Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te wa i whiwhi a Welles i tana kirimana RKO Pictures, i mahi a Herrmann mo ia. I tuhia e ia tana puoro kiriata tuatahi mo te "Citizen Kane" (1941) a i whiwhi ia i te
Kua whakaingoatia ki te Tohu Academy mō te Tohu Whakaahua Pai rawa atu. I whakauruhia e ia te puoro mo Welles's "The Magnificent Ambersons" (1942); rite ki te kiriata, i tino whakatikahia te puoro e RKO Pictures. I te neke atu i te haurua o tana puoro i tangohia mai i te puoro puoro, ka pakaru a Herrmann i ona hononga ki te kiriata me te oati ki te mahi ture mena kaore i tangohia tona ingoa mai i nga nama.