Psycho Part 2: Bernard Herrmann's unique score

0:00 Introduction (looking back nostalgically at Part 1) 1:00 Focussing on details. Hitchcock's moral ambiguity. Comparison with Wagner 2:32 When Hitchcock sacked Bernard Herrmann. Torn Curtain. 4:02 Symbolising Terror. A close examination of the overture of Vertigo. Appogiaturas. 7:44 A close examination of the 'murder chord' in North by Northwest. 10:48 Symbolising Terror in Psycho. Further comparisons with North by Northwest. 13:30 The influence of Wagner's Tristan & Isolde on Vertigo 17:56 The influence of Tristan & Isolde on Psycho 19:52 The shower scene: dissonance and atonality. Influence of Schoenberg and Stravinsky. 23:25 The emotional impact of Herrmann's music. A happy animated ending. In this second video about Psycho, Matthew King analyses aspects of the film and the score, alongside Herrmann's previous scores for Vertigo and North by Northwest, and his early atonal suite for strings which actually includes some motifs later used in Psycho. The video also looks at the influence of Wagner, Schoenberg and Stravinsky. Part 1    • How Bernard Herrmann Saved Psycho   0:00 - Intro 4:03 - Symbolizing Terror 10:48 - Symbolizing Terror...But in Psycho 13:29 - Bernard 'Wagner' Herrmann 19:52 - The Shower Scene 24:24 - Outro links - ⦿ SUPPORT US ON PATREON ⦿   / musicprofessor   ⦿ SUBSCRIBE TO THIS CHANNEL ⦿    / @themusicprofessor   #hitchcock #filmmusic #bernardherrmann Commentary by Matthew King ( https://www.matthewkingcomposer.com ) Edited by Ian Coulter ( https://www.iancoultermusic.com ) Animation by Ian Coulter Produced and directed by Ian Coulter