PSYCHO - Bernard Herrmann's score explored for A-level music students

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Rachel Leach is joined by LSO Musicians Maxine Kwok and Rebecca Gilliver to take a detailed look at Bernard Herrmann's score for Alfred Hitchcock's film Psycho.
Hear key passages performed by the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle, followed by detailed analysis of a work that is among the set pieces in Edexcel's A-level music syllabus.
00:00 Introduction
03:51 Discussion of string techniques
15:29 Prelude
24:24 The City
26:27 Murder/Shower
30:07 The Cellar
32:22 Marion
34:07 Toys
35:08 Discovery
36:09 Finale
Written and presented by Rachel Leach
Maxine Kwok: Violin
Rebecca Gilliver: Cello
Sir Simon Rattle
London Symphony Orchestra

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@milesbecky1 Жыл бұрын

It was not shot for television, he used his TV crew. It did not have a shaky beginning at the box office, it was an instant hit.

@rnw2739 Жыл бұрын

Correct. Although it did have a complete savaging by critics, who cited it as 'nasty' and 'disgusting'. Then, these frauds all changed their minds in the 70s and altered those reviews, hailing it now as a 'masterpiece'.

@Tolstoy111 2 ай бұрын

@@rnw2739it got lots of good reviews on release

@14jemima Жыл бұрын

Every time I hear the "psycho theme", I see Marion's car in the rain and the windshield wipers going back and forth.

@jonahbabei6883 2 жыл бұрын

With only a month left until the exam, this has been very helpful revision. Thank you!

@LondonSymphonyOrchestra 2 жыл бұрын

Best of luck!

@michaelwatson113 Жыл бұрын

It's fascinating how music can be part of telling the story.

@aminXlocale Жыл бұрын

Unbelievable.. absolutely incredible I really can't believe you've put this together. I'm truly grateful good luck to all our future aspiring composers, musicians, dreamers! May we keep getting these types of series. Perhaps a Twilight Zone breakdown of the score? 😎🧠

@catherinehiltz8634 9 ай бұрын

I'm not familiar with the course this is designed for, but I really appreciate the upload and the thoughtful analysis! Thank you Rachel Leach and LSO!

@grifirnyc 2 жыл бұрын

I've always loved the score to Psycho, and this breakdown shows beautifully why it's so effective. Thank you so much for putting this up.

@thanhhanguyen9354 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this fascinating insight into the great film score.

@rdavis7114 Жыл бұрын

Since I first saw the movie in the late 70s, I noticed and have always been fascinated with how Herrmann used inversion of lines. Inversion plus layering gives amazing results when done by a genius. Rachmaninoff did the same thing. Most amazing is how Herrmann could write such carefully detailed music in such a short time, plus write the individual instrument parts himself. He looked down on any composer who had someone else do the arranging and he was right because he looked at it as a complete and dedicated art form, not something to churn out for money.

@robertjewell9727 Жыл бұрын

Host has a lot of background information mixed up. Might want to correct that.

@gordonurquhart8417 2 жыл бұрын

Psycho was not shot for TV as the narrator suggests. Hitchcock used techniques on Psycho that he and his crews had developed on his various television programmes so that the film could be shot faster and therefore more cheaply. In its time, Psycho was one of the most shocking horror films ever made, just as Hitchcock intended. At the time it would have been unthinkable to have made such a shocker for television.

@brunoantony3218 Жыл бұрын

Hitchcock didn’t use TV techniques, he used his TV show crew to save money. But Psycho is 100% cinema.

@johnshitwalker3483 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this fascinating study about one of best composers ever existed.

@dannyvegasman 2 жыл бұрын

Well this is an absolute treat. Many thanks.

@speedtrls 15 күн бұрын

This was and absolute delight. Thank you.

@FreakieFan 9 ай бұрын

It would've been worth mentioning that actually most of the score from Psycho is re-used material from Herrmann's earlier concert work "Sinfonietta for Strings". Many cues are directly lifted from that work, and the whole harmonic language and instrumentation concept of the score is exactly the same as that piece as well. Not to diminish Herrmann's originality, but it is worth noting.

@Yurisombra2030 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic!! Thank you!

@dimitrisnikoloulis4071 3 ай бұрын

One classic masterpiece score for a classic masterpiece film. No words.

@markbousie3501 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! So interesting and useful. Thank you.

@jadenlee7688 2 жыл бұрын

I've always been hesitant when it comes to watching horror movies but just from hearing this score... I just might reconsider

@brunoantony3218 Жыл бұрын

So? Did you watch it?

@jadenlee7688 Жыл бұрын

@@brunoantony3218 yup! As of sometime late 2022, I saw it for the first time and was found that it wasn't a horror movie so much as a good suspense film. Either way, it was a pretty good movie! 👌

@brunoantony3218 Жыл бұрын

@@jadenlee7688 trust me, it will become a horror film in your hear gradually. And you will have dreams….

@Ivartshiva 3 ай бұрын

There is a way to watch Psycho as a comedy, you just have to watch to see how much the director is putting you on - for fun!

@lesgoe8908 7 ай бұрын

Damn! This is one expensive class. Rattle and the LSO don't come cheap.

@ponyonoodles6568 Жыл бұрын

That cello is beautiful😍 also 12:29 scared my cat LOL

@Ivartshiva 3 ай бұрын

The fifth note with the added lower tone that sounds 'accidental' slays

@brunoantony3218 Жыл бұрын

17:09 Bravo Mauceri!!

@boneeatingsilicate580 Жыл бұрын

Such a hard score to get right..good sharp edged bowing and tempi

@evecat1014 2 жыл бұрын

can you please do some seminars for the AQA spec?

@federicozimerman8167 10 ай бұрын

notes are more powerful than words😀

@mattmaloney2445 9 ай бұрын

Where does this score rank in all time masterpieces of the 20th century. Top 10?

@mauricioduron3193 9 ай бұрын

Pray tell, was telling the unexpected moment in the shower scene a spoiler that could not be avoided? There will always be young music lovers not necessarily familiar with the movie.