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Song of the Day: Taxi Driver (“Soundtrack Suite”) [YouTube link], composed by Bernard Herrmann, concludes our 5-day mini tribute to this film score maestro. This was the composer’s final film score before his death on Christmas Eve in 1975. He didn’t live to see the film’s debut on February 8,…

Song of the Day: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (“Soundtrack Suite”) [YouTube link], music by Bernard Herrmann, harks back to his early years as a film score composer. This suite, derived from the soundtrack to the enchanting 1947 fantasy film, starring Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison, features some of the…

Song of the Day: Marnie (“Soundtrack Suite”) [YouTube link], composed by Bernard Herrmann, is the third of our 5-day mini-tribute to this cinematic score legend. This score for the 1964 film starring Sean Connery and Tippi Hedren, was the last of Herrmann’s seven collaborations with Hitchcock.

Song of the Day: Vertigo (“Soundtrack Suite”) [YouTube link], composed by Bernard Herrmann, is the second suite in our 5-day mini-tribute to one of the finest composers to touch cinematic history. The soundtrack to this film is one of his crowning achievements—yet another of his collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock, who…

Song of the Day: North by Northwest (“Soundtrack Suite”) [YouTube link], composed by Bernard Herrmann, is one of the highlights to this 1959 film, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, and James Mason. I know it’s a tough call, but this remains my all-time favorite among…

Song of the Day: Godzilla (“Soundtrack Suite”) [YouTube link], composed by Akira Ifukube, derives from the original 1954 Japanese film, “Gojira,” which was re-edited for US release in 1956 as “Godzilla, King of the Monsters!“, with the addition of actor Raymond Burr. In case you didn’t notice, “Godzilla” begins with…

Song of the Day: The Godfather Trilogy (“Soundtrack Suite”) [YouTube link], with composing credits going both to Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola, takes musical highlights from Francis Ford Coppola‘s gangster epic: “The Godfather” (1972), “The Godfather, Part II” (1974), and “The Godfather, Part III” (1990). It’s hard to believe that…