Smith (who will be speaking in person at New York’s Film Forum this weekend) has been to the Herrmann well before, having authored the 1991 book “A Heart at Fire’s Center: The Life and Music of ...
Alfred Hitchcock chuckled with delight at the recording session for the 1955 movie “The Trouble with Harry.” Bernard Herrmann, the composer, had deftly translated the darkly comic tone of the story ...