The great movie scenes: Hitchcock's Psycho and the power of jarring music
- Written by Bruce Isaacs, Senior Lecturer in Film Studies, University of Sydney
Bernard Herrmann’s music for the final scene in Psycho fragments and breaks down, echoing the psychotic episode experienced by the character Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins).Graphics: Emil Jeyaratnam/The Conversation; Image: Still from 'Psycho' (1960)
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