Sound Of Cinema - 445. Alfred Hitchcock

SOUND OF CINEMA - 445. ALFRED HITCHCOCK (320kbs-m4a/134mb/58mins)
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 14th December 2024

From the driving energy of North By Northwest to the iconic string stabs of Psycho, music is an integral part of what makes Alfred Hitchcock's films stand out. Matthew Sweet finds out what makes them so good and looks at times when Hitchcock and his composers disagreed.

Charles Gounod - Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) - Funeral March Of A Marionette [Telarc]
Bernard Herrmann - Psycho (A Narrative For Orchestra) (1960) - Prelude [Decca]
Bernard Herrmann - Vertigo (1958) - Prelude And Rooftop [Varèse Sarabande]
Bernard Herrmann - The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) - Prelude [Sony Classical]
Arthur Leslie Benjamin - The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) - Storm Clouds Cantata [Chandos]
Bernard Herrmann - Psycho (A Narrative for Orchestra) (1960) - Prelude + The Murder [Decca]
Bernard Herrmann - Torn Curtain (1966) - Suite [Decca (UMO) (Classics)]
John Addison - Torn Curtain (1966) - Main Title [Decca (UMO) (Classics)]
Nitin Sawhney - The Lodger (2012) - Titles + The Big Love Theme [Network Distributing Ltd]
Stephen Horne - The Manxman (2024) - From The Island ('Ellan Vannin') [Ulysses Arts]
Stephen Horne - The Manxman (2024) - A Happy Home [Ulysses Arts]
Franz Waxman - Rebecca (1940) - Main Title / Foreword / Opening Scene [Varèse Sarabande]
Ron Goodwin - Frenzy (1972) - The London Theme [Chandos]