Herrmann, Bernard 1911-1975

Alfred Hitchcock's North by northwest ( Visual )
3 editions published between 2000 and 2010 in English and held by 1,912 libraries worldwide
Enemy agents mistake a New York City advertising executive for an American spy.

Fahrenheit 451 ( Visual )
21 editions published between 1966 and 2008 in 5 languages and held by 1,503 libraries worldwide
Montag, a regimented fireman in charge of burning the forbidden volumes, meets a revolutionary school teacher who dares to read. Suddenly he finds himself a hunted fugitive, forced to choose not only between two women, but between personal safety and intellectual freedom.

The day the earth stood still ( Visual )
2 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 1,290 libraries worldwide
A spaceship lands in Washington, D.C., capturing the attention of the world. But the alien emissary (Michael Rennie) it brings refuses to reveal his mission to any single government, leaving the military, the politicians, and millions of ordinary people to wait in fear. Soon their distrust turns to calls for violence. But one young woman and her son befriend him and soon realize that they may be all that stands between the human race and total destruction.

Cape Fear ( Visual )
5 editions published between 1961 and 2008 in English and held by 970 libraries worldwide
An ex-con is determined to wreak bloody revenge on the small-town lawyer who helped send him to jail.

Taxi driver ( Visual )
2 editions published between 1976 and 2007 in English and held by 879 libraries worldwide
A psychotic taxi driver tries to save a child prostitute and becomes infatuated with a political campaigner. He goes on a violent rampage when his dreams don't work out.

The wrong man ( Visual )
2 editions published between 1991 and 2004 in English and held by 869 libraries worldwide
The true story of Manny Balestrero, a musician unjustly accused of armed robbery. Balestrero vehemently protests his innocence but acts thoroughly guilty, leading a host of policemen and witnesses to finger him as the thief. The trial goes badly for Manny, but life is worse for his wife, Rose, who falls apart under the strain of his ordeal.

Cape Fear ( Visual )
2 editions published between 2001 and 2005 in English and held by 735 libraries worldwide
Fourteen years after being imprisoned, psychopath Max Cady emerges with a single-minded mission: to seek revenge on his attorney Sam Bowden.

Vertigo ( Visual )
33 editions published between 1958 and 2010 in 8 languages and held by 716 libraries worldwide
A detective with a fear of heights is drawn into a complex plot involving a woman who is apparently being driven to suicide by one of her ancestors.

The man who knew too much ( Visual )
2 editions published between 2005 and 2006 in English and held by 640 libraries worldwide
Story of a doctor touring Morocco with his wife and child who accidentally becomes involved in an anarchist plot to assassinate a foreign diplomat in London.

The film scores Filmmusik = La musique de film by Bernard Herrmann ( Recording )
78 editions published between 1965 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 635 libraries worldwide