20 Composers Behind Movies You’ve Watched 100 Times

Few composers understood tension the way Herrmann did. How could we forget Psycho’s shrieking violins? They truly became the very sound of fear. After that, he collaborated with Scorsese in Taxi Driver, where a smoky jazz score let us sink into Travis Bickle’s lonely world. Herrmann had a gift for writing music that made you feel like you were inside the character’s head, hearing their thoughts.