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.
Filmography (60)
Far from Heaven
Keeping the Faith
Wild Wild West
Bringing Out the Dead
The Deep End of the Ocean
Twilight
Hoodlum
The Rainmaker
Bulletproof
Canadian Bacon
Devil in a Blue Dress
The Good Son
The Age of Innocence
Mad Dog and Glory
The Babe
Cape Fear
Oscar
Rambling Rose
The Grifters
The Field
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Funny Farm
The Good Mother
Leonard Part 6
¡Three Amigos!
Legal Eagles
The Black Cauldron
Spies Like Us
Ghostbusters
Trading Places
Class
Airplane II: The Sequel
An American Werewolf in London
Heavy Metal
Stripes
Airplane!
The Blues Brothers
The Great Santini
Meatballs
Animal House
From Noon Till Three
The Shootist
Gold
McQ
Big Jake
See No Evil
True Grit
The Bridge at Remagen
The Silencers
Cast a Giant Shadow
Return of the Seven
The Carpetbaggers
The Great Escape
Hud
To Kill a Mockingbird
Birdman of Alcatraz
The Comancheros
The Magnificent Seven
Sweet Smell of Success
