
Elmer Bernstein
Known for: Sound
Born: April 4, 1922
Died: August 18, 2004
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

Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann
1992
The Hollywood Soundtrack Story
1995

Fearful Symmetry
1998

The Bible According to Hollywood
1994

Making 'Taxi Driver'
1999

Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
1993

The Oscars
1953

Frank Sinatra Memorial
2000

The Making of 'Cape Fear'
2001

From Noon Till Three
1976

Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
2000

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
1998