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Hitchcock used Bernard Herrmann in
many of his films to write great music.
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If you look back on Hitchcock films,
music is certainly a very key ingredient.
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It is really almost his signature pattern.
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I do know before
John Williams was selected,
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he had had a falling out
with Bernard Herrmann.
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I remember in the scoring session it
was exciting to watch Williams conduct.
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And, of course, Hitchcock
was there a little bit of the time.
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Mr Hitchcock had his office at Universal
Studios, and so he apparently needed
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a composer for this Family Plot,
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and the executive those years
in charge of music
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was a gentleman called Harry Garfield.
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So, it was Harry Garfield
who recommended me as a newcomer
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just having done Jaws,
a very successful film, to Mr Hitchcock.
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And I went to see him at his office,
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and we had lunch
and had a chat and I left
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not knowing if he would
engage me to do this or not.
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Then I got a call from Mr Garfield
the next day.
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He said, Hitchcock, yes,
he would like you to do the score.
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The business of working
with Alfred Hitchcock
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was really very professional
and very strong.
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We had a few meetings as I wrote
the music. He didn't ask to hear it.
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I would tell him what I was doing, this
or that scene. We talked about that.
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And then the conversation
might change to Edward Elgar
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or some other musical interest of his,
you know? We chatted about that.
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So, on the one hand, it was
very professional and very specific.
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On the other hand,
very easy and congenial and so on.
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I don't know what's come over
me tonight. I'm tingling all over.
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I told you about danger, didn't I?
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First, it makes you sick.
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Then, when you get through it,
it makes you very...
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very loving.
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(Williams) He told me a story having
nothing to do with Bernard Herrmann.