They stole the strings on this song from Bernard Herrmann’s music for Psycho.
Hmm...is that established? It would have been George Martin, anyway.
Still, it’s a beautiful song. I wonder if it’s ever been rerecorded. Without the powerful violins the song is very simple.
Here’s the complete Psycho theme:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMTrVgpDwPk
Which part of the theme did Martin copy ( starting from what minute and second of the video?)