Eleanor Rigby and Psycho
During a multimedia presention in LA, Beatles producer George Martin commented on his own influence on the group incorperating “… string arrangements and other traditionally non-rock instrumentation into its music.
Part of the accompanying DVD projection showed how similar Martin “Eleanor Rigby” score was to Bernard Herrmann’s famed music for Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho,” with Martin playfully jumping back and forth from playbacks of each …”
The full piece by Brian Cohen can be read here:
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003827411