Elmer Bernstein
Sound
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
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tvCape Fear
2026
Music
movieCecil B. DeMille: American Epic
2004
Original Music Composer
movieFar from Heaven
2002
Original Music Composer
movieChinese Coffee
2000
Original Music Composer
movieKeeping the Faith
2000
Original Music Composer
movieA Storm in Summer
2000
Music Producer
movieBringing Out the Dead
1999
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieIntroducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999
Original Music Composer
movieWild Wild West
1999
Original Music Composer
movieThe Deep End of the Ocean
1999
Original Music Composer
movieTwilight
1998
Original Music Composer
movieThe Rainmaker
1997
Original Music Composer
movieHoodlum
1997
Original Music Composer
movieBuddy
1997
Original Music Composer
movieBulletproof
1996
Original Music Composer
movieDevil in a Blue Dress
1995
Original Music Composer
movieFrankie Starlight
1995
Original Music Composer
movieCanadian Bacon
1995
Original Music Composer
tvA Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
1995
Original Music Composer
movieSearch and Destroy
1995
Original Music Composer
movieRoommates
1995
Conductor, Original Music Composer
movieThe Good Son
1993
Original Music Composer
movieThe Age of Innocence
1993
Original Music Composer
tvFallen Angels
1993
Main Title Theme Composer
movieLost in Yonkers
1993
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieMad Dog and Glory
1993
Original Music Composer
movieThe Cemetery Club
1993
Original Music Composer
movieThe Babe
1992
Original Music Composer
movieCape Fear
1991
Conductor, Original Music Composer
movieRambling Rose
1991
Original Music Composer
movieA Rage in Harlem
1991
Original Music Composer
movieOscar
1991
Original Music Composer
movieThe Field
1990
Original Music Composer
movieThe Grifters
1990
Original Music Composer
movieSlipstream
1989
Original Music Composer
movieMy Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
1989
Original Music Composer
movieThe Good Mother
1988
Original Music Composer
movieFunny Farm
1988
Original Music Composer
movieDa
1988
Music
movieLeonard Part 6
1987
Original Music Composer
movieAmazing Grace and Chuck
1987
Conductor, Original Music Composer
movie¡Three Amigos!
1986
Original Music Composer
movieLegal Eagles
1986
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieSpies Like Us
1985
Original Music Composer
moviePrince Jack
1985
Music
movieThe Black Cauldron
1985
Original Music Composer
movieGhostbusters
1984
Original Music Composer
movieClass
1983
Original Music Composer
movieTrading Places
1983
Original Music Composer
movieSpacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
1983
Original Music Composer
movieAirplane II: The Sequel
1982
Original Music Composer
movieFive Days One Summer
1982
Original Music Composer
movieGenocide
1982
Conductor, Music
movieAn American Werewolf in London
1981
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieHonky Tonk Freeway
1981
Original Music Composer, Music
movieThe Chosen
1981
Original Music Composer
movieHeavy Metal
1981
Original Music Composer
movieStripes
1981
Original Music Composer
movieGoing Ape!
1981
Original Music Composer
movieAirplane!
1980
Original Music Composer
movieThe Blues Brothers
1980
Original Music Composer
movieThis Year's Blonde
1980
Original Music Composer
movieSaturn 3
1980
Original Music Composer
movieThe Great Santini
1979
Original Music Composer
movieMeatballs
1979
Original Music Composer
movieZulu Dawn
1979
Original Music Composer
movieCharleston
1979
Music
tvLittle Women
1978
Music
movieBloodbrothers
1978
Original Music Composer
movieAnimal House
1978
Original Music Composer
movieCezanne
1978
Music
movieBilly Jack Goes to Washington
1977
Original Music Composer
movieFrom Noon Till Three
1976
Original Music Composer
movieThe Shootist
1976
Original Music Composer
movieThe Old Curiosity Shop
1975
Original Music Composer
movieEllery Queen: Too Many Suspects
1975
Original Music Composer
movieReport to the Commissioner
1975
Original Music Composer
movieThe Trial of Billy Jack
1974
Original Music Composer
movieNightmare Honeymoon
1974
Original Music Composer
movieGold
1974
Original Music Composer, Music, Songs
movieMcQ
1974
Original Music Composer
movieCahill: United States Marshal
1973
Original Music Composer
movieIncident on a Dark Street
1973
Original Music Composer
movieThe Amazing Mr. Blunden
1972
Original Music Composer
movieThe Magnificent Seven Ride!
1972
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieThe Rookies
1972
Music
Appointment With Destiny
1971
Original Music Composer
movieSee No Evil
1971
Original Music Composer
movieBig Jake
1971
Original Music Composer
movieDoctors' Wives
1971
Original Music Composer
movieCannon for Cordoba
1970
Original Music Composer
movieA Walk in the Spring Rain
1970
Original Music Composer
movieThe Liberation of L.B. Jones
1970
Original Music Composer
movieThe Gypsy Moths
1969
Original Music Composer
movieGuns of the Magnificent Seven
1969
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieThe Bridge at Remagen
1969
Original Music Composer
movieTrue Grit
1969
Original Music Composer, Songs
movieMidas Run
1969
Original Music Composer
Tops
1969
Music
movieI Love You, Alice B. Toklas!
1968
Original Music Composer
movieThe Scalphunters
1968
Original Music Composer
movieThoroughly Modern Millie
1967
Original Music Composer
movieReturn of the Seven
1966
Original Music Composer
movieHawaii
1966
Original Music Composer
movieCast a Giant Shadow
1966
Original Music Composer
movieThe Silencers
1966
Original Music Composer
movie7 Women
1965
Original Music Composer
movieThe Reward
1965
Original Music Composer
movieThe Sons of Katie Elder
1965
Original Music Composer
movieThe Bold Men
1965
Music Supervisor
movieBaby the Rain Must Fall
1965
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieFour Days In November
1964
Original Music Composer
movieThe Carpetbaggers
1964
Original Music Composer
movieThe World of Henry Orient
1964
Original Music Composer
movieLove with the Proper Stranger
1963
Original Music Composer
movieKings of the Sun
1963
Original Music Composer
movieRampage
1963
Music
movieThe Caretakers
1963
Original Music Composer
movieThe Great Escape
1963
Original Music Composer
movieHud
1963
Original Music Composer
movieA Girl Named Tamiko
1962
Original Music Composer
movieTo Kill a Mockingbird
1962
Original Music Composer
movieBirdman of Alcatraz
1962
Original Music Composer
movieWalk on the Wild Side
1962
Original Music Composer, Conductor, Songs
movieThe Comancheros
1961
Original Music Composer
movieSummer and Smoke
1961
Original Music Composer
movieThe Young Doctors
1961
Original Music Composer
movie2ⁿ: A Story of the Power of Numbers
1961
Original Music Composer
movieThe Magnificent Seven
1960
Original Music Composer
movieFrom the Terrace
1960
Original Music Composer
movieThe Rat Race
1960
Original Music Composer
movieThe Fabulous Fifties
1960
Original Music Composer
movieThe Story on Page One
1959
Original Music Composer
movieThe Miracle
1959
Original Music Composer
movieSome Came Running
1958
Original Music Composer
movieThe Buccaneer
1958
Original Music Composer
movieAnna Lucasta
1958
Original Music Composer
movieGod's Little Acre
1958
Original Music Composer
movieKings Go Forth
1958
Original Music Composer
movieSaddle the Wind
1958
Original Music Composer
movieDesire Under the Elms
1958
Original Music Composer
movieThe Tin Star
1957
Original Music Composer
movieSweet Smell of Success
1957
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieMen in War
1957
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieFear Strikes Out
1957
Original Music Composer
movieDrango
1957
Original Music Composer
movieThe Ten Commandments
1956
Original Music Composer
movieThe Man with the Golden Arm
1955
Original Music Composer
movieIt's a Dog's Life
1955
Original Music Composer
movieStorm Fear
1955
Original Music Composer
movieThe View from Pompey's Head
1955
Original Music Composer
movieThe Eternal Sea
1955
Original Music Composer
movieSilent Raiders
1954
Original Music Composer
movieMake Haste to Live
1954
Original Music Composer
movieMiss Robin Crusoe
1953
Original Music Composer
movieCat-Women of the Moon
1953
Original Music Composer
movieRobot Monster
1953
Original Music Composer
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953
Original Music Composer
movieNever Wave at a WAC
1953
Original Music Composer
movieBattles of Chief Pontiac
1952
Original Music Composer
movieSudden Fear
1952
Original Music Composer
Acting12
movieThe Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
1998
Self - Composer
movieFrom Noon Till Three
1976
Songwriter (uncredited)
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
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movieReturn Of The Ghostbusters
2007
Compositor