Psycho: the Music (Part I)

The Soundtrack Show

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Film History, Music, Music History, Tv & Film

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🗓️ 19 September 2018

⏱️ 47 minutes

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In part 1 of our look at Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, we discuss the history of both Hitchcock and film composer Bernard Herrmann, and explore the strength of their collaborations. We give detailed history on the production of Psycho and its film score, and provide a breakdown of several pieces of music... including the most famous horror scene of all time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:40.0	Psycho is not the movie everyone thinks it's going to be.
0:45.0	It misleads us as we all take a journey with the movie's main character,
0:50.0	only to find out that she's not the main character at all.
0:54.0	This is the soundtrack show. Oh, Good evening. I have some news that will delight you. Murder is not dead. I do not refer to the ones
1:38.1	splashed all over the front pages. Those are in such bad taste. I refer to those exquisite murders that have a touch of the
1:47.0	bizarre and which take fiendish ingenuity to soul. Those are alive and well. One will be presented for your shivering delight immediately.
2:00.0	Is anything wrong?
2:01.0	My acting is if there's something wrong?
2:02.0	Hey!
2:03.0	Your girlfriend stole $40,000.
2:05.0	Where are you going?
2:06.0	I'm looking for a private island.
2:08.0	You mean an institution?
2:10.0	A madhouse? There are plenty of motels in this area.
2:12.0	She spent last Saturday night at the Bates Motel.
2:14.0	Can we just keep on lighting the lights and following your formalities?
2:20.0	Isn't this the first place it looks like it's hiding from the world?
2:22.0	I'm sure there's something wrong out there and I have to know what.
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