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- Music Department
- Composer
- Actor
The man behind the low woodwinds that open Citizen Kane (1941), the shrieking violins of Psycho (1960), and the plaintive saxophone of Taxi Driver (1976) was one of the most original and distinctive composers ever to work in film. He started early, winning a composition prize at the age of 13 and founding his own orchestra at the age of 20. After writing scores for Orson Welles's radio shows in the 1930s (including the notorious 1938 "The War of the Worlds" broadcast), he was the obvious choice to score Welles's film debut, Citizen Kane (1941), and, subsequently, The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), although he removed his name from the latter after additional music was added without his (or Welles's) consent when the film was mutilated by a panic-stricken studio. Herrmann was a prolific film composer, producing some of his most memorable work for Alfred Hitchcock, for whom he wrote nine scores. A notorious perfectionist and demanding (he once said that most directors didn't have a clue about music, and he blithely ignored their instructions--like Hitchcock's suggestion that Psycho (1960) have a jazz score and no music in the shower scene). He ended his partnership with Hitchcock after the latter rejected his score for Torn Curtain (1966) on studio advice. He was also an early experimenter in the sounds used in film scores, most famously The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), scored for two theremins, pianos, and a horn section; and was a consultant on the electronic sounds created by Oskar Sala on the mixtrautonium for The Birds (1963). His last score was for Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976) and died just hours after recording it. He also wrote an opera, "Wuthering Heights", and a cantata, "Moby Dick".- Actress
- Additional Crew
Tilly Losch was born on 15 November 1903 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. She was an actress, known for The Garden of Allah (1936), Backstage (1937) and The Good Earth (1937). She was married to Henry George Alfred Marius Victor Francis Herbert 6th Earl of Carnarvon and Edward James. She died on 24 December 1975 in New York City, New York, USA.- Additional Crew
Ben Shipman was born on 3 August 1892 in Poland. He is known for This Is Your Life (1950). He died on 24 December 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Zdenek Kryzánek was born on 30 October 1920 in Jindrichuv Hradec, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Marketa Lazarová (1967), Velké dobrodruzství (1952) and Já, truchlivý buh (1969). He died on 24 December 1975 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Soundtrack
Leon Navara was born on 16 August 1899 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He died on 24 December 1975 in Laguna Hills, California, USA.- Editor
- Director
- Actor
Jan Teunissen was born on 15 April 1898. He was an editor and director, known for Willem van Oranje (1934), Mobilisatieklanken (1940) and De Big van het regiment (1935). He was married to Wageninge, Catharina van, Elizabeth Boet and Louise Kooiman. He died on 24 December 1975.