Title: The master in a quiet mood
Review: If not *the* greatest certainly one of the greatest composers ever to write for film, Bernard Hermann is famous for his masterly Hitchcock scores, each one different, and each one enormously effective. This one written for a lesser Hitchcock film, not a great favorite of the director's fans, features some incredibly simple chamber-music orchestration: often only a few instruments at a time, clarinets, string pizzicato effects, all underlining the tension of the story, but never overpowering it. This soundtrack proves that the simplest of musical effects can often be just as effective as a huge Max Steiner operatic orchestration. Hermann never tried to upstage Hitchcock; he always supported him. As Rota is to Fellini, Hermann is to Hitchcock. The perfect marriage of image and sound.
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