Vertigo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) features Bernard Herrmann’s haunting and influential score for Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 psychological thriller. Widely regarded as one of the defining film scores of its era, Herrmann’s music creates an atmosphere of obsession, romance, mystery, and psychological unease that is inseparable from Hitchcock’s cinematic masterpiece.
Herrmann’s use of recurring themes and dramatic orchestration gives the score an almost hypnotic quality, particularly in “Scene d’Amour,” one of the soundtrack’s most celebrated passages. His music moves between sweeping romanticism and darker, more dissonant passages, perfectly reflecting the film’s themes of desire, obsession, loss, and transformation.
Vertigo marked one of Bernard Herrmann’s most significant collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock. The original score was composed in 1958, with the recording conducted by Muir Mathieson and made in Europe due to a musicians’ strike in Los Angeles.
This Vertigo release is an essential addition for fans of Alfred Hitchcock, Bernard Herrmann, classic cinema, and legendary film scores, preserving one of the most influential examples of music and image working together in cinematic history.