Elmer Bernstein
- Sound
- April 4, 1922 · New York City, New York, USA
- August 18, 2004
Biography
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
Filmography
- Cape Fear · Music
- Torrente 4: Lethal crisis · Music
- Return Of The Ghostbusters · Compositor
- Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic · Music
- Far from Heaven: "Making of"
- Far from Heaven · Music
- The Making of 'Cape Fear' · Self
- Chinese Coffee · Music
- Frank Sinatra Memorial · Self
- Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' · Self
- Keeping the Faith · Music
- A Storm in Summer · Music Producer
- Bringing Out the Dead · Music, Conductor
- Introducing Dorothy Dandridge · Music
- Wild Wild West · Music
- Making 'Taxi Driver' · Self
- The Deep End of the Ocean · Music
- Imagining 'Heavy Metal' · Music
- The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion · Self
- Puppies for Sale · Music
- Twilight · Music
- Fearful Symmetry · Self
- The Rainmaker · Music
- Hoodlum · Music
- Buddy · Music
- Bulletproof · Music
- Devil in a Blue Dress · Music
- Frankie Starlight · Music
- Canadian Bacon · Music
- A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies · Music
- Search and Destroy · Music
- Roommates · Music, Conductor
- The Hollywood Soundtrack Story · Self
- The Bible According to Hollywood · Self
- The Good Son · Music
- The Age of Innocence · Music
- Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' · Self
- Fallen Angels · Main Title Theme Composer
- Lost in Yonkers · Music, Conductor
- Mad Dog and Glory · Music
- The Cemetery Club · Music
- Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann · Self
- The Babe · Music
- Cape Fear · Conductor, Music
- Rambling Rose · Music
- A Rage in Harlem · Music
- Oscar · Music
- The Field · Music
- The Grifters · Music
- Slipstream · Music
- My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown · Music
- The Good Mother · Music
- Funny Farm · Music
- Da · Music
- Leonard Part 6 · Music
- Amazing Grace and Chuck · Music, Conductor
- ¡Three Amigos! · Music
- Legal Eagles · Music, Conductor
- Spies Like Us · Music
- Prince Jack · Music
- The Black Cauldron · Music
- Marie Ward - Zwischen Galgen und Glorie · Music
- Gulag · Music
- Ghostbusters · Music
- Michael Jackson's Thriller · Music
- Class · Music
- Trading Places · Music
- Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone · Music
- Airplane II: The Sequel · Music
- Five Days One Summer · Music
- Genocide · Music, Conductor
- An American Werewolf in London · Music, Conductor
- Honky Tonk Freeway · Music
- The Chosen · Music
- Heavy Metal · Music
- Stripes · Music
- Going Ape! · Music
- Airplane! · Music
- The Blues Brothers · Music
- This Year's Blonde · Music