Elmer Bernstein

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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, The Ten Commandments, The Great Escape, To Kill a Mockingbird, Ghostbusters, The Black Cauldron, Heavy Metal, Airplane!, The Rookies, Cape Fear, Animal House, The Age of Innocence, and Far from Heaven. Bernstein won an Oscar for his score to Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) and was nominated for 14 Oscars in total. He also won two Golden Globe Awards, an Emmy Award, and was nominated for two Grammy Awards. Bernstein was born to a Jewish family in New York City, the son of Selma (née Feinstein, 1901-1991), from Ukraine, and Edward Bernstein (1896-1968), from Austria-Hungary. Contrary to popular assumption, he was not related to the celebrated composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, but the two men were friends. Within the world of professional music, they were distinguished from each other by the use of the nicknames Bernstein West (Elmer) and Bernstein East (Leonard). They also pronounced their surnames differently. Elmer pronounced his "BERN-steen", and Leonard used "BERN-stine". During his childhood, Bernstein perfo

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THE AGE OF INNOCENCE Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Great Composers: Elmer Bernstein

Ghostbusters

Bernard Hermann Film Scores

The Magnificent Seven

Ghostbusters (Original Motion Picture Score)

The Silencers (Soundtrack)

Staccato (Original Johnny Staccato Score)

To Kill a Mockingbird

The Magnificent Seven (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

To Kill a Mockingbird (Original Motion Picture Score)

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