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  • Re: Auctioneer to sell score to Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho"

    From gggg gggg@21:1/5 to observer on Tue Feb 21 19:11:23 2023
    On Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at 7:23:13 AM UTC-8, observer wrote:
    AP http://is.gd/lLhY
    The heart-stopping score to Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," including the screeching music to the film's famous shower scene, is being put up for
    sale, British auction house Bonhams said Tuesday.
    The 20-page manuscript is among a collection of composer Bernard Herrmann's works and books being auctioned off on March 24.
    The score, about half of which was written in black ink on Ricordi music paper, carries the notes to the slashing, shrieking violin sounds that play when a knife-wielding killer bursts in on actress Janet Leigh as she showers in the Bates Motel...
    Auction site: http://is.gd/lLiI

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5Z7OBW8_jA

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  • From Kerrison Spartan@21:1/5 to gggg gggg on Sun Feb 26 06:13:17 2023
    On Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 3:11:25 AM UTC, gggg gggg wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at 7:23:13 AM UTC-8, observer wrote:
    AP http://is.gd/lLhY
    The heart-stopping score to Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," including the screeching music to the film's famous shower scene, is being put up for sale, British auction house Bonhams said Tuesday.
    The 20-page manuscript is among a collection of composer Bernard Herrmann's
    works and books being auctioned off on March 24.
    The score, about half of which was written in black ink on Ricordi music paper, carries the notes to the slashing, shrieking violin sounds that play
    when a knife-wielding killer bursts in on actress Janet Leigh as she showers
    in the Bates Motel...
    Auction site: http://is.gd/lLiI
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5Z7OBW8_jA


    John Wilson comes as close as anyone to the movie soundtrack's tempos and in his 2013 "Hollywood Rhapsody" Proms performance, listen out for the audience's reaction to the "Shower Scene" music ...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhIKkRhza4I

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