BERNARD HERMANN

Informative survey of the tempestuous life and brilliant musical career of Bernard Herrmann, one of the screen's greatest film composers. His career began in Hollywood, auspiciously enough, with Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane," and over the next three decades he was the chosen composer of such great directors as Alfred Hitchcock, Francois Truffaut and Martin Scorsese. Makers of this one-hour film interview many of the people who worked with Herrmann, including many fellow film composers such as Elmer Bernstein and David Raksin. A must for lovers of films and film music.