscar for Picture, Director, and Score?
Not as scary as Maestro Deneve's hair.....
I always got the film confused with Spellbound and the last time I watched it I was anticipating: oh it is not that terrible fillm. And of course it was, it is a truly awful tragic story but now I realise that I was drawn to it by the music and the performance which is beautiful but OMG the tale is so horrible!
Regards Lori F
This is a total masterpiece.
yes it is !
I grew up listening to Rock and Jazz, this made me appreciate classical music. This score turned me onto Bartok, Ravel, Stravinsky. Wonderful performance by one of the worlds best orchestras.
You forgot to mention Richard Wagner.
Yes as we can indentify "Isolde's death" in somme measures of Herrmann's score@@lakkfatt2321
One of the all-time great film scores, played by one of the world's great orchestras. And whoever engineered this is a genius, because the acoustics sound dry and close-miked, like a film recording session, and not with the more expansive, but inappropriate, sound of a concert hall.
A magnificent performance, whose only flaw is that it's only twelve-and-a-half minutes long and not the whole score. Though I've never heard it played better, if one wants the complete score, then the James Conlon recording is still the one to get.
I do agree but another strong performance to consider (although a little shorter than James Conlon's Paris Opera Orchestra 1999 recording) is the magnificent one conducted by Joel McNeely with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra for Varèse Sarabande in 1996.
I think it was Bernard Herrmann’s intension to close-mike certain instruments to achieve a very dry and other-worldly sound. For me, this movie was the pinnacle of Hichcock’s colossal career, and Bernard Hermann’s music is inseparable in it’s incredibly high achievement.
As a huge Hitchcock fan, I necessarily am a fan of Bernard Herrmanm. From "The Trouble with Harry" to "Psycho", his film scores for Hitchcock were masterpieces. Vertigo may be his best. The main title opening music is saturated with mystery and tension. But the love scene music is for me the most powerful. If you watch this great movie, this is the scene where James Stewert's character finds the woman (Kim Novak) who he fell in love with but thought was dead (long story). He realizes that it is her despite her "disguise", and then confronts her in her hotel room. What happens next has been studied by cinematographers for decades now as one of the true examples of pure genius film directing. The two characters do not move from their spots, but the camera moves slowly 360 degrees around them. As it does, the backround scenery changes from a hotel room to a previous important scene where they had been. I have always wondered if Herrmann watched and timed this scene before scoring the music. He had to, or else Steward and Novak did the scene with the score being somehow played. The timing between what happens on the screen and the music is so perfect. I have two excellent studio recordings of the soundtrack music to this movie. But this live performance by the RCO is better than either. So good!
Well said.🙌
The acoustics sound phenomenal in this hall! Gives new vibrancy to this score. Bravo 👏
Herrmann = Genius
Hitchcock and Hermann were made for each other. His scores gave Hithcock's films that final touch of emotional completion that gave them their
universal recognition of greatness
That's so true.
Just saw Vertigo again today. Amazing soundtrack! Bernard Herrmann could not record the score in the States as there was a musicians' strike. They tried to record it in England, However only part of the score was done when the british musicians' union decided to support their colleagues in America . So the rest was recorded in Vienna
A film masterpiece. They don’t come often!
@pffortes It's a brilliant film, with an equally brilliant score.
I think that my cantankerous late colleague, Bernard Herrmann, would approve of this fine performance. I certainly do.
Bravo to the hearts of all members of the orchestra.❤👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Deeply emotionally appropriate music at every level, for each scene. Never gets old.
Of all the film scores Hermann coposed this is considered his masterpiece and for obvious reasons. It was even reprised many years later in the Oscar winning movie The Artist.
I hate that the director of the artist re used this song. Yes as long as they get the rights to use it it’s okay but. This was made for vertigo it didn’t exist before this movie came out. Of course people will like it because it reminds them on Hitchcock. But it’s not original. Even Kim Novak herself didn’t like the re use or an original music piece.
@@chrisrivera236 You're sailing against the wind. Composers copy each other's music forever. Forget Hermann, classical music by the great composers symphonic music have been used in movies too often to count
@@ronaldbeield7946 There are 2 r's in Herrmann. Correct your spelling, please.
@@chrisrivera236 First of, this is an instrumental composition, NOT a 'song'.
This whole suite is heavily inspired by Wagner's Tristan And Isolde. Just to be completely objective.
Forget the associations, this is great absolute music.
Agreed. Many snob film music because they think it's a by-product. They forget before cinema, classical composers used to write for Opera.
@@FrancescoDAndrea Thank you!
Outstanding performance! I've watched this around 35-40 times already!
THANK YOU so much for sharing this amazing masterpiece. I love it, I don't think I'll ever get tired of it. Bernard Hermann was a musical genius. And then, you put such strength, such conviction into it... Bravo.
The Concertgebouw has always been one of my favorite orchestras since the Philips recordings of Mahler's symphonies conducted by the great Bernard Haitink in the seventies. What a pleasure to discover this absolutely superb ensemble performing, in 2022, the music of (in my humble opinion... ) one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century: Bernard Herrmann. Stéphane Denève delivers a powerful, delicately sensitive and extremely passionate reading of one of the summits in film music history. Chapeau, Maestro!
Never gets old.
Stunning, frightening, heartbreaking, soaring, haunting music-composed by a musical genius and played to perfection here. Wonderful! Thank you.
I saw this preformed live by the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center a few months ago with the film playing on a screen behind. it was absolutely incredible.
WOW
So beautiful 🥲 masterpiece
The film was great somehow the music is even better! 😍😊
Excellent! Maybe the best soundtrack of Bernard Herrmann!!!
Excelente interpretación BRAVO!!!!
Absolutely magnificent.
Greatest film score of all time. Bar none.
The Crowning Achievement of both Herrmann and Hitchcock
That's absolutely true.
That's absolutely true.
I deep coming back to this performance. It truly captures the genius of Bernard Herrmann's music. Every time I hear the love theme, I cannot help but think how stunningly beautiful Kim Novak was in this Hitchcock classic.
Wonderful (and rare!) to see such an expressive master conductor, who is also extremely clear with the beat!
BEAUTIFUL
Hitchcock's films would have had half the impact without Herman's scores. When I was a child, I saw the old Journey to the Center of the Earth, and the scene where the cast is on the rim of the Icelanic valcano awaiting the sun's ray to mark the entrance to their descent is scored by Herman, and when the sun's ray struck the crater rim and the blast of music hit, it made my skin tingle. I wish orchestras would include that short piece in concerts today. Isn't it strange how the Vertigo score creates an immediate atmosphere all its own - almost indescrible and unique. Perfection.
Si bien es cierto la partitura musical en las películas de Hitchcock son importantes y en especial en Vértigo lo es y de sobremanera no es la única ni tampoco la más importante . La partitura de Bernan Hermann para Vertigo es brillante y seguro la película no sería lo q fue sin ella pero creo q más importante aún es la magia de Hitchcock para crear esa atmósfera dónde conjugue historia, elementos de suspenso y partitura , y haga q todo eso funcione como un todo , en suma la puesta en escena , esa magia q solo Hitchcock podía brindar .
It's called "Mountain Top and Sunrise" and it is one of my favorite works! Journey to the Center of the Earth is difficult to perform live as it used 5 Organs among other extravagances. But by all means it SHOULD be performed.
He and Jerry Goldsmith. Their music fit the movies so perfectly, like music was a part of the story
and yes it is (part of the story) !@@gregevans6044
Gorgeous!
Belles compositions musicales américaines de l'âge d'or d'Hollywood !
Love you Concertgebouw! Excellent interpretation. Also my favorite Bartok 2nd Violin Concerto with Haitink and Szeryng, and Nielsen and Sibelius Syms #5 live with Kondrashin. Thank you, and also for the Bartok Concerto for Orchestra with Dorati and Debussy with van Beinum.
Thank you!
Beautiful, beautiful!
Brilliant
Bravo!!!!!
Mr. Herrmann, thank you. 🎶 🎵
Maybe the best movie score ever written.
Very true, given it's exquisite delicacy and the detail of it's intense moments, it is in fact more profound.
What can I say about Bernard Herrmann that hasn't been said before? How can he (or anyone, for that matter) "think up" things like this? That's a rhetorical question, of course. It's just something someone is born with, I guess. Otherwise, we'd all be a Herrmann, Bach or Mozart. His music is so powerful that it becomes a character in the movie, such as this one, Hitchcock's "Vertigo" and other Hitchcock masterpieces like "North by Northwest." His brilliance shows in everything he did, like his numerous uncredited cues when working at CBS such as "The Twilight Zone," "Perry Mason," "Have Gun Will Travel" and many others. Anyway, thanks for posting this.
I believe that the big brass sounds depicted the Fog Horns in and around the San Francisco Bay?
Correct!
Have always loved the COA back to Van Beinum, my introduction to Debussy. It changed my listening trajectory for life. Love you all.
The ultimate composer working with the ultimate filmmaker…of their era.
Hermosa
OMG! Goldsmith. The soundtrack to The Sand Pebbles is still so powerful.
🔥💯
Loooooooooooooooooooove!
The film score that helped Hitchcock create his masterpiece.
magic..
❤❤❤❤❤❤
Ineffable
😍😍😍😍😍😍
This is the manifesto.. of Mother Monster. 🔮🧜🏽♀️👽🛸 On G.O.A.T., a Government Owned Alien Territory..
Bravo again. And again, but Pierre Monteux said "don't overconduct". :-)
3:22 - Inspector Calls!
Alfred Hitchcock owes a great debt to Bernard Herrmann. Alfred Hitchcock's movies would not achieved "classic" status without Bernard Herrmann's magnificent scores.
Imagine the scenes without his music.
In the movie, there's a tam-tam crash at each death.
This is masterful indeed. Great experimental score. It really heightened the already superior quality of the movie.
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Richard Wagner would be chewing the carpet at Wahn-not-so-Fried at the thought of a NY Jew, Maximillian Herman (Bernard Hermann) stealing from Tristan & Isolde for Vertigo!
They do love to steal don't they
Extra delicious
No disrespect but the conductor resembles the Golem.
لم افهم لم تشير او ترمز نوع هاذه الموسيقى غامض وناذر،،
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Hermann was true genius. Compared to him John Williams is a mediocre piker!😅
The conductor's hair is like a woman's. I suppose he thinks he is far too important to make himself look presentable. He probably considers himself as equal to Beethoven who wore the fashion of his day two hundred years ago.
What a dumb take, who cares what his hair is like.