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Vertigo and North by Northwest are the first two of an unbroken sequence of five modern masterpieces directed by Hitchcock between 1958 and 1964 (Psycho, The Birds and Marnie complete the quintet). The quality of Bernard Herrmann s scores for North by Northwest and Vertigo is such that it is impossible to imagine either film without his anxious, hauntingly beautiful, surrealistic music; music that leaves no doubt that the composer had an artistic vision on a par with the director.