🚖 Taxi Driver - the iconic Bernard Herrmann theme from Scorsese's film masterpiece combines evocative jazz and unsettling, foreboding noir sounds 🎷 It would be the composer’s final soundtrack - he died on Christmas Eve 1975, shortly after conducting the score's final recording sessions - with director Martin Scorsese dedicating the movie to his memory. It’s played here by the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Edwin Outwater at the #BBCProms. 📺 This year’s Proms celebrates Herrmann’s music,

🚿🔪 In 1960, Alfred Hitchcock shocked the world with Psycho. The film premiered in New York on June 16, 1960, but it wasn’t until September 8, 1960 that audiences across the U.S. experienced the terror of Norman Bates, the eerie Bates Motel, and that unforgettable shower scene. But it wasn't just Norman Bates and the shower scene that terrified audiences: it was the music. Bernard Herrmann composed the entire score using only strings, creating an atmosphere of raw tension. At first, Alfred Hitc