kung fu grippe    2. Connected by Strings      Revolver (album)
[“Eleanor Rigby”]       For 35 years I’ve listened to the
wonderful song that became (at least in some small and probably
unconscious way) part of the inspiration for my daughter's first
name.      But, holy Christ. I’d never heard the Herrmann/Psycho
influence. Until now. And now it’s all I can hear. Which, in its
way, is kind of awesome.      In particular:      • "Eleanor
Rigby" 0:13-0:19     • "Eleanor Rigby" 0:22-0:26      Compare
with a Psycho excerpt:      Man, nobody did it like Bernard
Herrmann. His stuff still sounds as taut, fresh, sophisticated,
and unknowable as it did the day it came out. Hard to imagine a
handful of Hitchcock classics without him (and Saul Bass).
Then there’s Taxi Driver.      And, as far as Psycho goes?
Imagine if Hitch had stuck to his guns and gone with his
original decision to keep the shower scene unscored.
Hitchcock originally wanted the shower scene to play with no
music. In post production, while