tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post6215895837731309503..comments2024-02-05T21:23:49.249-08:00Comments on Lady Eve's Reel Life: The Los Angeles Philharmonic Performs Bernard Herrmann...The Lady Evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11963115499930520653noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-60485695838553154072011-01-01T08:21:42.676-08:002011-01-01T08:21:42.676-08:00Dawn...I'm flattered that you asked! Please do...Dawn...I'm flattered that you asked! Please do!The Lady Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963115499930520653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-22454103776567922722011-01-01T02:35:27.263-08:002011-01-01T02:35:27.263-08:00Lady Eve, thank you for posting this beautiful mus...Lady Eve, thank you for posting this beautiful music video.<br /><br />Vertigo, is the movie I selected for the, Cafe's Hitchcock Blogathon. I hope you do not mind if I link back to your wonderful article, about the Vertigo sites, that you and your friend visited?Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476174860119487509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-69025237503819422872010-12-31T07:07:28.564-08:002010-12-31T07:07:28.564-08:00I'm very happy that two who know and play musi...I'm very happy that two who know and play music have taken time to comment...<br /><br />This performance is a powerful reminder of how eloquently Herrmann's score supported and enhanced Hitchcock's themes in "Vertigo." As did his work with Welles on "Citizen Kane," Hitchcock again on "Psycho" and several others, Scorsese on "Taxi Driver"...and so many more.<br /><br />I was just watching another Hitchcock film for a future post and noticed how, even as the opening credits rolled, the score (though not by Herrmann) quickly set the tone of the film and the action to come.The Lady Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963115499930520653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-11349556799191098582010-12-30T23:12:30.844-08:002010-12-30T23:12:30.844-08:00I do not think the "average joe" knows h...I do not think the "average joe" knows how difficult it is to compose a film score. I did it once for a short film with solo piano and it was a nightmare. Certain films..KING'S ROW & GONE WITH THE WIND are completely elevated by their scores!!!doctor sabelotodohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17753057330165133638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8509825018139758536.post-74646835654486850382010-12-30T18:47:50.990-08:002010-12-30T18:47:50.990-08:00That was so beautiful to hear and watch the L.A. P...That was so beautiful to hear and watch the L.A. Philharmonic perform "scene d'amour". I've always thought that Hermann's score for "Vertigo" was one of the most memorable and evocative ever. This music absolutely captures the longing and the emotional conflict, the mysticism and the romance of this intensely personal film. I can see that powerful wave crash off the pacific (i:50 min) just as Stewart and Kim Novak consumate their first kiss. This is timeless music for a timeless film. The music does conjur that "elegant, ethereal blonde" of a mystery woman who seems to embody for Hitchcock all that is desireable and forever out of reach. Kim Novak's character is half artistic muse - a source of inspiration - and half deadly siren drawing "Scottie" to destruction. Hitchcock exposed a lot of himself in "Vertigo" and expressed, I think, the obsession that was an undeniable aspect of his genius. I can't imagine anyone composing a more appropriate and inspired score for "Vertigo" than Bernard Hermann. This movie goes out into deep waters and the score is like the undertow.Motorcycle Boynoreply@blogger.com