Bernard Herrmann - Psycho Suite - BBC Proms 2011 (HD) 

I love that shitty little smile the conductor has when the Shower Scene music happens. You can tell he's living for it.

I watch Psycho once every 1-2 years and this music is 50% of why I am addicted to the movie

5:52 - Kill part/scene in the shower! ;-)

Herrnann was genius! How'd he manage to get such scary, emotive music from just strings???!!! Every Hitchchock film was better if Herrmann was doing the score.

Nothing but the string section... That was Herman's brilliant vision for the soundtrack. Sometimes as they say, less is more and boy, does he prove it.

00:34 "Ya'll people had enough? Gimme some mo." --Busta Rhymes.

I will always question why this series of masterpieces was never nominated for the Oscar for Best Original Score.

I would hate to hear this while walking through the woods!

The screaching violins or violas are intense man

This is bloody brilliant!

Fun fact: Hitchcock was apparently, so dissastified with the finished film of Psycho that he considered cutting it down to an hour and airing it on his tv show. Bernard Hermann convinced him otherwise and this score has, of course become iconic.

One of the greatest film scores ever written...Bernard Herrmann is a genius .

This is fascinating to watch for some reason.

I remember watching this movie as a kid me and my brothers were laying on our carpet, my Father waited for the shower scene, just as the curtain was drawn and the knife appeared he would toss the t.v. guide at us, we screamed and jumped out of our skin, then he would innocently say "What? What's the matter". I don't think I slept a wink that night. 😃

Imagine the dark places you'd have to go to write this kind of music.

Also think of this music when I'm driving through a rainstorm with my windshield wipers on high.

bet the musicians loved playing this ,, brilliant

This gave me goosebumps - absolutely fantastic.

There was no one like Bernard Herrmam. Brilliant.

Alfred Hitchcock's Masterpiece.

This is the best live recording of this, so far, on RU-vid

This song and the theme from Jaws are the most horrifying scores ever written.

Herrmann used 9 horns in one of his other scores: 3 open, 3 muted, 3 stopped. When they finished the recording, all the horn players rushed into the control room to hear the playback. Nobody had ever written anything like that for them before.

Psycho, one of Hitchcock's most remarkable films with one of the most important music in American cinema and perhaps worldwide, recognizable among a thousand others, this music in itself is a true masterpiece

ravishingly beautiful and sends chills down my spine, damn

Just hearing thus gives me goosebumps

Herrmann was an absolute genius, an integral and powerful complementary force to Hitch.

Music producer: "How many strings do you need? Bernard Hermann: "Yes"

0:33 is my favourite part of this

The most tense and disturbing 8 minutes and 40 seconds of my life!! Great masterpiece. Classical music; the basis of all musical styles, the foundations, the sustenance.

“Why she wouldn’t even harm a fly”.

Norman: "You know what I think? I think that...we're all in our private traps. Clamped in them. And none of us can ever get out. We scratch and claw, but - only at the air. Only at each other. And for all of it, we never budge an inch." Marion: "Sometimes we deliberately step into those traps."

Hearing the Psycho Suite this way, in this setting, there's so much of it that reminds me of both Stravinsky and Bartok's music. Bernard Hermann brought a very modern, sophisticated type of sound to motion pictures, Hitchcock's films wouldn't be nearly as great if not for his glorious music.

I absolutely love the part of the symphony showing the conductors face as the knife pierces through Janet Leigh/Marion Crane's torso!!! 😳😱

I consider Psycho to be not only the best horror movie of all time, but the greatest movie of all time. Part of what makes a movie great is the soundtrack. This is by far one of the best. It tells a story and it really captures what it's trying to convey.

it still blows my mind that this brilliant score did not even receive the Oscar nomination. It should have WON; it is the most influential film score of all time.

A boy's best friend it's his mother.

Sounds just like watching the Movie itself this orchestra Kudos!!!!!

Kudos To The Band!! I would have geeked SO HARD enjoying this in person! OMFG! Not only do I play this movie every October but I listen to the soundtrack almost on the daily!

Watched the movie for the first time yesterday ..hooked ever since .

I love when they played this tune during my prom night.

It was amazing to watch this modern classical being performed! I have chills!

I love orchestra! This is awesome!!!!!

Absolutely Amazing!! Killed It!!

Herrmann knew how to mike music for soundtracks, too, and I think that's one reason the music sounds so ferocious on the soundtrack. It will never sound the same way in concert, even if the conductor gets the tempo right!

Strings are the best!!!!!!😊

Bernard Herrmann was an absolute GENIUS. Danny Elfman learned from the best as well as a true inspiration.

"We're all in our private traps and can never get out". How true!!!

The hallmark of Herrmann -- the empty percussion seats in the orchestra. We'll never have a composer of his caliber again.

This is terrific! And well done. Thanks for sharing! This sounds right on the money to me!!! Don't change!

That ending was bloody terrifying

To get close to the original tempo, change the playback video speed to 1.25

The mother of all horror flicks, absolutely legendary. And a musuc which fits perfectly

I love the music so much, sometimes I wished, Ilved in the 50s or 60s. But then realize, I am glad, I live now so I can enjoy it by RU-vid.

Suddenly I've realized that I take so much for granted ! I'm oblivious to the depth of so may remarkable accomplishments,,,so many ! I saw "Psycho" when I was six years old. It's clear to me now why the film had an impact! The sound score was a good part of the overall experience ! Yet how many viewers were aware that the music lead the film? Bernard Herman ! BRAVO!

Bernard Herrmann was simply the most complete, most evocative Composer I’ve ever heard, and this performance is *AMAZING*. Bravo to the Musicians and Conductor for putting 100% into this (just one tiny, yet key niggle: I thought the opening tempo to be slightly slow, but it did eventually improve. Whether this was due to the Conductor’s lead or the players’, I cannot say.) Now, if a great Orchestra could give Herrmann’s score to “It’s Alive” the same treatment! Great music is meant to change your life as a listener or Composer. Larry Cohen’s original “It’s Alive” contains intense imagery, acting, and most of all, Music, and it that impact on me. Sitting (well, I was SIX years old, VERY frightened, and spent 98% of the time facing to the rear, through TWO showings (our world used to be SO much better!), but I couldn’t escape the unreal sound effects OR the incredibly effective Music. It took me ten years before I could sit through the film again, and was able to also purchase a Starlog (?) Recording LP of “It Lives Again” (basically “It’s Alive” with more horror and less story, but did retain much of Herrmann’s score, which was well-conducted (and added to) by Laurie Johnson. Again, wonderful work by the performers and Conductor, dynamics really maximized here. Just excellent.

Nothing but pure brilliance!

One of the most cinematically important movies ever made and Hermann was a genius!!!!

The counterpoint on this piece is amazing, Bernard Herrmann was amazing with counterpoint and melody

@5:52 when the shower scene happens, all the violinists’ arm movements imitates that of the stabbing ... brilliant!

Yew guyz are so incredibly talented and beautiful,,,what a treat thank yew

Bela composição! Grande apresentação!

Bernard Herrmann was an absolute genius. John Williams learned from the best!

Absolutely stunning

amo esta melodía es maravilloso ver como el ser humano es capaz de hacer hermosas melodías por si mismo y como puede entenderlo, crédito para todos ellos y para bernard hermman by :mónica Baltazar :):):)

So great hahaha, sorry have to laugh about myself how the scenes appears into my mind when I hear this. Perfect played!

Nothing like this music will ever be composed again. Unique

Just watched PSYCHO again yesterday, and the music was, as I always hear it on the soundtrack, FEROCIOUS! I mean from the credits onward it's IN YOUR FACE! Would like to know how the music and dialogue were balanced because I could always understand the dialogue!

Adoro este maestro... orquestra maravilhosa! Great!

one of the best ever....

This composure is pure genius. All strings.

I saw this movie when I was young and it, and the score, made me stop taking showers at night!

I’m obsessed with this music I sleep to it

Love it. And with regard to the previous comment, ive never heard a version played at the speed of the soundtrack

The orchestra is as good as the camera realizator. Very very well done.

Psycho is my new Halloween movie and I’ve only watched it twice in the last two weeks lol. I first tried it two weeks ago and I liked it. The music was suspenseful and scary in the perfect parts

FAR OUT THIS IS GOOD. at the start I thought it sounded rather slow but WOW

My favourite film score of all time!

great music, oh mother BLOOD BLOOD.

Anthony Perkins was a lovely man, had a great sense of humor and was a fabulous actor! Loved him in this Hitchcock film, but my favorite is Orson Welles, "The Trial" 🎉

This is wonderful to play - I was reading violin 1 today playing along with the full score soundtrack today - so satisfying and sublime!

gives me the chills

This was a great performance, but why cut it off before the audience applause, etc.? --What's the rush? Need to see the reaction. Let it play out at the end.

I am so miss America-Colarado. I am so miss classic horror movie. This theme music is so so nice. Super performance. Amazing. 🙏

Incredible

Beleive it or not it was a low budget movie. Herrmann was asked to keep the costs down and he did it by only using the string section. This twinned with his incredible musical ability gave us this wonderful gem.

I played this song on October 4th for my orchestra concert we weren't even close to this tempo

Uma das trilhas mais marcante de toda a história do cinema, sem palavras para dizer o quanto agrada aos ouvidos

A huge touch of genius right here!

The all string orchestral arrangement of the Psycho Suite as presented here is a real gem! Seeing all those gorgeous and talented musicians re-creating one of the most influence scores of all time, is most enlightening. The shower scene, with its screeching violins, occurs at 5:55 - was pulled off with what looks like relative ease, even though it is a complex tune.

If you watch and listen very closely you'll hear something unique. Going back to the original score, Hermman instructed the orchestra to eschew vibrato. As you closely, you'll see the BBC players using it in moments but it's very subtle, almost imperceptible to the ear, which makes me think it was a conscious choice, just as they slowed the tempo in some sections, and merged other aspects of the score. A purist may find this to be annoying, but I didn't find it to be.

Indeed,I remember . The Film was amazing,the music, top.

Hermann's magnificent score adds a lot to what is a remarkable -- if unpleasant -- film. Certainly one of Hitch's best.

Would never want to be in the shower with this music playing 😨

I play this at times to help me get to sleep. My wife thinks I'm 'mad'. :)

Very brilliant performance, very accurate! Thank you!

Well Psycho and the shower scene are one of the most frightening scenes in cinema history and even close to 50 I am glad when they show it on TV when this scene is over.

'I declare! I don't, that's how I get to keep it.'

The music 🎶 s so powerful! Of course there are Beautiful and great harmonies Tiins! Thank you for sharing this Ron!

5:55 Iconic!