Hitchcock Chronology: Remi Gassmann
Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to Remi Gassmann...
1962
April
- 18th - At the suggestion of Saul Bass, German electronic music composer Remi Gassmann writes to Hitchcock to extol the virtues of the tratonium instrument for creating film soundtracks. Hitchcock will go on to use the tratonium to create the soundtrack for The Birds.[1]
May
- 9th - Impressed by the demo tape of the tratonium, Hitchcock contracts Remi Gassmann and Oskar Sala to provide a test soundtrack to the one of the bird attack sequences in The Birds.[2]
October
- Hitchcock completes his notes for The Birds soundtrack. After hearing the tratonium test, he decides the film's soundtrack should be entirely electronic sounds and natural sounds, with no traditional orchestration. Bernard Herrmann is contracted to act as the sound consultant for the film, with Remi Gassmann and Oskar Sala recording the tratonium sounds in Germany.[3]
November
- Reels of footage are sent to Remi Gassmann and Oskar Sala in Germany to record the electronic tratonium soundtrack for The Birds.[4]
December
- 14th - Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann leave Los Angeles to travel to Berlin to oversee the progress of Remi Gassmann and Oskar Sala's electronic tratonium soundtrack for The Birds. En route, they lunch with Anny Ondra in Hamburg.[5]
- 20th - Please with the progress made by Remi Gassmann and Oskar Sala on the electronic score for The Birds, Hitchcock cables Peggy Robertson "WORK IN BERLIN COMPLETED TO MY SATISFACTION". Joined by his family, including his three granddaughters, the Hitchcocks then travel on to Paris and then St. Moritz for their Christmas vacation.[6]
References
- ↑ The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, pages 157-58
- ↑ The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, page 159
- ↑ The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, pages 160-61
- ↑ The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, pages 162-63
- ↑ The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, page 164
- ↑ The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, page 166
