By Richard Robertson In 1960 two creative talents combined and crafted a masterpiece horror film. The film, of course was Psycho and the talents were director, Alfred Hitchcock and the score composer, Bernard Herrmann. This collaboration was extremely effective and it had first begun when they worked together on Hitchcock's The Trouble With Harry in 1955. Hitchcock's imaginative and ingenious style in directing and Herrmann's chilling music makes this film, a classic film. My analysis of Herrmann's …
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