For half a century Alfred Hitchcock created films full of gripping and memorable music. Over his long career he presided over more musical styles than any director in history and ultimately changed how we think about film music. This book is the first to fully explore the essential role music played in the movies of Alfred Hitchcock.Based on extensive interviews with composers, writers, and actors, and research in rare archives, Jack Sullivan discusses how Hitchcock used music to influence the atmosphere, characterization, and even storylines of his films. Sullivan examines the director’s important relationships with various composers, especially Bernard Herrmann, and tells the stories behind the musical decisions. Covering the whole of the director’s career, from the early British works up to Family Plot, this engaging look at the work of Alfred Hitchcock offers new insight into his achievement and genius and changes the way we watch—and listen—to his movies.
Author(s): Jack Sullivan
Edition: 1ST
Publisher: Yale University Press
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 377
CONTENTS......Page 10
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 14
OVERTURE......Page 16
CHAPTER 1 The Music Starts......Page 24
CHAPTER 2 Waltzes from Vienna: Hitchcock’s Forgotten Operetta......Page 43
CHAPTER 3 The Man Who Knew Too Much: Storm Clouds over Royal Albert Hall......Page 54
CHAPTER 4 Musical Minimalism: British Hitchcock......Page 62
CHAPTER 5 Rebecca: Music to Raise the Dead......Page 81
CHAPTER 6 Waltzing into Danger......Page 104
CHAPTER 7 Sounds of War......Page 119
CHAPTER 8 Spellbound: Theremins and Phallic Frescoes......Page 129
CHAPTER 9 Notorious: Bright Sambas, Dark Secrets......Page 147
CHAPTER 10 The Paradine Case: The Unhappy Finale of Hitchcock and Selznick......Page 160
CHAPTER 11 Hitchcock in a Different Key: The Post-Selznick Experiments......Page 167
CHAPTER 12 The Band Played On: A Tiomkin Trio......Page 179
CHAPTER 13 Rear Window: The Redemptive Power of Popular Music......Page 192
CHAPTER 14 Lethal Laughter: Hitchcock’s Fifties Comedies......Page 206
CHAPTER 15 The Man Who Knew Too Much: Doris Day versus the London Symphony......Page 215
CHAPTER 16 The Wrong Man: Music from the Dark Side of the Moon......Page 230
CHAPTER 17 Sing Along with Hitch: Music for Television......Page 237
CHAPTER 18 Vertigo: The Music of Longing and Loss......Page 245
CHAPTER 19 North by Northwest: Fandango on the Rocks......Page 258
CHAPTER 20 Psycho: The Music of Terror......Page 266
CHAPTER 21 The Birds: Aviary Apocalypse......Page 282
CHAPTER 22 The Music Ends: Hitchcock Fires Herrmann......Page 296
CHAPTER 23 Topaz: The Music Is Back......Page 313
CHAPTER 24 Frenzy: Out with Mancini, Hold the Bach......Page 321
CHAPTER 25 Family Plot: Hitchcock’s Exuberant Finale......Page 331
FINALE: HITCHCOCK AS MAESTRO......Page 341
NOTES......Page 346
INDEX......Page 360
