Known For
Sound
Born
Apr 04, 1922
Died
Aug 18, 2004
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
210 titles
Elmer Bernstein
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
Original Music Composer
Far from Heaven
Original Music Composer
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
Self
Chinese Coffee
Original Music Composer
Frank Sinatra Memorial
Self
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
Self
Keeping the Faith
Original Music Composer
A Storm in Summer
Music Producer
Bringing Out the Dead
Original Music Composer
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Original Music Composer
Wild Wild West
Original Music Composer
Making 'Taxi Driver'
Self
The Deep End of the Ocean
Original Music Composer
Imagining 'Heavy Metal'
Music
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
Self - Composer
Puppies for Sale
Music
Twilight
Original Music Composer
Fearful Symmetry
Self
The Rainmaker
Original Music Composer
Hoodlum
Original Music Composer
Buddy
Original Music Composer
Bulletproof
Original Music Composer
Devil in a Blue Dress
Original Music Composer
Frankie Starlight
Original Music Composer
Canadian Bacon
Original Music Composer
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
Original Music Composer
Search and Destroy
Original Music Composer
Roommates
Conductor
The Hollywood Soundtrack Story
Self
The Bible According to Hollywood
Self
The Good Son
Original Music Composer
The Age of Innocence
Original Music Composer
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
Self
Fallen Angels
Main Title Theme Composer
Lost in Yonkers
Original Music Composer
Mad Dog and Glory
Original Music Composer
The Cemetery Club
Original Music Composer
Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann
Self
The Babe
Original Music Composer
Cape Fear
Conductor
Rambling Rose
Original Music Composer
A Rage in Harlem
Original Music Composer
Oscar
Original Music Composer
The Field
Original Music Composer
The Grifters
Original Music Composer
Slipstream
Original Music Composer
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Original Music Composer