Psycho

[apollomwj]

awesome score form bernard merrman..

[apollomwj]

herrman*

[skunkiee]

awesome credits from Bass...

[tranmere789]

Sorry, it was of course Janet Leight's car.

[tranmere789]

Every time when i've seen this film the tension starts to rise when that policemen stopped the car of Vera Miles. This is a masterpiece.

[Chris25698]

One of my favorite title sequences. One amazing scary movie.

[brightlolita]

@RealLifeofMe

Where is your connction to the facts,taht time changes think and oppossite, cleraly it isn't such a horror movie that you have to run out of the room but is was a relly goof horrormovie in this time and it is still a good (horror)movie.

[LilyEvans7]

Well, you know what you could do, is take some time after, putting together and analysing the last scene (where the son's face gets contorted and melts into the mother's) and the shower scene, imagining that, and then try thinking you're all alone at night in your room..

otherwise i wasn't scared either, what you ought to take into consideration is what cinndave and stephsayss said :]

gotta love Hitchcock :3

best classic :3

[RealLifeOfMe1]

it kind of is!!

[RealLifeOfMe1]

why is this movie one of the bast horror movie at all time?? it isnt scary at all!

i think it is kind of really bad horror movie!!

[cinndave]

One could call it a thriller instead. Back then, the shower scene with the violins was so scary and piercing and shocking, they called it a horror film. a lot of people could only take baths for a long time after seeing that.

[stephsayss]

When movies these days throw gore and weapons in your face constantly, of course this isn't going to seem as scary. I personally find it very scare. The score, Norman Bates' mindset, and the plot go together so well. Plus, it's a Hitchcock film.

[Sasoriemo]

exactly, i prefer the classics, id rather see the original halloweens than a Saw IIIV

[FuturisticXXL]

man when i watched this film at school- it wernt scary - just daunting. When i had a shower after i got home i was pretty freaked out LMFAO

[killerrodan]

This movie is great.

[xian19sarah]

terrifying to think one can be duped and misled by men who seem so normal on the outside and then they stalk and terrorise and send out hatred till you realise that you are dealing with a very dangerous mind who hides behind a facade and calls every woman nutters and posts disgusting images of hatred and evil-

[kfiyfdkfkji]

i love this opening, i love hitchcock

[0KingSkinz0]

fucking load of shit o.O

[stephsayss]

I can't get enough of these opening credits. Those bars running all over the screen plus Bernard Herrmann's score makes it so haunting.

[ilovethedr]

WTF!!!

[billybobthedog987654]

I have to do an essay on this. Yes, that's right. An essay ON THESE STUPID GRAY BARS, and how they supposedly create suspense. It is completely idiotic.

[hoodman12]

:-O SO DO I!! WTF! i didnt think the movie was at all scary.

[AngelofMusic04]

I'm sorry you two feel that way. The bars are meant to represent Norman's fragmented mindset.

[hoodman12]

Yeah, I get that, and it is a good storyline. Just that the main climaxes of the film weren't that scary. Plus Arbogast falling down the stairs was simply comical!

[NGS712]

hood: I haven't seen the movie, but my guess would be that modern audiences [for the most part] are 'desensitized' to this kind of horror.

With today's 'gore porn' horror films, it's no surprise that the shower scene may not frighten anyone.

[dsneybuf]

I personally thought that the shower scene was more haunting than the blodd scenes in Sweeney Todd.

[NGS712]

dsney: Well I didn't say that NO ONE isn't scared by Psycho, but rather suggesting why maybe some people today aren't.

Another thing is all the shit that goes on in the world makes people think it's just like what you hear in the news.

[Soundstage8]

hey, NGS :)

I'd have to disagree with you though, my friend. I had the shit scared out of me the first time I saw this. :P Greatest horror movie ever made. Scariest one too. Couldn't sleep for a week. No lie.

[NGS712]

Hey Sound. :)

Well that's why I included 'for the most part'. I'm sure alot of people are scared by this and you know I've hesitated to do so because of 'mother'.

I'm suggesting that the reason some people may not find it scary is 'cause of today's horror films.

[Soundstage8]

You're right :P Just look, Saw V is out in theaters *rolls eyes* But man, you should really watch it. I watched it wuth my girlfriend on Saturday, and I can safely say, that for the third time watching it, I wasn't scared pretty much at all. I envy you so much for not seeing it yet. Its a great experience, man B)

[NGS712]

Sound: What's worse is that I keep hearing how 'good' Saw is.

I would watch it, but unfortunately I don't have a girlfriend on hand. :P

[QFabiusMaximus]

I think that you will fail.

[billybobthedog987654]

Actually, QFabiusMaximus, I got an A.

Smartass.

[lastgbfan]

The title sequence is so intense and even a little nerve racking! Props to Saul Bass and Bernard Herrman! <3 Saul

[PsychoAal]

PSYCHOOOOO !!!

[peppersax]

He's the man who started it all. The master BERNARD HERRMANN. Just listen to his influence on James Newton Howard, Alan Silvestri, Marco Beltrani, Danny Elfman, and just about every frickin' film composer in the last 30+ years!

[thekillerisme23]

Master piece

[SBTelevision]

You think that the "Psycho" opening theme sounds great on your TV and on your computer? How about working in the Turner Classic Movies Broadcast Operations Center, it's even better! Trust me, I know.

[vanessarepresenta]

Uma merda em cima de bosta...

[dnr321gone]

all horror films are just snuff movies in disguise

[silvercityblue]

this rules

[SupaHunta]

shit >;O

[dumfk]

My late mother loved this film and i seen it that much due to mum having it on all the time that i failed to realise that they dont make movies of this quality anymore.

Its a masterpiece.

[sunnymarky]

Bernard Herrmann.. A genius  Movie Music Composer

[acaelrodri]

I love the music !

[ShuyaTheDark]

Actually, I came to see Infected Mushroom.

What's the prupose of this?! I just don't get it

[bringsan90]

One of the best Movie of all time according to audience and movie critics.

It lands of 14#

And best moive (also Veritgo) of Hitchcock.

[futurfry]

lol, everyone came here to see SOAD

[FrancisCastiglione]

yeah XD

[lingojac]

what's with all the apparent retards wondering why they get taken to a movie trailer when searching 'psycho'?

can someone seriously be that ignorant of popular culture?

[dvching90]

Man this is not the movie trailer,... this is the beginning of the movie

[lingojac]

same thing...well, kinda...but you get my point

[DaBestOfBushwick]

wtf i want psycho from system of a down this is bullshit

[coritoj]

you're a twat, this is a classic, and I bet system of a down would agree with it

[DrGregoryHouseIT]

Asswipe, this is 'Psycho' the movie. Next time put also the name of the band, IDIOT.

[futurfry]

i thaught this was"psycho" by system of a down.

[texasB666]

and you must be rembrandt Q...check this film man ...

[peachrose62]

This was one of the greatest films Anthony perkins made. Why his mother made him murder so many peoples?

[audie83]

I don't think his mother 'made him' murder anyone. He murdered his mother, and her lover (if I understand the story correctly). She was a rather domineering person and he snapped after he killed her-in his mind he and his mother became one and the same. A split personality-it was his 'mother' persona who murdered people.

[thaurus112]

xoj do pice kurwaaaaa

[jflan92]

I still get the shakes everytime I see the shower scene in the original film. One of the most brilliant scenes ever filmed.

Anyway it didn't stop me taking showers on my own since I first saw the film when I was 12.

[Raidmasterprod]

Simply, brilliant!

[shanefolan]

why does janet leigh get her mame last on the credits,she should be second after perkins as they were the 2 leads

[ArtJWest]

When someone is a major star - as JL was at the time, far bigger than anyone else in Psycho, including the then-unknown Perkins - but aren't playing the lead then they often prefer an "and XXXXX as XXXXX" or similar credit.

SPOILER: Usually this is when the big star plays a cameo but as JL isn't the lead throughout the film maybe it was thought appropriate in this case. It would all have been negotiated with her agent. Precise billing is treated VERY seriously, nothing is left to chance.

[hipten]

i played this song in band last year

[AILAN09]

We played this for Orchestra!!

[bluejay9109]

Our Marching Band played a portion of this song during our marching season last year, so now its one of my favorite songs. lol

[MisterpeakysMOVIE]

My hobby is stuffing things...LMAO!!!

[tictocloc]

best thriller ever...no scratch that silence of the lambs is the best but psycho is a close second, for me! ;)

[texasB666]

you get a few man =) but those are maybe one of thé best yeah ...the shining ,american psycho ,fargo ,the texas chansaw(more horror but still)

[dvching90]

Man Texas Chainsaw sucks

[texasB666]

well ..that's your perception..i think it's great ,especially the one from hooper back in '74 ...why do you say it sucks ..explain please

[BlackieGirl]

Actually, both this and Texas Chainsaw are great films. Why do you think Chainsaw sucks?

[mastaspartan117]

lol not the phsyco i was looking for but this is still really cool

[perrypearl]

The music makes you so nervous already and the film remains easily better than anything after it with the exeption of the 1961 copy "Homicidal". Check that out.

[Kloth23]

Too bad the first few seconds are missing.

[ekedens]

I'm playing this song for my band concert, and the clarinets (what i play) do the screatking part in the end which is a guy stabbing a girl in the shower!!

[lcs1956]

The screeching violins are effective but unfortunately you cannot hear the deep bass notes except on a good sound system or in the theater. They will shake your soul.

[BeeABaw]

a bose sound system works really well bringing out thouse deep bass notes.

[Beanworth]

Is this the full length version?

[BeeABaw]

yes

[StandByMe4Ever]

musica fantastica....angosciante e xfetta x il film.un capolavoro!!

[kenyadrice]

so that's where busta rhymes got that riff from on "gimme some mo". Now I know X3

[kookoo78]

I remember a couple of years ago I was watching "Curb your Enthusiasm" and this music was playing and the Busta part came on and I got chills and got all excited (I love that Busta song so much). My ex was like,"That's the Psycho theme". I think there's a Psycho theme in "Robot Chicken" at the end but don't quote me on that.

[heavymetalkicksass]

proves that todays "musicians" do nothing but steal songs from other people

[boltonboy4lyf]

cool music, XD my homework!

[XDstarfoster27XD]

the music is very scary andt hriller 0.0!

[sexualsherman]

Psycho is the greatest thriller ever!!

[ThePiano1991]

This is quite a regular piece in concerts now, known as the 'Psycho Prelude'.

Fantastic music!

[scorpdan]

it seems speeded up a bit

[ThePiano1991]

It's not sped up at all, thats why it works so much for this film... it seems so agitated

[jdean9]

i have some newer recordings of it that are slower... maybe that's why. I like the original best

[Ganover78]

Bates, to be exact Anthony Perkins has died of AIDS!

[Jayee123]

I was needing a Psycho opening credits fix, so thanks. :)

[eliusbanana]

moreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

[nachocheese43naco]

W-T-F!? WUZ THAT BULLSHIT!

[santicardenwalker]

OMJ

I LOVE THIS

MORE PLEASE

[bawlla88]

haha busta rhymes used a sample of this theme music in his song "gimme some mo"

[scotpens]

Notice that Bernard Herrmann used only strings for the entire score of "Psycho." He said it was because he wanted a "black-and-white sound."

[moffbombadil]

Bernard Herrman was a great composer. I wish films has music more like his today.

[musicking415]

yeah and I wished they still made movie posters like 'Vertigo' today, but, sadly, it just doesn't happen. :(

[bringsan90]

They are. His a legend now.

[HorrorFilmAddict]

This song is on my iPod. PLease click on my name and visit my channel and give out suggestions for Horror films.

Thank you!

[A8768]

One of the greatest titles sequences in the history of movies.

[vamfv]

I agree!

[salvebrutta]

I too

[dadasopher]

me three

[spystou1990]

do you know the name of this music?

[lamalo80]

Bernard Hermann is the guy behind the music

[Imran500]

vertigo is my favorite hithchcockfilm, psycho is second.

[hipjoint]

Greatest movie of all time!

[salvebrutta]

...and of all ages.. I totally agree with "houseman10": He IS the master..

[hoseman10]

I was 10 years old when this movie came out in theaters in 1960. Even today I think about this while in the shower. The music helps the memories. This is definitely the most terrorizing movie of all times. Alfred Hitchcock wrote and directed this film and there will be no other like him. He was the master!

[readinghypnotist]

I wish the first bit hadn't been cut off, but other then that, great!

[hotman499]

cool

[ahlan3g]

the best of Bernard

[NinjaPenguinRobot]

an Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece

[callutt]

does anyone now how long the whole film is?

[BeeABaw]

1:45 to be exact

[DrNoYes9]

did the remake of psycho mimick this too?

[CuriousMutation]

One of the very few films that should be considered classic. It does not get any better than this. The Herrmann music/Saul Bass titles and black and white photography. Goddamn! I remember watching Psycho late at night by myself when I was around 10 years old and truly feeling completely terrified.

[viezekutmarokaan]

i luv barry white

[LiLSunnyx3]

you hear chinese voices? =D=D

have you ever gone to the doctor?

maybe it's helpful^^

[Slava01]

I have voices in my head, but they speak Chinese, so it's all good.

[ZIPPTPH77]

Bernard Hermman also did the score for Taxi Driver starring Robert DeNiro.

[redeyedbandit1251]

I honestly think that the theme song is better than the famous screaming violins whenever Bates makes a kill.

[bsladek]

Yeah, I agree

[DrNoYes9]

its kinda hard to say which one is better for me. the screeching violins match the kills though.i think there both masterpieces.

[USCHoodman]

been looking for this for awhile.

[Ache1Killah]

when the melody kicks in is amazing but another film has used and extended version of it and its annoying the hell out of me. does anyone know what its from ?

[bunnycure]

Could you by any chance mean 'Bad Education', the Almodóvar film? Alberto Iglesias' score pays hommage to Herrmann... or even steals from him, you might say.

[scotpens]

Richard Band's main title music for "Re-Animator" (1985) also uses elements of the "Psycho" theme.

[krackenzap]

HOW COULD THIS GET ONLY 4 STARS?!

[emano90]

kurwa co to / same napisy?

[JediAnnSolo]

Bernard Herrmann = AWESOME.

[perrypearl]

The music makes my heart beat faster!I get so anxious,nervous...brilliant Bernard Herrman!

[BestOfGermany]

this musis is so cool!

[CherylThePsychopath]

A TRUE PSYCHOPATH!

youtube. com / watch?v=SVg_1-NK0KY

[squizofrenic49]

mi pelicula favoritaaaa =D

[maxruehl]

Herrmann was terrific. I just finished and posted my PSYCHO POEM video that used some of the music. I even did a little homage to this title sequence.:)

[zimchar]

Does anyone know where someone could get the soundtrack for this movie?

[bubbah3000]

this movie is the best of all of hitchcock.

[povso]

i am idiot, because i dont know him, sad my headmaster. i am only 14 and he's death 27 yeats. but now i'm trying to know him =)

[whatever678]

What the hell?

[EponineThenardier]

i love this movie!!!

[scheidtl]

The music kills me.

It's so great.

Thank you for it.

[shanefolan]

the film killed janet leighs career

[adam28xx]

It also ruined Anthony Perkins' career .. he never did anything as good again and was reduced to appearing in several vastly inferior Psycho sequels.

[adam28xx]

No commercial recording of the music, including Herrmann's own, has matched the viciousness of the original soundtrack.

[ThisBalladSucks]

I know! I really love this version, it gets me pumped!

[totallystressed88]

I wish someone would put the North by Northwest opening credits. It's really annoying that I can't find it anywhere

[adam28xx]

Call up "Bernard Herrmann" in the 'search' field and then click "1 Bernard Herrmann - Music for the Movies" and there's your "N-by-N-W" soundtrack. It's in the first of several segments of a fascinating documentary about Hollywood's finest composer.

[h3adbang3r88]

das check ich nich XD

[doctorwhoroxmysox]

i LOVE those movies.

[yesidjimenez]

THE NEW GENERATION OF PSYCHO IS HERE

[DAFilms1]

thankyou been looking for this for ages, does anyone know what the music is?? (gonna use this idea for a short film im making :D)

[trillthenote]

Reply: The music for this film and this sequence

is by the late, great Bernard Herrmann - "Psycho Theme"

[epmen]

Es flipante! Alucinante ver cómo en esas animaciones pilla todo el espíritu de la película. Un genio, Saúl

[fhhry123]

omg i love that song that plays during the credits!

[billytalentfan013]

LOve this mocie! dont get the point of showing credits though...maybe has a point just not clear to me :) great though my fav movie, or on eof them.

[LightsCameraAaron]

This is one of my favorite movies!

[GOTHMIDNIGHTMERMAID]

Pyscho was great! I just saw it recently again and the book wasn't too bad either I only read a little bit of it. Nither the book or movie scared me 1 bit.

[irabnut]

He really captures the split personality with these credits.

[luissopelana]

Cool, Bass has a "pictorial designer" credit on this one.

[layazero]

TE GUSTANMUCHOLOS TITULOS Y CREDITOS VERDAD? LO BUENO ES QUE ESCOGES DE PELICULAS BUENAQS COMO ESTAS DE HITCHCOCK. BUENTRABAJO :S

[pesarios]

Saul Bass the big one!!