Try not to scream: 'Psycho' is set to live orchestra this Halloween. (Courtesy of San Francisco Symphony)
See 'Psycho' with live orchestra at SF Symphony, Oct. 31
23 September
Hitchcock insisted that Bernard Herrmann write the score for Psycho. The resulting score slashes with vivid effect as it plunges into the darkest corners of the human psyche.
Christopher Palmer in The Composer in Hollywood said it's "perhaps Herrmann's most spectacular Hitchcock achievement."
// October 31at Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave. (Civic Center); tickets are available atsfsymphony.org