Elmer Bernstein

Known for SoundBorn 1922-04-04Died 2004-08-18New York City, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Imagining 'Heavy Metal'

Appointment With Destiny: The Last Days of John Dillinger

Appointment With Destiny

An Introduction to Feedback

Prince Jack

Marie Ward - Zwischen Galgen und Glorie

Serpico: The Deadly Game

The Smithsonian Institution

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies

Michael Jackson's Thriller

Tops

Boots Malone

Charleston

Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects

Nicholas Copernicus

To Kill a Mockingbird

The Great Escape

The Blues Brothers

Powers of Ten

The Tell-Tale Heart

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

The Making of 'Cape Fear'

Genocide

The Ten Commandments

Ghostbusters

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion

An American Werewolf in London

Where's Jack?

A Computer Glossary

Sweet Smell of Success

Cape Fear

Birdman of Alcatraz

Airplane!

The Magnificent Seven

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

Far from Heaven

Toccata for Toy Trains

Trading Places

True Grit

Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'

The Rainmaker

Making 'Taxi Driver'

The Chosen

The Bible According to Hollywood

Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'

The Age of Innocence

A Rough Sketch for a Proposed Film Dealing with the Powers of Ten and the Relative Size of Things in the Universe

The Field