Partners in suspense

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'As well as the intrinsic interest of the subject-matter, the book is indispensable on account of the quality of the contributors and their contributions. Some of the leading scholars of Hitchcock and Herrmann studies have been assembled for this volume, with the result that the text is not only authoritative but brimming with recent discovery. It is a book at thé cutting-edge of current research on film authorship and a re-consideration of the relationship between image and soundtrack.'
,\«7 Sinyard, Emcrilus Professor of Film Studies, University of Hull
For a decade from 1955, Alfred Hitchcock worked almost exclusi\ ely with one composer: Bernard Herrmann. From The Trouble with Horry to the bitter spat surrounding Torn Ckuiain, the partnership ga\e us some of cinema's most memorable musical moments, taught us to stay out of the shower, away from heights and ne\ er to spend time in corn fields. Consequently, fascination with their work and relationship endures fifty years... Tovább

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'As well as the intrinsic interest of the subject-matter, the book is indispensable on account of the quality of the contributors and their contributions. Some of the leading scholars of Hitchcock and Herrmann studies have been assembled for this volume, with the result that the text is not only authoritative but brimming with recent discovery. It is a book at thé cutting-edge of current research on film authorship and a re-consideration of the relationship between image and soundtrack.'
,\«7 Sinyard, Emcrilus Professor of Film Studies, University of Hull
For a decade from 1955, Alfred Hitchcock worked almost exclusi\ ely with one composer: Bernard Herrmann. From The Trouble with Horry to the bitter spat surrounding Torn Ckuiain, the partnership ga\e us some of cinema's most memorable musical moments, taught us to stay out of the shower, away from heights and ne\ er to spend time in corn fields. Consequently, fascination with their work and relationship endures fifty years later. This \ olume of new, spellliinding essays e.xplores their tense working relationship as well as their legac)', from crashing cyml^als to the sound of The Birds.
This book brings together new work and perspecti\ es on the relationship between Hitchcock and Herrmann. Featuring essays by leading scholars of Hitchcock's work, including Richard Allen, Charles Barr, Murray Pomerancc, Sidney Gottlieb and Jack Sulli\-an, it examines the working relationship between the pair and the contribution that Herrmann's work brings to Hitchcock's idiom. Examining key works, including The Man Who Knew Too Much, Psycho, Marnie and Mrtigo, the collection explores approaches to sound, music, collaboratix e authorship and the distinctix e contribution that Herrmann's work with Hitchcock brought to this body of films.
Partners in suspense examines the significance, meanings, histories and enduring legacies of one of film history's most important partnerships. By engaging with the collaboratixe work of Hitchcock and Herrmann, the essay s in the collection examine the ways in v\ hich film directors and composers collaborate, how this collaboration is experienced in the film text, and the ways such a partnership inspires later work.
Steven Rawle is Associate I'rofcssor in I'llm and .Media at York St.John Unixersity K. j. Donnelly is Reader in Film at the Uni\ersity of Southam])ton Vissza