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Much has been made of composer Bernard Herrmann's choice to use only razor-sharp, slashing strings for his score to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. And heaven knows it works like a dream (or a nightmare), the music feeling as edgy and colorless as the noir-ish black-and-white photography. But as noticeably effective as the knife-screeching violins are in the famous shower scene (followed by those deadly blows from the basses and cellos), they work just as powerfully--though perhaps not as noticeably--all throughout the picture. Herrmann evokes dread and tension with just a few notes, or captures Janet Leigh's flighty pani
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Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
Release date: 29 July 1997
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0030206576528 UPC: 030206576528
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Release date: 29 July 1997
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0030206576528 UPC: 030206576528
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