Howard Goodall's 20th Century Greats Bernard Herrmann

Third part of a TV series documentary presented by Howard Goodall on the 20th Century Greatest on Music devoted to the innovative compositions of Bernard Herrmann.
- He points how different where his film scores starting right from his first one, Citizen Kane.
- How Herrmann employed electronic instruments before Varese and Stockhausen.
- How applied several techniques of modern classical music to his scoring.
- How the way he scored predated the minimalism movement.
And of course, that he expects some day Herrmann be recognized for the great contribution and influence to not only film scoring, but to modern music.

TV Broadcast:
Written and Presented by: Howard Goodall
Musicians: Lady Eleanor Holles School Orchestra, Hampton Boys School
Original Music: Howard Goodall
Series Producer: David Jeffcock
Produced and Directed by: Francis Hanly
Channel Four Television, London, UK
Broadcast nationally, UK, December 17th, 2004
Running time approx. 48 minutes

Howard Goodall's 20th Century Greats: Bernard Herrmann

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