---
name: "Bernard Herrmann"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bernard-herrmann"
fi1m_id: "bernard-herrmann"
imdb_id: "nm0002136"
tmdb_id: 1045
wikidata_id: "Q296804"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "29 June 1911"
died: "24 December 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 16
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_over: 16
updated: "2026-10-04T21:35:05.319340+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bernard Herrmann

## Identity

Bernard Herrmann

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bernard-herrmann
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bernard-herrmann
- **IMDb ID:** nm0002136
- **TMDB ID:** 1045
- **Wikidata ID:** Q296804
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Herrmann, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q296804, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002136/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1045

Composer. Born 29 June 1911 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 24 December 1975.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 29 June 1911, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 24 December 1975
- **Active:** 1941–2026
- **Also known as:** Benny, Bernard Hermann, Max Herman
- **Frequently works with:** [Alfred Hitchcock](https://film.one/person/alfred-hitchcock.md), [James Stewart](https://film.one/person/james-stewart.md), [Joseph Cotten](https://film.one/person/joseph-cotten.md), [Martin Balsam](https://film.one/person/martin-balsam.md), [Martin Scorsese](https://film.one/person/martin-scorsese.md), [Orson Welles](https://film.one/person/orson-welles.md), [Robert De Niro](https://film.one/person/robert-de-niro.md), [Vera Miles](https://film.one/person/vera-miles.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 2 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 89 (3), 1950s 84 (6), 1960s 82 (4), 1970s 92 (1), 1990s 71 (1), 2020s 63 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 77 across 13 titles
- **Score spread:** 12 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 11, Thriller 9, Mystery 6, Crime 5, Romance 4, Horror 2
- **Screen time:** 27 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $442m across 12 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Herrmann, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q296804, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002136/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1045

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Cape Fear*](https://film.one/film/cape-fear-1962.md) (82), [*Cape Fear*](https://film.one/film/cape-fear-1991.md) (71)
- **AMC+:** [*Psycho*](https://film.one/film/psycho.md) (90)
- **Tubi:** [*North by Northwest*](https://film.one/film/north-by-northwest.md) (89)
- **Paramount+:** [*The Twilight Zone*](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md) (84)
- **HBO Max:** [*The Wrong Man*](https://film.one/film/the-wrong-man.md) (83)
- **Apple TV:** [*Cape Fear*](https://film.one/tv/cape-fear.md) (63)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Bernard Herrmann was an American composer and conductor. He was born Max Herman on 29 June 1911 in New York City and died on 24 December 1975.

Herrmann composed the score for Orson Welles’s *Citizen Kane* (1941). He won an Academy Award for his score for *The Devil and Daniel Webster* (1941, later retitled *All That Money Can Buy*). He collaborated frequently with Alfred Hitchcock, composing for *Vertigo* (1958), *North by Northwest* (1959), *Psycho* (1960) and *The Man Who Knew Too Much* (1956). Other notable scores include *The Day the Earth Stood Still* (1951), *Marnie* (1964) and *Taxi Driver* (1976). His music was also used in the 2026 *Cape Fear* series.

*Sources: imdb.com, classical-music.com, auralcrave.com.*

## On Fi1m (16)

- *Cape Fear* (2026), Fi1m 63, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/cape-fear.md)
- *Cape Fear* (1991), Fi1m 71, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/cape-fear-1991.md)
- *Taxi Driver* (1976), Fi1m 92, Music Director, Thanks, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/taxi-driver.md)
- *Marnie* (1964), Fi1m 68, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/marnie.md)
- *The Birds* (1963), Fi1m 86, Music Consultant — [page](https://film.one/film/the-birds.md)
- *Cape Fear* (1962), Fi1m 82, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/cape-fear-1962.md)
- *Psycho* (1960), Fi1m 90, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/psycho.md)
- *North by Northwest* (1959), Fi1m 89, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/north-by-northwest.md)
- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), Fi1m 84, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)
- *Vertigo* (1958), Fi1m 92, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/vertigo.md)
- *The Man Who Knew Too Much* (1956), Fi1m 74, as Conductor at Albert Hall (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-who-knew-too-much.md)
- *The Wrong Man* (1956), Fi1m 83, as Stork Club Piano Player (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wrong-man.md)
- *The Day the Earth Stood Still* (1951), Fi1m 82, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-day-the-earth-stood-still.md)
- *The Ghost and Mrs. Muir* (1947), Fi1m 84, Music, Original Music Composer, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ghost-and-mrs-muir.md)
- *The Magnificent Ambersons* (1942), Fi1m 89, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-magnificent-ambersons.md)
- *Citizen Kane* (1941), Fi1m 93, Original Music Composer, Conductor, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/citizen-kane.md)

## Complete filmography (74)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Cape Fear* (2026), series, Music — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/cape-fear.md)
- *Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *The Morricone Duel: The Most Dangerous Concert Ever* (2018), Music
- *Le carnaval de l’angoisse* (2009), Music
- *Back to Room 666* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Psycho Path* (1999), Musical
- *Psycho* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Bon week-end Monsieur Bennett !* (1994), Music
- *The Egg* (1993), Music
- *Cape Fear* (1991), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/cape-fear-1991.md)
- *Psycho IV: The Beginning* (1990), Music
- *The Story of a Recluse* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Cada ver es...* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *Psycho Shampoo* (1979), Music
- *It Lives Again* (1978), Original Music Composer
- *God Told Me To* (1976), In Memory Of
- *Obsession* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *Taxi Driver* (1976), Original Music Composer, Music Director, Thanks — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/taxi-driver.md)
- *Hanuman and the Five Kamen Riders* (1975), Music
- *It's Alive* (1974), Original Music Composer, Conductor, Orchestrator
- *Sisters* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *Endless Night* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *The Road Builder* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *The Battle of Neretva* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *Obsessions* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *Twisted Nerve* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *Companions in Nightmare* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *The Bride Wore Black* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *Death in the Afternoon* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *Fahrenheit 451* (1966), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Lost in Space* (1965), series, Music
- *Marnie* (1964), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/marnie.md)
- *Jason and the Argonauts* (1963), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *The Birds* (1963), Music Consultant — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-birds.md)
- *Cape Fear* (1962), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/cape-fear-1962.md)
- *Tender Is the Night* (1962), Original Music Composer
- *Mysterious Island* (1961), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *The 3 Worlds of Gulliver* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *Psycho* (1960), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/psycho.md)
- *Journey to the Center of the Earth* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)
- *North by Northwest* (1959), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/north-by-northwest.md)
- *Blue Denim* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *The 7th Voyage of Sinbad* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *The Naked and the Dead* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *The Fiend Who Walked the West* (1958), Music
- *Vertigo* (1958), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/vertigo.md)
- *Have Gun, Will Travel* (1957), series, Original Music Composer
- *A Hatful of Rain* (1957), Original Music Composer
- *Williamsburg: The Story of a Patriot* (1957), Music
- *The Wrong Man* (1956), as Stork Club Piano Player (uncredited) · Original Music Composer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wrong-man.md)
- *The Man Who Knew Too Much* (1956), as Conductor at Albert Hall (uncredited) · Original Music Composer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-who-knew-too-much.md)
- *The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit* (1956), Original Music Composer, Conductor, Music Arranger
- *The Trouble with Harry* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *The Kentuckian* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *Prince of Players* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *A Christmas Carol* (1954), as Songs
- *The Egyptian* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *Garden of Evil* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *King of the Khyber Rifles* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *Beneath the 12-Mile Reef* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *White Witch Doctor* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *The Snows of Kilimanjaro* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *5 Fingers* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *On Dangerous Ground* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *The Day the Earth Stood Still* (1951), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-day-the-earth-stood-still.md)
- *The Ghost and Mrs. Muir* (1947), Original Music Composer, Orchestrator — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ghost-and-mrs-muir.md)
- *Anna and the King of Siam* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *Hangover Square* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *Jane Eyre* (1943), Original Music Composer
- *The Magnificent Ambersons* (1942), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/the-magnificent-ambersons.md)
- *All That Money Can Buy* (1941), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Citizen Kane* (1941), Original Music Composer, Conductor — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/citizen-kane.md)

## Gallery

- ![Bernard Herrmann](https://film.one/media/person/21919/gallery-64f3ab08f1ec.jpg) Bernard Herrmann — UnknownUnknown  photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Bernard-Herrmann.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Bernard Herrmann](https://film.one/media/person/21919/gallery-44a803a15194.jpg) Bernard Herrmann — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 2 nominated

- 1977: Best Original Score (nominated), for *Taxi Driver*
- 1947: Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score (nominated), for *Anna and the King of Siam*
- 1942: Best Original Dramatic Score (won), for *The Devil and Daniel Webster*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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