Martin Balsam Zoe Balsam, and divorced in 1987. On February 13, 1996, Balsam died of a sudden stroke in his hotel room in Rome, Italy, while on holiday. He was 76. Balsam is interred at Cedar Park Cemetery, in Emerson, New Jersey. National Board of Review – Academy Awards – Tony Awards – Golden Globe Awards – BAFTA Awards – Primetime Emmy Awards – Martin Balsam Martin Henry Balsam (November 4, 1919 – February 13, 1996) was an American character actor. He is best known for a number of renowned film roles, including detective Milton Arbogast in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" (1960), Arnold
The Murder staccato stabs from the rest of the string section. The half-notes alternate between E and F 3 three times before going down to C. The Murder "The Murder" is a cinematic score written and composed by Bernard Herrmann for the horror-thriller film "Psycho" (1960) directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The score, its second movement in particular, is well recognized as arguably one of the most famous scores in film history. It scored for an original orchestra's string section. The score was composed for the famous "shower scene", the murder of Janet Leigh's character, Marion Crane. Hitchcock originally wanted the sequence (and