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American composer and conductor (1922-2004)

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Top works

  • Elmer Bernstein
  • How now, Dow Jones
  • Magnificent Seven
  • Elmer Bernstein Collection (Songbook)
  • The Great Escape March

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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,…

Known for

  • The Making of 'Cape Fear' — Self2001
  • Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' — Self2000
  • Frank Sinatra Memorial — Self2000
  • Making 'Taxi Driver' — Self1999
  • Fearful Symmetry — Self1998
  • The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion — Self - Composer1998
  • The Hollywood Soundtrack Story — Self1995
  • The Bible According to Hollywood — Self1994
  • Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' — Self1993
  • Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann — Self1992

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1922
Active to
2004
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Elmer Bernstein (April 4, 1922 – August 18, 2004) was an American composer and conductor who is best known for his film scores. In a career that spanned more than five decades, he composed "some of the most recognizable and memorable themes in Hollywood history", including over 150 original movie scores, as well as scores for nearly 80 television productions. Examples of his widely popular and critically acclaimed works are scores to The Magnificent Seven <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Elmer

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  • The Wishing Doll1966 · 0 cit

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Key facts

Born
( 1922-04-04 ) April 4, 1922, New York City , United States
Died
August 18, 2004 (2004-08-18) (aged 82), Ojai, California , United States
Genres
Film scores , crime jazz
Occupations
Composer conductor songwriter
Instrument
Keyboards
Years active
1951–2004
Spouses
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Official website
elmerbernstein.com
Image
Elmer Bernstein 1981.jpeg
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date of birth
1922-04-04
date of death
2004-08-19
Commons category
Elmer Bernstein
start of work period
1951-00-00
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Elmer Bernstein (/ˈbɜːrnstiːn/ BURN-steen; April 4, 1922 – August 18, 2004) was an American composer and conductor. In a career that spanned over five decades, he composed "some of the most recognizable and memorable themes in Hollywood history", including over 150 original film scores, as well as scores for nearly 80 television productions. For his work, he received an Academy Award for Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) and a Primetime Emmy Award. He also received seven Golden Globe Awards, five Grammy Awards, and two Tony Award nominations.

Bernstein composed and arranged over 100 film scores, including Sudden Fear (1952), The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), The Ten Commandments (1956), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), The Magnificent Seven (1960), To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), The World of Henry Orient (1964), The Great Escape (1963), Hud (1963), Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967), True Grit (1969), My Left Foot (1989), The Grifters (1990), Cape Fear (1991), Twilight (1998), and Far from Heaven (2002). He is known for his work on the comedic films Animal House (1978), Meatballs (1979), Airplane! (1980), The Blues Brothers (1980), Stripes (1981), Heavy Metal (1981), Trading Places (1983), Ghostbusters (1984), Spies Like Us (1985), and Three Amigos (1986).

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