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I remember hearing that Hitchock was so against a havinng a vocal pop-type "Love Theme" in VERTIGO that he fired the original composer, or changed studios, or refused a higher budget - anyone got any specifics to that effect?
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I remember hearing that Hitchock was so against a havinng a vocal pop-type "Love Theme" in VERTIGO that he fired the original composer, or changed studios, or refused a higher budget - anyone got any specifics to that effect?
Um, no. None of what you write is in any way factual regarding Vertigo so you don't actually remember hearing it. He did not change studios (Vertigo was part of his Paramount contract), he did not fire the original composer as the composer was always Bernard Herrmann, there was no such thing about a tighter budget - I mean, really.
Perhaps you have Vertigo confused with Torn Curtain, where the studio did want a more pop-sounding score and so Herrmann was replaced with John Addison who most certainly did not deliver a pop-sounding score or a title song), nor did he change studios (it was Universal at that point), nor did it have anything to do with budget. I hope that clears up your confusion.
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The Billy Eckstine track is said to have been pitched either as the opening theme music for film, or for play in theatre lobbies between showings.
I don't think that's correct. Back in those days there were tons of movie songs "inspired" by the film but that didn't actually appear in the film and that had nothing to do with the film or composer. Bacharach wrote many of these - Hot Spell, Warm and Tender, Liberty Valance.
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