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Psycho

In the Top 5 of The American Film Institute’s 25 Greatest Film Scores Of All Time
In the Top 20 of The American Film Institute’s Top 100 Greatest American Films Of All Time
No. 1 on The American Film Institute’s 100 Most Thrilling American Films

"Well, a boy's best friend is his mother."

Thanks to Bernard Herrmann’s remarkably inventive strings-only composition, The American Film Institute has ranked the ferocious musical driving force of “Psycho” in the Top 5 Greatest Film Scores Of All Time. With a live orchestra underscoring the emotional tension of the soul-searing plot, the audience will understand fully why the American Film Institute includes “Psycho” in the Top 20 Greatest American Films Of All Time.

Program Information

Film Credits

Cast
Anthony Perkins — Norman Bates
Vera Miles — Lila Crane
John Gavin — Sam Loomis
Martin Balsam — Milton Arbogast
John  — Deputy Sheriff Al Chambers
Simon Oakland — Dr. Fred Richmond
Vaughn Taylor — George Lowery
Frank Albertson — Tom Cassidy
Lurene Tuttle — Mrs. Chambers
Patricia Hitchcock — Caroline (as Pat Hitchcock)
John Anderson — California Charlie
Mort Mills — Highway Patrol Officer
Janet Leigh — Marion Crane

 

Screenplay by
Joseph Stefano
Robert Bloch

Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock

 

Music by
Bernard Herrmann

 

A Universal Picture

 

Production Credits

Producer: John Goberman

Technical Supervisor: Pat McGillen

Music Preparation: Larry Spivack

 

Running Time: 109 minutes

 

The producer wishes to acknowledge the contributions and extraordinary support of John Waxman (Themes & Variations).

A Symphonic Night at the Movies is a production of PGM Productions, Inc. (New York) and appears by arrangement with IMG Artists.

Orchestration

"Psycho" is strings only.

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