Watch Alfred Hitcock’s Psycho as the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra performs the score live

Experience the classic horror film Psycho as the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra performs the acclaimed score on stage at The Plaza Live.

"33 percent of the effect of Psycho was due to the music," said legendary director Alfred Hitchcock. Watch Hitchcock's timeless thriller projected on the big screen as the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra performs Bernard Herrmann's spine-tingling score live.

Experience Alfred Hitcock’s 1960 American horror film Psycho as the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra performs the acclaimed score on stage at The Plaza Live on Thursday, May 28, 2026 at The Plaza Live.

Thanks to Bernard Herrmann’s remarkably inventive strings-only composition, The American Film Institute has ranked the ferocious musical driving force of Psycho in the Top 5 Greatest Film Scores of All Time. With a live orchestra underscoring the emotional tension of the soul-searing plot, the audience will understand fully why the American Film Institute includes Psycho in the Top 20 Greatest American Films of All Time.

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Plot

Phoenix secretary Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), on the lam after stealing $40,000 from her employer in order to run away with her boyfriend, Sam Loomis (John Gavin), is overcome by exhaustion during a heavy rainstorm. Traveling on the back roads to avoid the police, she stops for the night at the ramshackle Bates Motel and meets the polite but highly strung proprietor Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), a young man with an interest in taxidermy and a difficult relationship with his mother.

Cast

Anthony Perkins – Norman Bates

Janet Leigh – Marion Crane

Vera Miles – Lila Crane

John Gavin – Sam Loomis

Martin Balsam – Private Investigator Milton Arbogast

John McIntire – Deputy Sheriff Al Chambers

Simon Oakland – Dr. Richmond

Frank Albertson – Tom Cassidy

Pat Hitchcock – Caroline

Vaughn Taylor – George Lowery

Alfred Hitchcock – Directo

rBernard Herrmann – Composer

This film is rated R for scenes of violence and gore that are not suitable for younger audiences. It also includes some sexual content, though generally mild.

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