The Soundtrack Show
The Soundtrack Show is a weekly look at film scores and soundtracks for
some of the most popular movies, TV Shows, Video Games and Theater pieces
of all time.
September 26, 2018 • 34 min
In part 2 of our look at Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, we discuss how composer Bernard Herrmann skillfully builds tension with his use of repetition early on in the score. In the second half of the film, as a new, 3-note motive emerges, we break down its musical characteristics, and discuss how its used to warn us as the movie shifts from being a psychological thriller, to a classic whodunit.
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