Musical Score
The Trouble With Harry is also notable as a landmark in Hitchcock's career as it marked the beginning of several highly regarded collaborations with composer Bernard Herrmann. In an interview for the New York Times on June 18, 1971, Hitchcock stated that it was his favorite of all his films. Herrmann rerecorded a new arrangement of highlights from the film's score for Phase 4 Stereo with Herrmann calling the arrangement a Portrait of Hitch.
A song sung by John Forsythe's character, "Flaggin' the Train to Tuscaloosa," was written by Raymond Scott.
A "cash-in" single titled "The Trouble With Harry" by Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. using the pseudonym of "Alfi & Harry" was released in early 1956. In the US the song reached # 44 position on the Billboard charts, in the UK it charted at its peak position of number 15. The title aside, the record had no connection with the film.
Bernard Hermann's title score for this film can be heard in a 2010 Volkswagen commercial.
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