Psycho - How Music Tells The Story

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  • čas přidán 14. 10. 2016
  • Let's dissect Psycho, one of Alfred Hitchcock's masterpieces. However, in this episode, I'll be focusing more on the amazing work done by Bernard Hermann and how his score helps tell the story.
    Thanks for watching!
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    Psycho. Hitchcock. Paramount Pictures, 1960.
    Psycho. Van Sant. Paramount Pictures, 1998.
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Komentáře • 75

  • @apurvagoodthinking
    @apurvagoodthinking Před 7 lety +64

    "PSYCHO" is my personal favorite i watched this film alone in the dark with my earphones my reaction was like i got up from my seat with the full shock and goosebumps i jumped and threw my stuffs, the background music scares the hell out of you!!this movie has got the best climax scene and even if you know its little secret it gives you a same impact every time one watches, even today i get goosebumps and i got chills while typing this too now that's the beauty of Hitchcock's masterpiece PSYCHO.such should be a movie!! imagine how was the audience reaction to it when it got release some six and half decades ago when the technology and internet didn't even exits!!This movie never gets old!!Thanks for uploading this informative video it really helps to connect and understand Psycho with the importance of background music in it!!

  • @GIRISHKUMAR-rf3ef
    @GIRISHKUMAR-rf3ef Před 6 lety +42

    Bro u r criminally underrated ...keep making videos

  • @highwind1991
    @highwind1991 Před 7 lety +61

    Bernard hermann was the best film composer of all time

    • @JacksMovieReviews
      @JacksMovieReviews  Před 7 lety +14

      That's hard to argue with, he's up there with Williams, Morricone, Shore, and Mansell as my personal favorites.

    • @kwameadu0075
      @kwameadu0075 Před 4 lety +2

      Easily top 10

    • @ferociousgumby
      @ferociousgumby Před 3 lety +1

      @@kwameadu0075 Taxi Driver (his last score) was his best - just captures Travis' escalating insanity perfectly.

    • @t__a246
      @t__a246 Před 3 lety +1

      Morricone

  • @gokaury
    @gokaury Před 5 lety +13

    Bernard Herrmann was a genius audio storyteller. He was John Williams' mentor, after all. And you can certainly tell where Williams got his expert music crafting abilities. Best movie theme of all time, as far as I'm concerned.

  • @KMHill
    @KMHill Před 7 lety +17

    I will always view the score to Psycho as the greatest score of all time.

    • @JacksMovieReviews
      @JacksMovieReviews  Před 7 lety +1

      I totally agree!

    • @dawnrunner121
      @dawnrunner121 Před 5 lety +1

      @@JacksMovieReviews I read that the Beatles' song Eleanor Rigby was inspired by the spore from Psycho; the staccato strings.

  • @neoexplains
    @neoexplains Před 7 lety +116

    the Psycho remake was the worst idea ever.

    • @JacksMovieReviews
      @JacksMovieReviews  Před 7 lety +17

      Pretty much

    • @kwameadu0075
      @kwameadu0075 Před 4 lety +6

      Don't forget all the horrible sequels.

    • @Ms.Eclipse
      @Ms.Eclipse Před 4 lety +1

      @@kwameadu0075 no, not really. Psycho II is one of the best sequels in the history of cinema. I'd recommend the video "Revisiting Psycho II", it's great! Psycho III might not be the best idea ever but the performance and directing done by Anthony Perkins is brilliant. As for Psycho IV, it's not horrible, just pointless and kinda stupid in my opinion

    • @mikitz
      @mikitz Před 3 lety +1

      It was just about as brilliant of an idea as a frame-by-frame remake of Citizen Kane.

    • @literallyunderrated
      @literallyunderrated Před 2 lety +2

      I thought it was an interesting idea that didn’t really succeed. Apparently other people thought it was a worthy project, there was a good cast involved. It was kind of a love letter and introduced more viewers to the original

  • @truefilm1556
    @truefilm1556 Před 7 lety +14

    Fantastic dissection! Bernard Herrmann definitely was one of the greatest film composers of all time and revolutionized film scoring in many ways. Psycho is very likely the best example to show how important film music can be. The Hitchcock/Herrmann collaborations are all incredible. I would rate many of the Spielberg/Williams and Leone/Morricone collaborations a close second, but in different ways. Great analysis how the film exactly manages to throw red herrings at the audience, with the truth hidden in plain sight!

    • @JacksMovieReviews
      @JacksMovieReviews  Před 7 lety +3

      Thank you! I totally agree, Hitchcock and Herrmann yielded some pretty great results, and Psycho is a great example.

  • @yndrywjynsyn
    @yndrywjynsyn Před 6 lety +2

    Keep up the great work! Your videos make me want to re-watch all of these great films.

  • @howardron543
    @howardron543 Před rokem +1

    The scene where the detective is going up the stairs... The camera is static w view from the ceiling... Slow going up the stairs and then suddenly Norman comes out of the room w the knife in hand ready to stab... Still gives me chills

  • @MrNerdista
    @MrNerdista Před 7 lety +6

    Another excellent video, Jack. Perhaps the most perfect film to look at score as storytelling.

    • @JacksMovieReviews
      @JacksMovieReviews  Před 7 lety

      Thank you! This movie does a phenomenal job telling its story and uses so many different techniques to do so.

  • @jimmyl324
    @jimmyl324 Před 6 lety +10

    The score wasn’t nominated for an Oscar

  • @bilge8656
    @bilge8656 Před 4 lety

    Amazing!! I love this movie. Great video!

  • @nathanslay6342
    @nathanslay6342 Před 2 lety +1

    Psycho is not just a great horror film but a great film in general.

  • @PaulKyriazi
    @PaulKyriazi Před 6 lety +1

    Nicely done. I learned a few things.

  • @ChristinaAndJuli
    @ChristinaAndJuli Před 7 lety +2

    Great review on Psycho's soundtracks and its purpose!

  • @krinkle909
    @krinkle909 Před 6 lety +1

    Thank you for posting :)

  • @taurinserotonin9994
    @taurinserotonin9994 Před 7 lety +3

    Great job as always dude

  • @rubenpinho5510
    @rubenpinho5510 Před rokem

    Amazing reviews

  • @kimberlyjohnson7409
    @kimberlyjohnson7409 Před 3 lety

    Fantastic thriller. It took U back 2 a different time before color was even on the scene. All done in black and white it remains to be one of the best classics ever filmed.

  • @thaisgregorio2734
    @thaisgregorio2734 Před 7 lety

    Your videos are awsome! Aways clever POVs

  • @spietroify
    @spietroify Před 5 lety +3

    Is it correct to say that Psycho was the first real psychological horror and slasher film? I guess almost all of the horror before 1960 was based around monsters of some kind? I'm trying to put myself in the shoes of an audience in 1960; I think I can understand how insanely shocking it was at the time, even though some of the themes and visuals are more normal these days.

  • @FIlmXFilms
    @FIlmXFilms Před 7 lety +2

    Tres bien.

  • @kstsksts6572
    @kstsksts6572 Před 5 lety +1

    Can you make a video about Jerry Goldsmith's music for The omen?

  • @tjlowe1604
    @tjlowe1604 Před 2 lety

    Like psycho good point jack’s movie reviews and ringer

  • @macanthony1108
    @macanthony1108 Před 3 lety

    dude. absolutely amazing video!!! +1 subcriber

  • @boombang5750
    @boombang5750 Před 6 lety +2

    Psycho is one of the best suspense movie with one of the best twist but it is not that horrifying.

    • @haintedhouse3052
      @haintedhouse3052 Před 5 lety +2

      In 1960 it was horrifying. Of course now we've all grown so numb by exposure to graphic horrors of all kinds, Psycho now is a ground-breaking time piece.(still treasured by me who will always be disturbed by Anthony Perkins smile at the end.)

  • @dldbug6942
    @dldbug6942 Před 6 lety +1

    The best example of the stupidity of the Hollywood production code in 1960 can be seen in Psycho. The scenes where Janet Leigh throws the note she had written in the motel into the toilet and when Perkins was cleaning up the bathroom were some of the first scenes ever that had a toilet in them, because the code until Psycho expressly forbid toilets from being shown!

  • @Slayer1599
    @Slayer1599 Před 6 lety +4

    And this is why it really bothered me when bates motel didn't use the music

  • @phil7144
    @phil7144 Před 4 lety +1

    While it never quite lives up to the original, I think that Psycho 2 is a very underrated sequel that people automatically write off because how could anyone follow up a Hitchcock film

  • @robbrothers9290
    @robbrothers9290 Před 7 lety

    I know this video came out awhile ago, but can you explain why I should forgive Psycho for its "explanation monologue" at the end of the film. It drags on forever, and lets all the psychological tension from the previous scene out of the bag. Besides that, great video.

    • @Moosbett
      @Moosbett Před 5 lety +3

      I also dislike this scene very much. My guess for an explaination is the time in history when the movie was shot. Back then such psychological things were quiet new to the general audience, so maybe Hitchcock felt the need do give a little lecture in the end (especially clarifying that 'Norman' isn't the killer)

  • @ceecee3488
    @ceecee3488 Před 4 měsíci

    Are you still around? I know this was posted 7 years ago.....but you never know. I so enjoyed your view on Psycho and would of course love to watch many more of your videos. Where have you been hiding...you are really good at this! Course with Psycho......I would sit and eat pb and j sandwiches all day if I had a day to kill. Hope you're still around. Psycho is THE best movie ever made in my opinion and can you could take another 20 years to pick it apart learning all its deep dark secrets......the why, when and hows it took to make it. Just cant say enough about it,...period. Good luck and as I said......SO hope you're still around.

  • @tulaybalkan6007
    @tulaybalkan6007 Před 4 lety +1

    I wrote my Bachelor to this topic 🤣 thank you a lot for this Video!!

  • @rgrex1
    @rgrex1 Před 4 lety +1

    What's the name of that actor at 6:22?

  • @jimmyl324
    @jimmyl324 Před 6 lety +15

    The remake was horrible

  • @danicacharnetzky
    @danicacharnetzky Před rokem

    What instruments are used to make this noise?

    • @boborrahood
      @boborrahood Před 9 měsíci

      An all string orchestra. Composer Bernard Herrmann said that was to complement the black and white cinematography.

  • @jimmyl324
    @jimmyl324 Před 6 lety

    Hitchcock at his best

  • @aaliqq
    @aaliqq Před 7 lety +1

    Could you please do 'Sunset Boulevard' I'm a new fan! You're great!

    • @JacksMovieReviews
      @JacksMovieReviews  Před 7 lety +1

      I would love to cover Sunset Boulevard, I don't have any immediate plans but I probably will do it one day!

    • @aaliqq
      @aaliqq Před 7 lety

      Jack's Movie Reviews I'll be waiting

    • @JacksMovieReviews
      @JacksMovieReviews  Před 7 lety +1

      I'm not quite sure when it will be released, I've got all of this year planned out, but would love to cover it early 2017!

    • @aaliqq
      @aaliqq Před 7 lety

      Jack's Movie Reviews You have to tbh

  • @patricklena9307
    @patricklena9307 Před 5 lety

    The remake was Fun to watch in comparison to the original

  • @tjlowe1604
    @tjlowe1604 Před 2 lety +1

    Without music stories would be boring

  • @Bob-sr2mt
    @Bob-sr2mt Před 7 lety +1

    Excellent video .not hitchcocks best for me thats notorious but psycho is a masterpiece .a series of slasher films have followed psycho none ha topped it and neither will they

    • @JacksMovieReviews
      @JacksMovieReviews  Před 7 lety +1

      I think Psycho has more than cemented itself as one of the best horror movies of all time!

  • @thedeaderer8791
    @thedeaderer8791 Před 3 lety +1

    I wish i could've seen this movie blind without knowing anything about ut

  • @luigiconder6113
    @luigiconder6113 Před 4 lety +1

    A boy's best friend ia his mother...

  • @ethanpollard1484
    @ethanpollard1484 Před 7 lety

    Cant wait for eraserhead

    • @JacksMovieReviews
      @JacksMovieReviews  Před 7 lety

      Me too! It's one of my favorite Lynch movie and has a LOT of content to discuss!

  • @ayushsrivastava1672
    @ayushsrivastava1672 Před 2 lety +1

    For me
    Psycho>>Rear Window>>Vertigo

  • @dldbug6942
    @dldbug6942 Před 6 lety +4

    The remake was terrible in so many ways. Like what is the point of making a remake that is shot for shot exactly the same as the original? And Vince Vaughan as Norman Bates has got to be the worst piece of miscasting in film history. Vince Vaughan? Was that because Adam Sandler was unavailable?