PARTNERS IN SUSPENSE

ISBN: 9781526139528 Géneros: Sinópsis:  For a decade from 1955 Alfred Hitchcock worked almost exclusively with one composer Bernard Herrmann From The Trouble with Harry to the bitter spat surrounding Torn Curtain the partnership gave us some of cinema39s most memorable musical moments taught us to stay out of the shower away from heights and never to spend time in corn fields Consequently fascination with their work and relationship endures fifty years later This volume of new spellbinding essays explores their tense working relationship as well as their legacy from crashing cymbals to the sound of The Birds This book brings together new work and perspectives on the relationship between Hitchcock and Herrmann Featuring essays by leading scholars of Hitchcock39s work including Richard Allen Charles Barr Murray Pomerance Sidney Gottlieb and Jack Sullivan it examines the working relationship between the pair and the contribution that Herrmann39s work brings to Hitchcock39s idiom Examining key works including The Man Who Knew Too Much Psycho Marnie and Vertigo the collection explores approaches to sound music collaborative authorship and the distinctive contribution that Herrmann39s work with Hitchcock brought to this body of films Partners in suspense examines the significance meanings histories and enduring legacies of one of film history39s most important partnerships By engaging with the collaborative work of Hitchcock and Herrmann the essays in the collection examine the ways in which film directors and composers collaborate how this collaboration is experienced in the film text and the ways such a partnership inspires later work