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.
Filmography
all 215
Movies 209
self 10
TV Shows 6
Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (2004)
Far from Heaven (2002)
The Making of 'Cape Fear' (2001)
Chinese Coffee (2000)
Frank Sinatra Memorial (2000)
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' (2000)
Keeping the Faith (2000)
Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999)
Wild Wild West (1999)
Making 'Taxi Driver' (1999)
The Deep End of the Ocean (1999)
Imagining 'Heavy Metal' (1999)
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion (1998)
Twilight (1998)
Fearful Symmetry (1998)
The Rainmaker (1997)
Hoodlum (1997)
Buddy (1997)
Bulletproof (1996)
Frankie Starlight (1995)
Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
Canadian Bacon (1995)
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995)
Search and Destroy (1995)
Roommates (1995)
The Bible According to Hollywood (1994)
The Good Son (1993)
The Age of Innocence (1993)
Fallen Angels (1993)
Lost in Yonkers (1993)
Mad Dog and Glory (1993)
The Cemetery Club (1993)
Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann (1992)
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' (1992)
The Babe (1992)
Cape Fear (1991)
Rambling Rose (1991)
A Rage in Harlem (1991)
Oscar (1991)
The Field (1990)
The Grifters (1990)
Slipstream (1989)
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989)
The Good Mother (1988)
Funny Farm (1988)
Da (1988)
Leonard Part 6 (1987)
Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987)
¡Three Amigos! (1986)
Legal Eagles (1986)
Spies Like Us (1985)
Prince Jack (1985)
The Black Cauldron (1985)
Marie Ward - Zwischen Galgen und Glorie (1985)
Gulag (1985)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Michael Jackson's Thriller (1983)
Class (1983)
Trading Places (1983)
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)
Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
Five Days One Summer (1982)
Genocide (1982)
Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
The Chosen (1981)
Heavy Metal (1981)
Stripes (1981)
Going Ape! (1981)
Airplane! (1980)
The Blues Brothers (1980)
This Year's Blonde (1980)
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980)
Saturn 3 (1980)
The Great Santini (1979)
Meatballs (1979)
Zulu Dawn (1979)
Charleston (1979)
Little Women (1978)
Bloodbrothers (1978)
Animal House (1978)
Cezanne (1978)
Calypso's Search for the Britannic (1977)
The 3,000 Mile Chase (1977)
Powers of Ten (1977)
Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977)
The Incredible Sarah (1976)
From Noon Till Three (1976)
The Shootist (1976)
Serpico: The Deadly Game (1976)
The Old Curiosity Shop (1975)
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects (1975)
Report to the Commissioner (1975)
The Trial of Billy Jack (1974)
Nightmare Honeymoon (1974)
Gold (1974)
Men of the Dragon (1974)
McQ (1974)
Cahill: United States Marshall (1973)
A Field of Honor (1973)
Incident on a Dark Street (1973)
Nicholas Copernicus (1973)
The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972)
The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972)
SX-70 (1972)
The Rookies (1972)
Computer Perspective (1972)
Appointment With Destiny (1971)
Alaska Wilderness Lake (1971)
See No Evil (1971)
Big Jake (1971)
Doctors' Wives (1971)
The Tell-Tale Heart (1971)
Appointment With Destiny: The Last Days of John Dillenger (1971)
Cannon for Cordoba (1970)
A Walk in the Spring Rain (1970)
The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970)
The Journey of Robert Kennedy (1970)
The Gypsy Moths (1969)
Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969)
The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
True Grit (1969)
Midas Run (1969)
Where's Jack? (1969)
Tops (1969)
The Wolf Men (1969)
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968)
A Computer Glossary (1968)
The Scalphunters (1968)
A Rough Sketch for a Proposed Film Dealing with the Powers of Ten and the Relative Size of Things in the Universe (1968)
Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
Return of the Seven (1966)
Hawaii (1966)
Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)
The Silencers (1966)
7 Women (1966)
The Reward (1965)
The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
The Bold Men (1965)
Baby, the Rain Must Fall (1965)
IBM at the Fair (1965)
The Singular Case of the Plural Green Mustache (1965)
Four Days In November (1964)
Hollywood and the Stars (1964)
THINK (1964)
The Carpetbaggers (1964)
The World of Henry Orient (1964)
The Making of the President 1960 (1963)
Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
Kings of the Sun (1963)
Rampage (1963)
The Caretakers (1963)
The Great Escape (1963)
Hud (1963)
Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963)
A Girl Named Tamiko (1962)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Hollywood: The Fabulous Era (1962)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
The Comancheros (1961)
Summer and Smoke (1961)
The Young Doctors (1961)
By Love Possessed (1961)
Topology: Jordan's Curve Theorem (1961)
Hollywood: The Golden Years (1961)
IBM Mathematics Peep Show (1961)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
From the Terrace (1960)
The Rat Race (1960)
The Fabulous Fifties (1960)
An Introduction to Feedback (1960)
The Story on Page One (1959)
The Miracle (1959)
General Electric Theater: The Incredible Jewel Robbery (1959)
Glimpses of the USA (1959)
The Race for Space (1959)
Some Came Running (1958)
The Buccaneer (1958)
Anna Lucasta (1958)
God's Little Acre (1958)
Kings Go Forth (1958)
Saddle the Wind (1958)
Desire Under the Elms (1958)
The Tin Star (1957)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Men in War (1957)
Fear Strikes Out (1957)
The Information Machine (1957)
Drango (1957)
Toccata for Toy Trains (1957)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Naked Eye (1956)
Eames Lounge Chair (1956)
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
It's a Dog's Life (1955)
Storm Fear (1955)
The View from Pompey's Head (1955)
The Eternal Sea (1955)
House: After Five Years of Living (1955)
Silent Raiders (1954)
Make Haste to Live (1954)
Miss Robin Crusoe (1953)
Cat-Women of the Moon (1953)
Robot Monster (1953)
The Oscars (1953)
General Electric Theater (1953)
Never Wave at a WAC (1953)
A Communications Primer (1953)
Battles of Chief Pontiac (1952)
Sudden Fear (1952)
Boots Malone (1952)
Saturday's Hero (1951)
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Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1922-04-04
Deathday2004-08-18 (82 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
ChildrenGregory Bernstein, Peter Bernstein
RelativesLeonard E. Bernstein, Zachary Bernstein
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesNew York City, United States of America
Also Known AsElmer Bernstien
AwardsGolden Globe Award for Best Original Score, Academy Award for Best Original Score, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Musical Score
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