Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe Welles nwetara nkwekọrịta ya na RKO Pictures, Herrmann rụụrụ ya ọrụ. O dere ihe nkiri mbụ ya maka "Citizen Kane" (1941) ma nweta
Nhoputa Academy Award maka Best Score nke ihe nkiri nkiri. O dere egwu maka Welles's "The Magnificent Ambersons" (1942); dị ka ihe nkiri ahụ, RKO Pictures dezigharịrị egwu ahụ nke ukwuu. Mgbe e wepụrụ ihe karịrị ọkara nke akara ya na ụda ụda ahụ, Herrmann jiri iwe mebie njikọ ya na fim ahụ ma kwe nkwa ime ihe iwu ma ọ bụrụ na ewepụghị aha ya na nzere.