Elmer Bernstein
Known for SoundBorn 1922-04-04 — died 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.
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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
From Noon Till Three
1976 · as Songwriter (uncredited)
Making 'Taxi Driver'
1999 · as Self
Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann
1992 · as Self
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
1993 · as Self
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
2001 · as Self
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
1998 · as Self - Composer
The Hollywood Soundtrack Story
1995 · as Self
Fearful Symmetry
1998 · as Self
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
2000 · as Self
Frank Sinatra Memorial
2000 · as Self
The Bible According to Hollywood
1994 · as Self