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) an…
Known For
Ghostbusters
Original Music Composer
The Blues Brothers
Original Music Composer
To Kill a Mockingbird
Original Music Composer
The Great Escape
Original Music Composer
Airplane!
Original Music Composer
Cape Fear
Conductor
Trading Places
Original Music Composer
The Ten Commandments
Original Music Composer
FlickList VIP
Recommended for you
Filmography
Acting (11)
Movies (10)
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
2001as Self
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
2000as Self
Frank Sinatra Memorial
2000as Self
Making 'Taxi Driver'
1999as Self
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
1998as Self - Composer
Fearful Symmetry
1998as Self
The Bible According to Hollywood
1994as Self
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
1993as Self
Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann
1992as Self
From Noon Till Three
1976as Songwriter (uncredited)
Television (1)
Crew (216)
Movies (210)
Torrente 4: Lethal crisis
2011Music
Return Of The Ghostbusters
2007Compositor
Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic
2004Original Music Composer
Far from Heaven
2002Original Music Composer
Keeping the Faith
2000Original Music Composer
Chinese Coffee
2000Original Music Composer
A Storm in Summer
2000Music Producer
Wild Wild West
1999Original Music Composer
Bringing Out the Dead
1999Conductor
Bringing Out the Dead
1999Original Music Composer
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999Original Music Composer
The Deep End of the Ocean
1999Original Music Composer
Imagining 'Heavy Metal'
1999Music
Twilight
1998Original Music Composer
Puppies for Sale
1998Music
The Rainmaker
1997Original Music Composer
Hoodlum
1997Original Music Composer
Buddy
1997Original Music Composer
Bulletproof
1996Original Music Composer
Devil in a Blue Dress
1995Original Music Composer
Canadian Bacon
1995Original Music Composer
Roommates
1995Conductor
Roommates
1995Original Music Composer
Frankie Starlight
1995Original Music Composer
Search and Destroy
1995Original Music Composer
The Good Son
1993Original Music Composer
The Age of Innocence
1993Original Music Composer
Mad Dog and Glory
1993Original Music Composer
The Cemetery Club
1993Original Music Composer
Lost in Yonkers
1993Conductor
Lost in Yonkers
1993Original Music Composer
The Babe
1992Original Music Composer
Cape Fear
1991Conductor
Cape Fear
1991Original Music Composer
Oscar
1991Original Music Composer
Rambling Rose
1991Original Music Composer
A Rage in Harlem
1991Original Music Composer
The Grifters
1990Original Music Composer
The Field
1990Original Music Composer
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
1989Original Music Composer
Slipstream
1989Original Music Composer
Funny Farm
1988Original Music Composer
Da
1988Music
The Good Mother
1988Original Music Composer
Leonard Part 6
1987Original Music Composer
Amazing Grace and Chuck
1987Conductor
Amazing Grace and Chuck
1987Original Music Composer
Legal Eagles
1986Conductor
Legal Eagles
1986Original Music Composer
¡Three Amigos!
1986Original Music Composer
The Black Cauldron
1985Original Music Composer
Spies Like Us
1985Original Music Composer
Prince Jack
1985Music
Marie Ward - Zwischen Galgen und Glorie
1985Music
Ghostbusters
1984Original Music Composer
Trading Places
1983Original Music Composer
Class
1983Original Music Composer
Michael Jackson's Thriller
1983Music
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
1983Original Music Composer
Airplane II: The Sequel
1982Original Music Composer
Five Days One Summer
1982Original Music Composer
Genocide
1982Conductor
Genocide
1982Music
An American Werewolf in London
1981Conductor
An American Werewolf in London
1981Original Music Composer
Stripes
1981Original Music Composer
Heavy Metal
1981Original Music Composer
Going Ape!
1981Original Music Composer
The Chosen
1981Original Music Composer
Honky Tonk Freeway
1981Music
Honky Tonk Freeway
1981Original Music Composer
Airplane!
1980Original Music Composer
The Blues Brothers
1980Original Music Composer
Saturn 3
1980Original Music Composer
This Year's Blonde
1980Original Music Composer
Meatballs
1979Original Music Composer
Zulu Dawn
1979Original Music Composer
The Great Santini
1979Original Music Composer
Charleston
1979Music
Animal House
1978Original Music Composer
Bloodbrothers
1978Original Music Composer
Cezanne
1978Music
Billy Jack Goes to Washington
1977Original Music Composer
Powers of Ten
1977Music
The 3,000 Mile Chase
1977Music
Calypso's Search for the Britannic
1977Music
The Shootist
1976Original Music Composer
From Noon Till Three
1976Original Music Composer
Serpico: The Deadly Game
1976Music
The Incredible Sarah
1976Music
The Old Curiosity Shop
1975Music
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
1975Original Music Composer
Report to the Commissioner
1975Original Music Composer
McQ
1974Original Music Composer
Gold
1974Music
Gold
1974Original Music Composer
Gold
1974Songs
Men of the Dragon
1974Music
The Trial of Billy Jack
1974Original Music Composer
Nightmare Honeymoon
1974Original Music Composer
Nicholas Copernicus
1973Music
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973Original Music Composer
Incident on a Dark Street
1973Original Music Composer
The Magnificent Seven Ride!
1972Conductor
The Magnificent Seven Ride!
1972Original Music Composer
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
1972Original Music Composer
The Rookies
1972Music
Computer Perspective
1972Music
Big Jake
1971Original Music Composer
The Tell-Tale Heart
1971Music
See No Evil
1971Original Music Composer
Doctors' Wives
1971Original Music Composer
Appointment With Destiny: The Last Days of John Dillinger
1971Music
Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age
1971Music
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
1970Original Music Composer
Cannon for Cordoba
1970Original Music Composer
A Walk in the Spring Rain
1970Original Music Composer
True Grit
1969Original Music Composer
True Grit
1969Songs
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
1969Conductor
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
1969Original Music Composer
The Bridge at Remagen
1969Music
The Gypsy Moths
1969Original Music Composer
Tops
1969Music
Midas Run
1969Original Music Composer
Where's Jack?
1969Music
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!
1968Original Music Composer
The Scalphunters
1968Original Music Composer
A Computer Glossary
1968Music
A Rough Sketch for a Proposed Film Dealing with the Powers of Ten and the Relative Size of Things in the Universe
1968Music
Thoroughly Modern Millie
1967Original Music Composer
The Silencers
1966Original Music Composer
Cast a Giant Shadow
1966Original Music Composer
Return of the Seven
1966Original Music Composer
Hawaii
1966Original Music Composer
IBM at the Fair
1965Music
7 Women
1965Original Music Composer
The Hallelujah Trail
1965Music
Baby the Rain Must Fall
1965Conductor
Baby the Rain Must Fall
1965Original Music Composer
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965Original Music Composer
The Reward
1965Original Music Composer
The Bold Men
1965Music Supervisor
The Smithsonian Institution
1965Music
Four Days In November
1964Original Music Composer
The World of Henry Orient
1964Original Music Composer
The Carpetbaggers
1964Original Music Composer
The Great Escape
1963Original Music Composer
Hud
1963Original Music Composer
Kings of the Sun
1963Original Music Composer
Love with the Proper Stranger
1963Original Music Composer
Rampage
1963Music
The Caretakers
1963Original Music Composer
The Making of the President 1960
1963Music
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962Original Music Composer
Birdman of Alcatraz
1962Original Music Composer
Walk on the Wild Side
1962Conductor
Walk on the Wild Side
1962Original Music Composer
Walk on the Wild Side
1962Songs
A Girl Named Tamiko
1962Original Music Composer
2ⁿ: A Story of the Power of Numbers
1961Original Music Composer
The Comancheros
1961Original Music Composer
Summer and Smoke
1961Original Music Composer
By Love Possessed
1961Music
The Young Doctors
1961Original Music Composer
Topology: Jordan's Curve Theorem
1961Music
The Magnificent Seven
1960Original Music Composer
From the Terrace
1960Original Music Composer
The Fabulous Fifties
1960Original Music Composer
The Rat Race
1960Original Music Composer
An Introduction to Feedback
1960Music
The Miracle
1959Original Music Composer
The Story on Page One
1959Original Music Composer
Some Came Running
1958Original Music Composer
Saddle the Wind
1958Original Music Composer
Kings Go Forth
1958Original Music Composer
Desire Under the Elms
1958Original Music Composer
The Buccaneer
1958Original Music Composer
God's Little Acre
1958Original Music Composer
Anna Lucasta
1958Original Music Composer
The Tin Star
1957Original Music Composer
Men in War
1957Conductor
Men in War
1957Original Music Composer
Sweet Smell of Success
1957Conductor
Sweet Smell of Success
1957Original Music Composer
Fear Strikes Out
1957Original Music Composer
Drango
1957Original Music Composer
Toccata for Toy Trains
1957Music
The Information Machine
1957Music
The Ten Commandments
1956Original Music Composer
Eames Lounge Chair
1956Music
The Naked Eye
1956Music
The Man with the Golden Arm
1955Original Music Composer
Storm Fear
1955Original Music Composer
It's a Dog's Life
1955Original Music Composer
The Eternal Sea
1955Original Music Composer
The View from Pompey's Head
1955Original Music Composer
House: After Five Years of Living
1955Music
Make Haste to Live
1954Original Music Composer
Silent Raiders
1954Original Music Composer
Cat-Women of the Moon
1953Original Music Composer
Robot Monster
1953Original Music Composer
Never Wave at a WAC
1953Original Music Composer
Miss Robin Crusoe
1953Original Music Composer
A Communications Primer
1953Music
Boots Malone
1952Music
Sudden Fear
1952Original Music Composer
Battles of Chief Pontiac
1952Original Music Composer
Saturday's Hero
1951Music
Taking The Wheel
Music
Television (6)
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
1995Original Music Composer
Fallen Angels
1993Main Title Theme Composer
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980Music
Little Women
1978Music
Appointment With Destiny
1971Original Music Composer
General Electric Theater
1953Original Music Composer
FlickList VIP
Recommended for you