Elmer Bernstein
Personal Info
Known for
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1922-04-04
Day of Death
2004-08-18 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
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
Acting
(2001)
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
as Self
(2000)
(2000)
Frank Sinatra Memorial
as Self
(1999)
Making 'Taxi Driver'
as Self
(1998)
Fearful Symmetry
as Self
(1998)
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
as Self - Composer
(1994)
(1993)
(1992)
(1976)
From Noon Till Three
as Songwriter (uncredited)
Crew
Taking The Wheel
Music
(2004)
Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic
Original Music Composer
(2002)
Far from Heaven
Original Music Composer
(2000)
Keeping the Faith
Original Music Composer
(2000)
Chinese Coffee
Original Music Composer
(2000)
A Storm in Summer
Music Producer
(1999)
Wild Wild West
Original Music Composer
(1999)
(1999)
Bringing Out the Dead
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1999)
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Original Music Composer
(1999)
The Deep End of the Ocean
Original Music Composer
(1998)
Twilight
Original Music Composer
(1998)
Puppies for Sale
Music
(1997)
The Rainmaker
Original Music Composer
(1997)
Hoodlum
Original Music Composer
(1997)
Buddy
Original Music Composer
(1996)
Bulletproof
Original Music Composer
(1995)
Devil in a Blue Dress
Original Music Composer
(1995)
Frankie Starlight
Original Music Composer
(1995)
Canadian Bacon
Original Music Composer
(1995)
Roommates
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1995)
Search and Destroy
Original Music Composer
(1993)
Mad Dog and Glory
Original Music Composer
(1993)
The Age of Innocence
Original Music Composer
(1993)
The Good Son
Original Music Composer
(1993)
Lost in Yonkers
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1993)
The Cemetery Club
Original Music Composer
(1992)
The Babe
Original Music Composer
(1991)
Oscar
Original Music Composer
(1991)
Cape Fear
Conductor, Original Music Composer
(1991)
A Rage in Harlem
Original Music Composer
(1991)
Rambling Rose
Original Music Composer
(1990)
The Grifters
Original Music Composer
(1990)
The Field
Original Music Composer
(1989)
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Original Music Composer
(1989)
Slipstream
Original Music Composer
(1988)
The Good Mother
Original Music Composer
(1988)
Da
Music
(1988)
Funny Farm
Original Music Composer
(1987)
Leonard Part 6
Original Music Composer
(1987)
Amazing Grace and Chuck
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1986)
¡Three Amigos!
Original Music Composer
(1986)
Legal Eagles
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1985)
The Black Cauldron
Original Music Composer
(1985)
Spies Like Us
Original Music Composer
(1985)
Prince Jack
Music
(1985)
(1984)
Ghostbusters
Original Music Composer
(1983)
Trading Places
Original Music Composer
(1983)
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
Original Music Composer
(1983)
Class
Original Music Composer
(1983)
(1982)
Airplane II: The Sequel
Original Music Composer
(1982)
Five Days One Summer
Original Music Composer
(1982)
Genocide
Music, Conductor
(1981)
An American Werewolf in London
Original Music Composer
(1981)
Stripes
Original Music Composer
(1981)
Heavy Metal
Original Music Composer
(1981)
The Chosen
Original Music Composer
(1981)
Honky Tonk Freeway
Original Music Composer, Music
(1981)
Going Ape!
Original Music Composer
(1980)
The Blues Brothers
Original Music Composer
(1980)
Airplane!
Original Music Composer
(1980)
This Year's Blonde
Original Music Composer
(1980)
Saturn 3
Original Music Composer
(1979)
The Great Santini
Original Music Composer
(1979)
Zulu Dawn
Original Music Composer
(1979)
Charleston
Music
(1979)
Meatballs
Original Music Composer
(1978)
Cezanne
Music
(1978)
Bloodbrothers
Original Music Composer
(1978)
Animal House
Original Music Composer
(1977)
Powers of Ten
Music
(1977)
(1977)
Billy Jack Goes to Washington
Original Music Composer
(1977)
The 3,000 Mile Chase
Music
(1976)
From Noon Till Three
Original Music Composer
(1976)
The Shootist
Original Music Composer
(1976)
(1976)
The Incredible Sarah
Music
(1975)
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
Original Music Composer
(1975)
Report to the Commissioner
Original Music Composer
(1975)
(1974)
Gold
Original Music Composer, Music
(1974)
McQ
Original Music Composer
(1974)
Nightmare Honeymoon
Original Music Composer
(1974)
Men of the Dragon
Music
(1974)
The Trial of Billy Jack
Original Music Composer
(1973)
Cahill: United States Marshal
Original Music Composer
(1973)
Nicholas Copernicus
Music
(1973)
Incident on a Dark Street
Original Music Composer
(1972)
The Magnificent Seven Ride!
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1972)
Computer Perspective
Music
(1972)
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Original Music Composer
(1972)
The Rookies
Music
(1971)
Big Jake
Original Music Composer
(1971)
The Tell-Tale Heart
Music
(1971)
See No Evil
Original Music Composer
(1971)
Doctors' Wives
Original Music Composer
(1971)
(1971)
(1970)
Cannon for Cordoba
Original Music Composer
(1970)
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
Original Music Composer
(1970)
A Walk in the Spring Rain
Original Music Composer
(1969)
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1969)
True Grit
Original Music Composer
(1969)
Midas Run
Original Music Composer
(1969)
(1969)
Tops
Music
(1969)
Where's Jack?
Music
(1969)
The Gypsy Moths
Original Music Composer
(1968)
(1968)
The Scalphunters
Original Music Composer
(1968)
A Computer Glossary
Music
(1968)
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!
Original Music Composer
(1967)
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Original Music Composer
(1966)
Cast a Giant Shadow
Original Music Composer
(1966)
Return of the Seven
Original Music Composer
(1966)
The Silencers
Original Music Composer
(1966)
Hawaii
Original Music Composer
(1965)
The Sons of Katie Elder
Original Music Composer
(1965)
IBM at the Fair
Music
(1965)
The Hallelujah Trail
Music
(1965)
Baby, the Rain Must Fall
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1965)
The Bold Men
Music Supervisor
(1965)
7 Women
Original Music Composer
(1965)
The Reward
Original Music Composer
(1964)
The Carpetbaggers
Original Music Composer
(1964)
Four Days In November
Original Music Composer
(1964)
The World of Henry Orient
Original Music Composer
(1963)
The Great Escape
Original Music Composer
(1963)
Hud
Original Music Composer
(1963)
Love with the Proper Stranger
Original Music Composer
(1963)
The Caretakers
Original Music Composer
(1963)
(1963)
Kings of the Sun
Original Music Composer
(1963)
Rampage
Music
(1962)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Original Music Composer
(1962)
Birdman of Alcatraz
Original Music Composer
(1962)
Walk on the Wild Side
Original Music Composer, Conductor, Songs
(1962)
A Girl Named Tamiko
Original Music Composer
(1961)
The Comancheros
Original Music Composer
(1961)
(1961)
Summer and Smoke
Original Music Composer
(1961)
The Young Doctors
Original Music Composer
(1961)
By Love Possessed
Music
(1961)
2ⁿ: A Story of the Power of Numbers
Original Music Composer
(1960)
The Magnificent Seven
Original Music Composer
(1960)
(1960)
The Fabulous Fifties
Original Music Composer
(1960)
From the Terrace
Original Music Composer
(1960)
The Rat Race
Original Music Composer
(1959)
The Story on Page One
Original Music Composer
(1959)
The Miracle
Original Music Composer
(1958)
Desire Under the Elms
Original Music Composer
(1958)
The Buccaneer
Original Music Composer
(1958)
God's Little Acre
Original Music Composer
(1958)
Saddle the Wind
Original Music Composer
(1958)
Anna Lucasta
Original Music Composer
(1958)
Kings Go Forth
Original Music Composer
(1958)
Some Came Running
Original Music Composer
(1957)
Sweet Smell of Success
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1957)
The Tin Star
Original Music Composer
(1957)
(1957)
Drango
Original Music Composer
(1957)
Men in War
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1957)
Fear Strikes Out
Original Music Composer
(1957)
(1956)
Eames Lounge Chair
Music
(1956)
The Naked Eye
Music
(1956)
The Ten Commandments
Original Music Composer
(1955)
The Man with the Golden Arm
Original Music Composer
(1955)
Storm Fear
Original Music Composer
(1955)
The Eternal Sea
Original Music Composer
(1955)
The View from Pompey's Head
Original Music Composer
(1955)
(1955)
It's a Dog's Life
Original Music Composer
(1954)
Make Haste to Live
Original Music Composer
(1954)
Silent Raiders
Original Music Composer
(1953)
Cat-Women of the Moon
Original Music Composer
(1953)
Robot Monster
Original Music Composer
(1953)
Never Wave at a WAC
Original Music Composer
(1953)
(1953)
Miss Robin Crusoe
Original Music Composer
(1952)
Battles of Chief Pontiac
Original Music Composer
(1952)
Sudden Fear
Original Music Composer
(1952)
Boots Malone
Music
(1951)
Saturday's Hero
Music