Elmer Bernstein
Elmer Bernstien
About the person
Career:
Sound
Date of birth:1922-04-04
Place of birth:New York City, New York, USA
Gender:Male
Popularity:1
Date of death2004-08-18
82Biography
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.
Filmography
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- The Making of 'Cape Fear'Self2001-09-187.419
- Frank Sinatra MemorialSelf2000-05-160.00
- Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'Self2000-05-137.05
- Making 'Taxi Driver'Self1999-06-147.029
- The Yearbook: An Animal House ReunionSelf - Composer1998-10-137.33
- Fearful SymmetrySelf1998-01-015.34
- The Hollywood Soundtrack StorySelf1995-01-010.00
- The Bible According to HollywoodSelf1994-01-017.02
- Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'Self1993-09-017.03
- Music for the Movies: Bernard HerrmannSelf1992-12-016.86
- From Noon Till ThreeSongwriter (uncredited)1976-08-015.971