martes, 9 de septiembre de 2014

The influence of Debussy on Bernard Herrmann's music

The best soundtrack composer that ever existed was, doubtless, Bernard Herrmann, a musician who used serious music to composed his scores. May the Tiomkin or Waxman lovers forgive me, but I think Herrmann was one of the few soundtrack composers of XX century whose music had personality; in fact, he was always searching new musical expression ways and his music didn't sound like the others soundtracks. Nowadays, I think John Williams is the music Bernard Herrmann was.

Many people have spoken about the influence of others musicians on Herrmann: the score of Vertigo was composed after Tristan und Isolde by Wagner. However, there is another musician whose music could influence Bernard Herrmann: Debussy. We can find coincidences between Jimbo's Lullaby and a fragment of the movie's music: the music that sounds in James Stewart's nightmare. If you listen to the measures 47 and 48, you will find that sounds similary like the Herrmann's music.

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