All us movie fans go to the website of the Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com/) when we want to look something up regarding -- movies, or television. I went there today and noticed the trivia question of the day. It asked: This was the last film that Bernard Herrmann scored for Alfred Hitchcock. Their answer? Marnie (1964).That is incorrect. The real answer should be Torn Curtain (1966).
Herrmann wrote a score and it was recorded. Hitchcock said he wanted a upbeat score. The studio wanted the same. Herrmann balked, his score was dropped, and a replacement was written by British composer John Addison. (There is some debate regarding the details of Herrmann's rejection. Some think that Hitchcock was spineless and bowed to pressure from Universal to replace the original score.)
Goes to show you that you have to be careful what you read, even on the 'imdb'.
Mistakes are pretty easy to make. I know I'm good at making them.
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