Film Music Fridays

Film Music Friday - February 18, 2022 (Hitchcock Films)

By Darrell Brogdon

Published February 18, 2022 at 12:14 PM CST

On this week's Film Music Friday we're hearing music from the films of Alfred Hitchock. Over a career that stretched from the silents to the '70s, the Merchant of Menace worked with some of filmdom's top composers, including Miklos Rozsa, Bernard Herrmann, Dimitri Tiomkin and John Williams. We'll hear music from such films as Rebecca, Spellbound, Strangers On a Train, North by Northwest, Pyscho and others.

Film Music Fridays

Darrell Brogdon

Darrell is a self-described "radio rat," having started on the air in high school and still hasn't hung up his microphone. His first job was DJ-ing at KERV-AM, the only radio station in his hometown of Kerrville, Texas. After getting his speech and drama degree at North Texas State University, Darrell kicked around the dial before landing at KANU in 1982. In addition to his role as Program Director, he has produced just about any kind of show imaginable at KANU/KPR - quiz shows, radio dramas, concert broadcasts, arts magazines, record shows. A fanatical record collector, the second floor of Darrell's house is threatening to become the first floor under the sheer weight of accumulated LPs. Darrell sums up his on-air time thusly: "Doing The Retro Cocktail Hour and Right Between the Ears is like having the world's biggest electric train set.

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