Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Lokacin da Welles ya sami kwangilar RKO Pictures, Herrmann ya yi masa aiki. Ya rubuta fim dinsa na farko don "Citizen Kane" (1941) kuma ya sami lambar yabo ta Academy Award
Domin Kyautar Kyautar Kyauta ta Kyauta ta Kyauta. Ya hada da Welles "The Magnificent Ambersons" (1942); kamar fim din, RKO Pictures ne ya shirya waƙar. Lokacin da aka cire fiye da rabin rabonsa daga waƙar, Herrmann ya yanke alaƙar sa da fim ɗin kuma ya yi alkawarin ɗaukar matakin shari'a idan ba a cire sunansa daga ƙididdigar ba.