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Bernard Herrmann

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Bernard Herrmann Fast Facts:

Won a $100 composition prize at age 13.
Appointed staff conductor of the CBS Symphony in 1935; premiered works by Ralph Vaughn Williams and Charles Ives as chief conductor (1940-51).
Earned an Oscar nomination for his first movie orchestration, the 1941 Orson Welles classic Citizen Kane; also collaborated with Welles on the 1938 Mercury Players radio drama The War of the Worlds.
Won an Oscar for his second movie orchestration, The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941).
Composed the scores for eight Alfred Hitchcock films (but earned no Oscar nominations for them); persuaded Hitchcock to use music in the Psycho shower scene.
Died the night after completing sound editing for Taxi Driver (1976).
Is pictured on a 33-cent U.S. postage stamp (one of six Hollywood composers honored by the Postal Service in 1999).
Two of his scores (Psycho and Vertigo) are on the American Film Institute's 2005 Top 25 list.

Bernard Herrmann Relationships:
Violet Lucille Fletcher - Ex-wife
Abraham Herrmann - Father
Ida Gorenstein - Mother
Louis Herrmann - Brother
Rose Herrmann - Sister
Kathy Lucille Anderson - Ex-wife
Norma Shepherd - Wife
Dorothy Louise Herrmann - Daughter
Wendy Elizabeth Herrmann - Daughter
Bernard Herrmann Awards:
1976 Oscar: Best Achievement in Music (Original Score) - Nominee
1955 Emmy: Best Original Music Composed for TV - Nominee
1952 Golden Globe: Best Original Score - Motion Picture - Nominee
1976 BAFTA Awards: The Anthony Asquith Award - Winner
1941 Oscar: Best Achievement in Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture) - Nominee
1941 Oscar: Best Achievement in Music (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture) - Winner
1946 Oscar: Best Achievement in Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Nominee
College:
Attended New York University, New York, NY; Attended The Juilliard School, New York, NY