Bernard Herrmann – Fahrenheit 451 Suite (1966)

Bernard Herrmann (born Max Herman; June 29, 1911 – December 24, 1975) was an American composer known for his work in composing for motion pictures. As a conductor, he championed the music of lesser-known composers.

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Suite from the movie Fahrenheit 451 (1966) for strings, harps and percussion.
Based on the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Directed by François Truffaut

1. Prelude. Moderato (0:00)
2. Fire Engine. Allegro con brio (1:36)
3. The Bedroom. Lento (2:36)
4. The Reading. Andante cantabile (4:14)
5. The Garden. Andante pastorale (6:17)
6. Flowers of Fire. Adagio (7:42)
7. The Captain’s Death. Adagio (9:23)
8. The Road & Finale. Lento tranquillo (10:22)

Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen

According to an introduction by Ray Bradbury to a CD of a rerecording of the film score by William Stromberg conducting the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Bradbury had suggested Bernard Herrmann to Truffaut. Bradbury had visited the set of Torn Curtain, meeting Alfred Hitchcock and Herrmann. When Truffaut contacted Bradbury for a conference about his book, Bradbury recommended Herrmann, as Bradbury knew that Truffaut had written a detailed book about Hitchcock. When Herrmann asked Truffaut why he was chosen over modern composers, such as the director’s friends Pierre Boulez or Karlheinz Stockhausen, the director replied that /”They’ll give me music of the twentieth century but you’ll give me music of the twenty first!/” Herrmann used a score of only string instruments, harp, xylophone, vibraphone, marimba and glockenspiel. As with Torn Curtain, Herrmann refused the studio’s request to do a title song.