Bernard Herrmann Twilight Zone Score in Rod Serling's Hometown

[Teasing the Korean]

The Binghamton Philharmonic, in Rod Serling's hometown of Binghamton, NY, will present Bernard Herrmann's score to the Twilight Zone episode "Walking Distance" on October 22. They will first play it instrumentally as a suite, and then perform it again with actors reading the script.  

https://broomearts.org/classic-twilight-zone-episode-to-be-recreated-through-music-and-staged-reading/?fbclid=IwAR0wC5fd6gLhGmxPJA7ztO90KwLcHLewwf1oIoFp1qziiJMxqjBRXOOo78I

[Ken Dryden]

That should be fun. I got to hear Rod Serlin give a speech in 1974 when I was in college, the year before he died.

[sidewinder]

I was in Binghamton some years ago and remember seeing the memorial to Serling  that they have - might have been at the airport. In early December the place was bone-chillingly cold.

Edited October 17, 2022 by sidewinder

[Teasing the Korean]

10 hours ago, Ken Dryden said:

That should be fun. I got to hear Rod Serling give a speech in 1974 when I was in college, the year before he died.

Whenever the topic comes of the WWII generation looking older than their counterparts today, I like to bring up the fact that Serling, during The Twilight Zone, was roughly between the ages of 36 and 40!  He left us way too early.

3 hours ago, sidewinder said:

I was in Binghamton some years ago and remember seeing the memorial to Serling  that they have - might have been at the airport. In early December the place was bone-chillingly cold.

I can imagine!  Nice that they recognize his contributions!

Here is the score.  Many Herrmann fans cite this as one of the most beautiful things he wrote.

 

[Teasing the Korean]

I have a friend who is both a Herrmann and TZ freak, and "Walking Distance" is one of his all-time favorite pieces of music.  He is flying across the country just to see this performance!