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"I don't like the way Teddy Roosevelt is looking at me." That line cracks me up every time. Great script. Eve Marie Saint is to die for. Love this score.

There is no North By Northwest without this thrilling score by the genius of Bernard Herrmann.

I listened to Herrmann's North by Northwest(1959) music score on a CD player. I kept it on a loop. It drove my Aunt and Uncle crazy!

Für mich der Beste, spannendste Soundtrack eines Hitchcock-Spielfilms, geschrieben+produziert von BERNARD HERRMANN Einfach genial !!! *JeyKo*

One of the best soundtracks of all time.

Bernard Hermann is a musical genius. That alone, is already an understatement

Hitchcock knew his thumbnail was lost on all projects without the interpretative buoyancy of BH's music scores. The score of Psycho is actually 32 different versions of 6 undeniably mutivaried themes. The genius was each man contributed to the alignment of the puzzle sound to each major scene in both these movies. Hermann has tones about love and fear, desire and waste, triumph and loss in every movie he scored; and most amazingly in Psycho, he only used the strings to perfection here omitting the brass and winds. The 70-ties and 80-ties brought us 'his counterfeiters' in illusions of sound without deep feelings blow-back productions like Star Wars, Godfathers, blah-blah. We had genius with the Morricone Spaghetti Westerns, but a much milder crafted cupcake compared to 5* dinner courses served every time by the genius.

An absolutely thrilling film score. Very nicely edited - you have showcased Herrmann’s orchestral technique in great detail.

What is considered to be one of Alfred Hitchcock’s best movies, including a thrilling plot, a superb cast, featuring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason in iconic performances, wonderful cinematography and a film score by Bernard Herrmann, “North By Northwest” is one of those movies that just seem to do everything right. When we first featured the soundtrack on this site, it was edited poorly (well, we all have to start somewhere) and the main source was the best source at the time, the Rhino CD (1995), which featured for the very first time the entire film score. However, it always lacked of quality as some tracks were in stereo and some in mono. Also, Herrmann’s recordings got chopped up into 50 different tracks, which made editing a trouble. It would take until 2012 when Intrada Records would present the entire film score, this time with the tracks as recorded, bonus material and finally everything in finest stereo, which makes this release a gem. Now today is the day and we will take a look (or a listen) again to what is probably not only one of Hitchcock’s- but one of Herrmann’s great achievements in cinematic history, including many motifs, a striking main title, a great love theme and the most colorful orchestrations, marking one of the brightest highlights of their collaboration. Enjoy!

I love how this music has a teasing elusiveness to it. In place of a melodic theme the Main Title offers up a collection of tantalizing, engaging motifs that recur over and over in various colorful guises until the musical deal is finally closed in the last frames of the film. Along the way the music evokes the same anxiety and lack of closure that Cary Grant's character experiences in the story, the feeling that resolution remains just out of reach. In the best meaning of the phrase, it leaves you wanting more.

BH is one of those composers whose instrumentation is as important to his melodies as the other way 'round. This score would be impossible to re-orchestrate.

Lebhafte und spannende Interpretation dieser ein bisschen bedrohlichen Suite mit perfekt vereinigten Tönen aller Instrumente. Der geniale Komponist-Dirigent leitet das hoch funktionelle Orchester im ein bisschen hektischen Tempo und mit möglichst effektiver Dynamik. Atemberaubend von A bis Z!

Great musical score of a great movie.

One of my favorite movies of all time. Thank you for posting this great soundtrack. The audio is excellent! 👍😊

Love it ! One of Herrmann's best ! Much of it is similar to his earlier score for 1951's "On Dangerous Ground" (a crime drama from the RKO studio & starring Robert Ryan & Ida Lupino). As always, thanks for sharing so much marvelous music with us, Friend Frederic !! :-)

Found this most excellent CD in an old & used bookstore in Raleigh. Couldn't grab it fast enough, and as a bonus, Herrmann's excellent, The Three Worlds of Gulliver. Called it a perfect day, to be sure.

Bernard Herrmann at his BEST. The movie is on German TV tonight ... it will be the TV-highlight of the week. In German TV it is even more special since the German voices for the main actors are an additional treat. 🤗🎵

I love this sound track. Very atmospheric!!! Well before it's time!!! Its time has not come yet!!! Absolutely stunning!!! So stimulating!!! It has all the ingredients of some comedy, a real human situation, trust/mistrust, isolation/despair, strong resilience , real love, recovery/outcome and achievement. A Hitchcock masterpiece!!!

Alfred Hitchcock +Bernard Hermann =Perfection🎆🎆🎆🎇🎊💝💝💝

Stunning music. As usual you find a way to capture the sense of an entire score in a 15 minute suite. Thanks Fred. I will enjoy dissecting this as I listen to it many, many times.

Herrmann is a master for me ...

Out of all my favorite Bernard Hermann soundtracks this one seems to get stuck in my head the most.

JUST WATCHED "NORTH BY NORTHWEST" ON TCM YESTERDAY AND REALIZED HOW IMPORTANT THIS SCORE WAS TO THE FILM....GREAT FILM AND I HAVE SEEN IT MANY TIMES....

Love how the opening theme is stated not by strings or horns but by the tympany.

I m french and this movie makes me dream by his drama. It s just one of the best movie never made. In 1987, touristic trip at 21 years old, my dream to see the mount Rushmore was accomplied and I have eaten in the delicatessen here. (Also Close encounters 3 type with Devil tower).

What a brilliant man Bernard Hermann was. Have a feeling he used more then 10 percent of his brain.

You brighten my Fridays. What a lovely soul you have. Thanks.

As a child, I saw many movies that were scored by Herrmann. Of course, I didn't know this until I became interested in film music later on. " The 7th voyage of Sinbad, " " Mysterious Island, " " The Day the earth Stood Still. " Just some of his rousing compositions. His contribution to the success of " Pyscho " is well- known, too. Inspiration for John Williams.

Great soundtrack and movie.

Bernard herrmann GENIUS

I watch this movie over and over.

Excelente película y majestuosa música.

It's so off-kilter and unsettling... I love it!

Most perfectly matched film music ever.

Bernard Hermann was a brilliant composer , this& my favourite The Ghost& Mrs Muir, which was his favourite, brilliant ❤️

美しい旋律を主軸として徐々に激しくなる(近づく様な)壮大な音楽。とても素敵です。

Preserved complete in full stereo..thank god!

On the two famous CDs conducted by the composer, one CD "Fantasy" and the other "Hitchcock"- all our beloved Bernie- the all-to-brief selection of this film called it's most famous theme "a fandango." I have had a romantic attraction to film scores for most of my life, and a passionate love affair with Bernard Hermann's scores. Right now, I just listened to, one right after the other, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Taxi Driver, and now this. Please pardon me, I'm going to turn my phone off and say a Rosary for you, Fred, in thanks 🙏😊 for the wonderful work you are doing for all us out there who appreciate the BEST film soundtracks!

I can see every scene through this music !

I love this music. Gran composición musical.

The love theme, first with oboe, and then clarinet. That’s how a great composer does it.

I recently re-watched my VHS of North by Northwest purchased back in the 1980s. I came to the conclusion that the Whole movie, interlocked with Bernard Herrmann 's score- this music soundtrack might very well be The Best, seriously, of any movie (and not just a CD, interwoven into the film) My other two previous all-time favorites being Bernard Herrmann 's Vertigo and John Williams' Dracula ( with my "needs cold shower" attitude towards music)- well, what can I say? Quote Rigoletto's famous La Donna e mobile aria? (Woman is fickle, as a feather in the wind)

Fred, I'm glad your source material improved because it has produced one of YOUR very best. This is probably my favorite Hitchcock/Hermann soundtrack...next to Vertigo...and your work does it justice in every way. Thank you.

This is not discussed enough, masterpiece!

Bernard herman a legend

Very nice edit. Amazing how I listen, and a Cinemascope picture of the exact scene for which the music was written pops up in my head!

Before Hans Zimmer became Hollywood's best, there was this, and it is MASTERFUL.

Great example of the power of music .

last time i was in NYC I put this on my headphones as I walked past the UN. it's amazing how more interesting your walk can be when there's a Cold War thriller soundtrack playing in the background.....

Forgive the comparison, but just like Star Wars, when you hear this you settle back and know you are in for a great ride. An iconic opening with an iconic score for an iconic movie.

Lively and exciting interpretation of this somewhat threatening suite with perfectly united sound of all the instruments. The brilliant composer-conductor leads the highly functional orchestra in a little hectic tempo and with utmost effective dynamics. Breathtaking from the beginning to the end!

I like the interlude, sort of Hollywood myth, forest theme too

My favorite movie.

Delighted to have discovered this expertly edited suite of my favorite Bernard Herrmann score - and, by extension, your channel, Fred. I was ecstatic to see that you had used the very best incarnation of "NbNW" as the source for your editing project. Lots of attempts out there to recreate this landmark score in "today's modern sound," but somehow they all fall just a bit short of the mark when compared to Herrmann's work on the actual soundtrack. And your suite makes it all so organic that it has a natural-sounding life of its own. Kudos and thank you!

Herrmann is often noted for his dissonance, which is evident in much of this score. However, you could tell me Tchaikovsky wrote the love theme, and if I hadn't seen the movie, I'd believe you. Cape Fear (also by Herrmann) has a similar Tchaikovsky-esque portion in it, where Gregory Peck gets home and sees his family.

Sensacional ❤️

LOVE "Interlude" love music. & the rest is really good. The entire score had cues from production libraries not indicated here.

L'ouverture (générique de "la mort aux trousses") est vraiment magnifique. On y ressent bien l'atmosphère pesante du film, le suspense qui est propre à Hitchcock.

Brilliant!

This film was in the American Film Institute's "Top 100 Films of All Time" list (for American films). It's also one of my top 3 favorite Hitchcock films (the other two are "Foreign Correspondent" and "The Thirty-Nine Steps"). And this soundtrack by the great Bernard Herrmann is at the very top of the heap, and not just for Hitchcock films.

The best composition in this set starts at 6.00 (Interlude) and is repeated and embellished at 9.33 (The Forest) but at a slower speed. It has a nostalgic quality and sweet wistfulness of a kind rarely encountered in film music.

It's worth noting that the famous "crop duster" scene -- one of the most iconic of Hitchcock's scenes -- has no score at all until the very end.

I particularly love the Interlude, though the famous Overture can certainly do no wrong.

Yes!

Cool

Amazing! All these comments and the word, "Hemiola" did not appear ONCE!

This was the era when a film was inextricably tied to its score and vice versa. What happened?

Is that vibraphone at 10:54 (The Balcony)?? If so, how is it treated sonically?? SOUNDS SO GOOD!!

Um raro exemplo de como a música deve conduzir o ritmo do filme.

This and psycho are only two years apart but polar opposites in the Hitchcock pantheon. Both scored by herrmann. Love his rich luxurious neurotic taxi driver music.

Cumbre del cine y de las bandas sonoras

Hitch always wanted to be Cary Grant (according to reasonably reliable sources) but was just a brilliant Director/Producer. The man was visionary in the true sense of the word. For my part, I would love to morph into one of the gorgeous leading ladies of the time.....preferably alone with Cary himself on a train!

happy bday in heaven ;-)

The forest is so beautiful

The Wagner-ness in this score is profound. Herrmann was always studying his Wagner scores when composing.

This film should be remastered in 4k bluray hitchs best film.

2nd best Hitchcock movie music behind Vertigo. Although Rear Window's diegetic music is right in there battling for #2.

Wowwww como lo busque Like si vienes por la Casita del Terror XX (la escena en que Lisa persigue a Bart durante el primer segmento.)

Hitchcock and Herrmann are excellent sample for cooperation in film magic. Similar where Leone and Morricone.

All I can say is Bernard Herrmann scares the shit out of me !

No disrespect meant to you, and I *love* this Herrmann soundtrack, but I just noticed something. I never realized this before, but you can move your cursor over the red/white line which is the progress-bar of the video, and as you move the cursor along it brings up the titles of the different sections of the soundtrack. And I found what I think is a mistake. If you move cursor over 9th section it is titled "The Cafeteria / The Shooting". Well, I assume you really wanted to have this in chronological order as these scenes appeared in the film, but if you do, then that is actually not in the correct position, since it precedes "The Crash / Hotel Lobby". Isn't the Cafeteria & shooting referring to the scene at Mt. Rushmore? And isn't Crash & Hotel Lobby referring to when the plane crashes into the tanker truck? If so, then it should precede "The Cafeteria / The Shooting". And isn't "Forest" when Cary Grant meets Eve Marie Saint in the forest after the cafeteria shooting. So I would think it would be immediately following "The Cafeteria / The Shooting". Well, perhaps you weren't really interested in keeping them in chronological order. If so, never mind... On my NORTH BY NORTHWEST CD (which I just found, which is the Rhino Music/TCM Turner Music R2 72101 edition from your link), there are 50 tracks. And of the ones you included, here are how they are numbered on my CD: 1. Overture 2. The Streets 5. The Door 6. Cheers 9. The Return 10. Two Dollars 14. The U.N. 15. Information Desk 16. The Knife 18. Interlude 33. The Airport 34. The Cafeteria 25. The Crash 26. Hotel Lobby 19. Detectives 20. Conversation Piece 21. Duo 36. The Forest 40. The Balcony 41. The Match Box 39. The House 45. The Gates 46. The Stone Faces 47. The Ridge 48. On The Rocks 49. The Cliff 50. Finale Here is your list: Playlist: 00:00 Overture / Main Title 01:24 The Streets 02:07 The Door / Cheers 03:19 The Return / Two Dollars 04:17 The U.N. / Information Desk 05:14 The Knife 06:00 Interlude 07:07 The Airport 07:49 The Cafeteria / The Shooting 08:10 The Crash / Hotel Lobby 09:10 Detectives / Conversation Piece / Duo 09:33 The Forest 10:54 The Balcony / The Match Box 11:48 The House 12:45 The Gates / The Stone Faces / The Ridge / On The Rocks / The Cliff / Finale And here is how I think it should be reshuffled around to be in chronological order: Playlist: 00:00 Overture / Main Title 01:24 The Streets 02:07 The Door / Cheers 03:19 The Return / Two Dollars 04:17 The U.N. / Information Desk 05:14 The Knife 06:00 Interlude #8 - 09:10 Detectives / Conversation Piece / Duo (was in slot #11) #9 - 08:10 The Crash / Hotel Lobby (was in slot #10) #10 - 07:07 The Airport (was in slot #8) #11 - 07:49 The Cafeteria / The Shooting (was in slot #9) 09:33 The Forest #13 - 11:48 The House (was in slot #14) #14 - 10:54 The Balcony / The Match Box (was in slot #13) 12:45 The Gates / The Stone Faces / The Ridge / On The Rocks / The Cliff / Finale

1:24 tonging like that aint easy!

some of it sounds like Philip Glass

0:02 jaws definitely inspired

I have never seen this album cover before. The strange thing is, there seems to be five presidents on Mount Rushmore. Is that fifth guy the Right Reverend Mr. Bernard Herrmann?

The end of the opening sequence bears an uncanny resemblance to the conclusion of the 3rd movement of Elgar's 2nd symphony written in 1911.

Brilliant as always Bernie. It's missing one of my faves. When Carey is driving up to the mansion in the back of the car with the two hoods. Love that part. 3:19 that's the actual melody but played differently. Either way, thanks for posting! : ) Found the ENTIRE soundtrack kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z8xyms-DyLe-mok.html&ab_channel=BernardHerrmann-Topic

Die ersten Takte erinnern an "Die Zeitmaschine" von Russell Garcia.

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The V mini series must have taken after this music. very similar

þe font at þe start is 'albertus'

The James Bond Theme, right there at kzfaq.info/get/bejne/brqkpNOZ3tC3pH0.html

Herrmann and Hitchcock = Grant

Like si lo vistes por TCM en Diciembre del 2021 en la 3ra ola del Covid 19

this music is Bernard Herrmman a mile off the classic pairing of Alfred Hitchcock others over the years steven Spielberg and John Williams john barry and the bond films

Philip Glass has been (will be) here.

Martin landau was so mean.

"You see mother these men kidnapped me and tried to kill me by pouring a bottle pf bourbon down my throat.............No mother, they did not give me a chaser." 😂

The theme here is edited.