Outer Space Suite
Just came across this interesting little ditty about one of my favourite composers, Bernard Herrmann. I hadn’t realised that lots of his music was originally intended as ‘stock library’ music for filmmakers to buy and use in their latest productions.
The internet has certainly made ‘library music’ prolific today, but I hadn’t realised it was prevalent in the 1930′s. You live and learn!
Click the link below to read the article:
Herrmann is most famous for his Alfred Hitchcock scores – those shrieking strings in “Psycho” are certainly among the most famous minutes in film soundtrack history. But this stuff was library music – not available to the general public …
Then, have a look at: The Outer Space Suite
Any thoughts?
Alan
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