This
paper examines David Cooper's book on the importance of Bernard Herrmann's
score for Alfred Hitchcock's film, "Vertigo".
The
paper looks at Cooper's view that the
score was critical to the success of the movie and discusses how Cooper divides Herrmann's work into two categories before delivering his evaluation of Herrmann's "Vertigo" score. The paper also analyzes Hermann's artistic genius as a composer and a master of the film score world.