First film: "Citizen Kane". Last film: "Taxi Driver". Just about sums up how the man's quality matched the films he worked on.
Just noticed, no IT'S ALIVE on the list above? Worth watching for the soundtrack alone.
Has he ever scored a bad film? Or is it the power of his compositions that a mediocre film is elevated a notch...or two? DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL my favorite, double theremin way cool.
The greatest of them all. My two favorite scores by him include, "Obsession", "Vertigo", but I honestly can't say he had ever produced uninspiring music. Brilliant man. Hitchcock was a fool for ever cutting ties with him.