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.
Sound 191
2020s
- 2026
2010s
- 2011
2000s
- 2004
Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic
Original Music Composer
- 2002
- 2000
Chinese Coffee
Original Music Composer
A Storm in Summer
Music Producer
1990s
- 1999
Imagining 'Heavy Metal'
Music
- 1998
Twilight
Original Music Composer
- 1997
Buddy
Original Music Composer
- 1996
- 1995
Frankie Starlight
Original Music Composer
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
Original Music Composer
Search and Destroy
Original Music Composer
- 1993
Lost in Yonkers
Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Cemetery Club
Original Music Composer
- 1992
- 1991
A Rage in Harlem
Original Music Composer
- 1990
1980s
- 1989
- 1988
The Good Mother
Original Music Composer
Da
Original Music Composer
- 1987
Leonard Part 6
Original Music Composer
Amazing Grace and Chuck
Conductor, Original Music Composer
- 1986
- 1985
Prince Jack
Original Music Composer
Marie Ward - Zwischen Galgen und Glorie
Original Music Composer
Gulag
Original Music Composer
- 1984
- 1983
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
Original Music Composer
- 1982
Five Days One Summer
Original Music Composer
- 1981
Honky Tonk Freeway
Original Music Composer
Going Ape!
Original Music Composer
- 1980
This Year's Blonde
Original Music Composer
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Music
1970s
- 1979
Charleston
Original Music Composer
- 1978
Little Women
Music
Bloodbrothers
Original Music Composer
Cezanne
Music
- 1977
Calypso's Search for the Britannic
Music
The 3,000 Mile Chase
Original Music Composer
Powers of Ten
Music
Billy Jack Goes to Washington
Original Music Composer
- 1976
The Incredible Sarah
Original Music Composer
Serpico: The Deadly Game
Music
- 1975
The Old Curiosity Shop
Original Music Composer
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
Original Music Composer
- 1974
The Trial of Billy Jack
Original Music Composer
Nightmare Honeymoon
Original Music Composer
Men of the Dragon
Original Music Composer
- 1973
Nicholas Copernicus
Music
- 1972
The Rookies
Music
Computer Perspective
Music
- 1971
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
Music
Doctors' Wives
Original Music Composer
The Tell-Tale Heart
Music
Appointment With Destiny: The Last Days of John Dillinger
Music
- 1970
A Walk in the Spring Rain
Original Music Composer
1960s
- 1969
The Gypsy Moths
Original Music Composer
Midas Run
Original Music Composer
Where's Jack?
Original Music Composer
- 1968
A Computer Glossary
Music
A Rough Sketch for a Proposed Film Dealing with the Powers of Ten and the Relative Size of Things in the Universe
Music
- 1967
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Original Music Composer
- 1966
- 1965
7 Women
Original Music Composer
The Reward
Original Music Composer
The Bold Men
Music Supervisor
Baby the Rain Must Fall
Original Music Composer, Conductor
IBM at the Fair
Music
- 1964
Four Days In November
Original Music Composer
- 1963
The Making of the President 1960
Music
Love with the Proper Stranger
Original Music Composer
Rampage
Original Music Composer
The Caretakers
Original Music Composer
- 1962
A Girl Named Tamiko
Original Music Composer
Walk on the Wild Side
Original Music Composer, Conductor, Songs
- 1961
Summer and Smoke
Original Music Composer
The Young Doctors
Original Music Composer
Topology: Jordan's Curve Theorem
Music
2ⁿ: A Story of the Power of Numbers
Original Music Composer
- 1960
From the Terrace
Original Music Composer
The Rat Race
Original Music Composer
The Fabulous Fifties
Original Music Composer
An Introduction to Feedback
Music
1950s
- 1959
The Story on Page One
Original Music Composer
The Miracle
Original Music Composer
- 1958
Some Came Running
Original Music Composer
The Buccaneer
Original Music Composer
Anna Lucasta
Original Music Composer, Songs
Kings Go Forth
Original Music Composer
Saddle the Wind
Original Music Composer
Desire Under the Elms
Original Music Composer
- 1957
Toccata for Toy Trains
Music
Fear Strikes Out
Original Music Composer
- 1956
The Naked Eye
Music
- 1955
It's a Dog's Life
Original Music Composer
The View from Pompey's Head
Original Music Composer
The Eternal Sea
Original Music Composer
House: After Five Years of Living
Music
- 1954
Silent Raiders
Original Music Composer
Make Haste to Live
Original Music Composer
- 1953
Miss Robin Crusoe
Original Music Composer
General Electric Theater
Original Music Composer
A Communications Primer
Music
- 1952
Battles of Chief Pontiac
Original Music Composer
Boots Malone
Original Music Composer
- 1951
Saturday's Hero
Original Music Composer
Acted in 1
1970s
- 1976
Other crew 1
2000s
- 2007
Return Of The Ghostbusters
Compositor
Appearances11
2000s
- 2001
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
Self
- 2000
Frank Sinatra Memorial
Self
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
Self
1990s
- 1999
Making 'Taxi Driver'
Self
- 1998
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
Self - Composer
Fearful Symmetry
Self
- 1994
The Bible According to Hollywood
Self
- 1993
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
Self
- 1992
Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann
Self
1950s
- 1953
No release date
Monty and the Movies
Self (archive footage)