3 CD Set

Our celebration of Bernard Herrmann's 100th birthday this year continues with three more CDs of never-before-released music from The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. After a wait of nearly 50 years, earlier this year, we released a 2-CD set featuring the premieres of eight Bernard Herrmann scores from the television classic. The remaining nine episodes are now available here – yes, all of them! Complete!

Six of the episodes from this new set come from the same set of master tapes used for our first release. These include Misadventure, Consider Her Ways, Where The Woodbine Twinith, An Unlocked Window, Wally The Beard and Death Scene. The episodes we were most concerned about were three of the most famous – Terror At Northfield, The Jar and The Life Work of Juan Diaz. These masters were missing from the long-ago-stored archives. Thankfully we ended up being able to source these scores from the magnetic film stock of the episodes which offered a discreet music channel. The condition of these tracks (after significant work) has allowed us to complete what is now a five-disc presentation of all 17 Bernard Herrmann scores from The Alfred Hitchcock Hour – surely one of the most exciting and historic releases we have ever tackled.

The episode The Jar, which was written by Ray Bradbury, was also famously remade in 1986 – directed by Tim Burton and scored by Danny Elfman.

Featuring 2 1/2 hours of premiere and prime Bernard Herrmann, this landmark release is an absolute must for all fans of the composer's work. - Varese Sarabande

Disc One (41:11)

1. Main Title
“Funeral March Of A Marionette” (:24)
Composed by Charles Gounod
Arranged and Conducted by Bernard Herrmann

Misadventure
2. Suite 1 (5:23)
Chapter Title / Eva On Phone / George Leaves / Colin Pleads / To Commercial / Rumpled Bed / Colin Passes Out
3. Suite 2 (2:09)
False Clothes / Amateur Blackmailer / Eva, The Seducer
4. Suite 3 (3:49)
Overcome By Gas / Out Of Commercial / Eva Call Police / End Title

Consider Her Ways
5. Suite 1 (3:13)
Chapter Title / Ambulance / To Commercial #1
6. Suite 2 (2:46)
Out Of Commercial # 1 / Exhausted Jane / To Commercial #2
7. Suite 3 (2:56)
Helping Jane / Jane Crying / Screaming Jane / To Commercial #3
8. Suite 4 (2:12)
Out Of Commercial #3 / Burning Scene / End Title

Where The Woodbine Twineth 9. Suite 1 (7:50)
Chapter Title / I Thought / Nell And Eva / Dark Bedroom / Eva Gone / I Don’t Like You / Mingo Says / Kitchen Scene / Questioning Eva / They Are / To Commercial #1
10. Suite 2 (3:39)
Out Of Commercial # 1 / Suz Reacts / Eva Tattles / Nell Hears Eva / To Commercial #2 11. Suite 3 (2:11)
I Forgot / Nell Hears Eva / Nell Takes Doll
12. Suite 4 (4:13)
Eva / Nell / End Title

Disc Two (51:02)

An Unlocked Window
1. Suite 1 (4:10)
Chapter Title / Stalking Man / Storm Rages / Apprehensive Stella / Nervous Maude / To Commercial #1
2. Suite 2 (4:23)
Out Of Commercial #1 / Tree Noises / Maude Drinking / Maude Holds Log / Lightning Flashes / To Commercial #2
3. Suite 3 (2:28)
Out Of Commercial #2 / Maude With Candelabra / Sleeping Maude / To Commercial #3
4. Suite 4 (7:00)
Man In Topcoat / Terrified Stella / Man On Porch / Footprints On Rug / Maniacal Laugh / Man Hit / Wig / End Title

Wally The Beard
5. Suite 1 (4:51)
Chapter Title / Preoccupied / Toupee / Noreen / Noreen's Boyfriend
6. Suite 2 (4:31)
Landlady Knocks / New Landlady / Sailboat / Walter And Noreen / Bearded Love / To Commercial #1
7. Suite 3 (2:59)
Out Of Commercial #1 / Fishing Equipment / Checking Clothing / Lieutenant Johnson / Walter Disclosed / To Commercial #2
8. Suite 4 (5:39)
Out Of Commercial #2 / Walter Surprises Noreen / Noreen Accepts Walter / Wally At Marina / Wally Talks / End Title

Death Scene
9. Suite 1 (4:27)
Chapter Title / Nicky Pays Off / To Commercial #1
10. Suite 2 (3:22)
Out Of Commercial #1 / Old Billboard / Leo And Nicky / To Commercial #2
11. Suite 3 (4:01)
Leo Scheming #1 / Nicky Teases Leo / Leo Scheming #2
12. Suite 4 (2:42)
Movies / Picture Show / Leo's End / End Title

Disc Three (60:46)

Terror At Northfield
1. Suite 1 (5:32)
Chapter Title / Patrol Car / Susan Driving / Accident Scene / Cooley Staring At Body / Apprehensive Cooley
2. Suite 2 (5:42)
Cooley By Sign / Cooley Killed Frenchie / Mrs. Lafonte / Deserted Street / Library / Shadowing Susan
3. Suite 3 (2:35)
Frantic Susan / Screaming Susan / Flora At Window / Flora Faints / Meeting Adjourned
4. Suite 4 (4:44)
Will Reading Letter / Cooley's Phone Call / Will At Cooley's Farm / Cooley Grabs Susan / End Title

The Jar
5. Suite 1 (8:13)
Chapter Title / Bringing The Jar Home / Introducing Thedy / Ribbons / Thedy And Jar / Charlie Talks To Jar / To Commercial #1
6. Suite 2 (4:29)
Out Of Commercial #1 / Guests And Jar / Jahdoo And Jar / Arguing About Jar / Thedy Returns Home / To Commercial #2
7. Suite 3 (3:41)
Out Of Commercial #2 / Misty Swamp / Jahdoo Saves Charlie / To Commercial #3
8. Suite 4 (4:13)
Out Of Commercial #3 / Thedy Discloses Contents / Charlie Kills Thedy / Crowd And Jar / Jahdoo's Belief / End Title

The Life Work of Juan Diaz
9. Suite 1 (6:08)
Chapter Title / Skulls / Open Grave / Frightened Juan / Gravedigger And Juan #1 / To Commercial #1
10. Suite 2 (3:43)
Out Of Commercial #1 / Gravedigger And Juan #2 / Ricardo's Reaction / Jorge And Children / Jorge And Juan
11. Suite 3 (6:49)
Jorge And Maria / Drunken Gravedigger / Frightened Maria / Match Flame / Juan's Head
12. Suite 4 (3:49)
Dazed Gravedigger / Diaz Museum / End Title

13. End Title
“Funeral March Of A Marionette” (:38)
Composed by Charles Gounod
Arranged and Conducted by Bernard Herrmann