Dol Special Edition Psycho - original soundtrack (red vinyl)

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• Bernard Herrmann Psycho (The Original Film Score) Hitchcock insisted that Bernard Herrmann write the score for Psycho despite the composer's refusal to accept a reduced fee for the film's lower budget
• The resulting score
• According to Christopher Palmer in The Composer in Hollywood (1990) is perhaps Herrmann's most spectacular Hitchcock achievement
• Hitchcock was pleased with the tension and drama the score added to the film
• Later remarking 33% of the effect of Psycho was due to the music
• The singular contribution of Herrmann's score may be inferred from the unusual penultimate placement of the composer's name in the film's opening credit sequence
• As it is followed only by Hitchcock's directing credit
• Herrmann used the lowered music budget to his advantage by writing for a string orchestra rather than a full symphonic ensemble
• Contrary to Hitchcock's request for a jazz score
• He thought of the single tone color of the all-string soundtrack as a way of reflecting the black-and-white cinematography of the film