Elmer Bernstein
Elmer Bernstein (April 4, 1922 – August 18, 2004) was an American composer and conductor best known for his many film scores. In a career which spanned fifty years, he composed music for hundreds of film and television productions. His most popular works include the scores to The Magnificent Seven, The Ten Commandments, The Great Escape, To Kill a Mockingbird, Ghostbusters, The Black Cauldron, Airplane!, and The Rookies. Bernstein won an Oscar for his score to Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) and was nominated for fourteen Oscars in total. He also won two Golden Globes and was nominated for two Grammy Awards. Bernstein wrote the theme songs or other music for more than 200 films and TV shows, including The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, The Ten Commandments (1956), The Man with the Golden Arm, To Kill a Mockingbird, Robot Monster, and the fanfare used in the National Geographic television specials. His theme for The Magnificent Seven is also familiar to television viewers, as it was used in commercials for Marlboro cigarettes. Bernstein also provided the score to many of the short films of Ray and Charles Eames. In 1961 Bernstein co-founded Äva Records an American record label based in Los Angeles together with Fred Astaire, Jackie Mills and Tommy Wolf.
Known for
SoundBirthday
April 4, 1922Deathday
August 18, 2004Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
196Place of birth
New York City, New York, USAAlso known as
Elmer Bernstien
Cast credits
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
Self
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
Self
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
Self
The Bible According to Hollywood
Self
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
Self - Composer
Frank Sinatra Memorial
Self
Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann
Self
Fearful Symmetry
Self
From Noon Till Three
Songwriter (uncredited)
Making 'Taxi Driver'
SelfCrew credits
The Blues Brothers
Original Music Composer
The Man with the Golden Arm
Original Music Composer
To Kill a Mockingbird
Original Music Composer
Ghostbusters
Original Music Composer
Airplane!
Original Music Composer
An American Werewolf in London
Original Music Composer
Birdman of Alcatraz
Original Music Composer
The Magnificent Seven
Original Music Composer
Sweet Smell of Success
Original Music Composer
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Original Music Composer
Mad Dog and Glory
Original Music Composer
The Age of Innocence
Original Music Composer
Far from Heaven
Original Music Composer
Bulletproof
Original Music Composer
Stripes
Original Music Composer
The Black Cauldron
Original Music Composer
The Buccaneer
Original Music Composer
Keeping the Faith
Original Music Composer
The Tin Star
Original Music Composer
The Comancheros
Original Music Composer
Big Jake
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