Editing Bernard Herrmann (section)

==Later life and death==
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From the late 1950s to the mid-1960s, Herrmann scored a series of notable mythically themed fantasy films, including ''[[Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959 film)|Journey to the Center of the Earth]]'' and the [[Ray Harryhausen]] Dynamation epics ''[[The 7th Voyage of Sinbad]]'', ''[[Jason and the Argonauts (1963 film)|Jason and the Argonauts]]'', ''[[Mysterious Island (1961 film)|Mysterious Island]]'' and ''[[The 3 Worlds of Gulliver]]''.

During the same period, Herrmann turned his talents to writing scores for television shows. He wrote the scores for several well-known episodes of the original ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|Twilight Zone]]'' series, including the lesser known theme used during the series' [[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series) (season 1)|first season]], as well as the opening theme to ''[[Have Gun – Will Travel]]''.

In the mid-1960s, he composed the highly regarded music score for [[François Truffaut]]'s ''[[Fahrenheit 451 (1966 film)|Fahrenheit 451]]''. Scored for strings, two harps, [[vibraphone]], xylophone and [[glockenspiel]], Herrmann's score created a driving, neurotic mood that perfectly suited the film.

By 1967, Herrmann worked almost exclusively in England. In November 1967, the 56-year-old composer married 27-year-old journalist Norma Shepherd, his third wife. In August 1971, the Herrmanns made London their permanent home.{{sfn|Smith|1991|pages=287, 308}}

Herrmann's last film scores included ''[[Sisters (1972 film)|Sisters]]'' and ''[[Obsession (1976 film)|Obsession]]'' for [[Brian De Palma]]. His final film soundtrack, and the last work he completed, was his sombre score for ''[[Taxi Driver]]'' (1976), directed by [[Martin Scorsese]]. It was De Palma who had suggested to Scorsese to use the composer. Immediately after finishing the recording of the ''Taxi Driver'' soundtrack on December 23, 1975, Herrmann viewed the rough cut of what was to be his next film assignment, [[Larry Cohen]]'s ''[[God Told Me To]]'', and dined with Cohen. He returned to his hotel, and died from an apparent heart attack in his sleep the next day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/12/25/archives/bernard-herrmann-composer-oscar-winner-for-score-dead.html|title = Bernard Herrmann, Composer, Oscar Winner for Score, Dead|date = December 24, 1975|website = [[The New York Times]]|access-date = February 15, 2018}}</ref> Scorsese and Cohen both dedicated their respective films in his memory. Herrmann was interred in [[Beth David Cemetery]] in [[Elmont, New York]].