Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

List of figures and tables

List of contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Notes

References

1 Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock’s secret sharer

References

Texts

Correspondences with the author

Interviews with the author

DVD

2 Hitchcock, music and the mathematics of editing

Notes

References

3 The anatomy of aural suspense in Rope and Vertigo

Unraveling Rope’s soundtrack

Hearing musical doubles on Vertigo’s soundtrack

Notes

References

4 The therapeutic power of music in Hitchcock’s films

Notes

References

5 A Lacanian take on Herrmann/Hitchcock

Notes

References

6 Portentous arrangements: Bernard Herrmann and The Man Who Knew Too Much

Notes

References

7 On the road with Hitchcock and Herrmann: sound, music and the car journey in Vertigo (1958) and Psycho (1960)

Characters at the crossroads

Hitchcock and the car journey

Hitchcock and Herrmann

On the road/‘Toward the Within’

Tracking Scottie and Marion

References

8 A dance to the music of Herrmann: a figurative dance suite

Prelude

Pas d’action

Pas de deux

Notes

References

9 The sound of The Birds

Musique concrète or sound effects, histories and contexts

The aural orchestration of the bird attacks: three examples

Electronic sound and aural expressionism

Notes

References

10 Musical romanticism v. the sexual aberrations of the criminal female: Marnie (1964)

Presences in and out of the film

Score

Artistic plagiarism and authorial presences

Conclusion: disagreeable music?

Notes

References

11 The murder of Gromek: theme and variations

Theme

Variations

The final curtain

Notes

References

12 Mending the Torn Curtain: a rejected score’s place in a discography

The basics of soundtrack release

The historical perspective

The historical significance of Torn Curtain in the discography

Conclusion

References

13 The Herrmann–Hitchcock murder mysteries: post- mortem

Notes

References

14 How could you possibly be a Hitchcocko-Herrmannian?: Digitally re-narrativising collaborative authorship

Re-encountering Psycho

Vertigo

North by Northwest

Torn Curtain

Notes

References

Selected bibliography

Index