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Elmer Bernstein

Elmer Bernstein

Known For Sound
Birthday Apr 04, 1922
Died Aug 18, 2004 (82)
Birthplace New York City, New York, USA
Popularity 0.3 (history)
Updated Aug 14, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 27, 2024
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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.

Known For

Filmography

From Noon Till Three

From Noon Till Three

1976

as Songwriter (uncredited)

Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic

Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic

2004

Original Music Composer

Far from Heaven

Far from Heaven

2002

Original Music Composer

A Storm in Summer

A Storm in Summer

2000

Music Producer

Chinese Coffee

Chinese Coffee

2000

Original Music Composer

Keeping the Faith

Keeping the Faith

2000

Original Music Composer

Bringing Out the Dead

Bringing Out the Dead

1999

Original Music Composer, Conductor

The Deep End of the Ocean

The Deep End of the Ocean

1999

Original Music Composer

Wild Wild West

Wild Wild West

1999

Original Music Composer

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

1999

Original Music Composer

Twilight

Twilight

1998

Original Music Composer

Hoodlum

Hoodlum

1997

Original Music Composer

Buddy

Buddy

1997

Original Music Composer

The Rainmaker

The Rainmaker

1997

Original Music Composer

Bulletproof

Bulletproof

1996

Original Music Composer

Canadian Bacon

Canadian Bacon

1995

Original Music Composer

Search and Destroy

Search and Destroy

1995

Original Music Composer

Roommates

Roommates

1995

Original Music Composer, Conductor

Devil in a Blue Dress

Devil in a Blue Dress

1995

Original Music Composer

Frankie Starlight

Frankie Starlight

1995

Original Music Composer

The Good Son

The Good Son

1993

Original Music Composer

The Age of Innocence

The Age of Innocence

1993

Original Music Composer

The Cemetery Club

The Cemetery Club

1993

Original Music Composer

Lost in Yonkers

Lost in Yonkers

1993

Original Music Composer, Conductor

Mad Dog and Glory

Mad Dog and Glory

1993

Original Music Composer

The Babe

The Babe

1992

Original Music Composer

Cape Fear

Cape Fear

1991

Original Music Composer, Conductor

Oscar

Oscar

1991

Original Music Composer

Rambling Rose

Rambling Rose

1991

Original Music Composer

A Rage in Harlem

A Rage in Harlem

1991

Original Music Composer

The Field

The Field

1990

Original Music Composer

The Grifters

The Grifters

1990

Original Music Composer

Slipstream

Slipstream

1989

Original Music Composer

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

1989

Original Music Composer

Da

Da

1988

Music

The Good Mother

The Good Mother

1988

Original Music Composer

Funny Farm

Funny Farm

1988

Original Music Composer

Amazing Grace and Chuck

Amazing Grace and Chuck

1987

Original Music Composer, Conductor

Leonard Part 6

Leonard Part 6

1987

Original Music Composer

¡Three Amigos!

¡Three Amigos!

1986

Original Music Composer

Legal Eagles

Legal Eagles

1986

Original Music Composer, Conductor

The Black Cauldron

The Black Cauldron

1985

Original Music Composer

Prince Jack

Prince Jack

1985

Music

Spies Like Us

Spies Like Us

1985

Original Music Composer

Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters

1984

Original Music Composer

Trading Places

Trading Places

1983

Original Music Composer

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

1983

Original Music Composer

Class

Class

1983

Original Music Composer

Five Days One Summer

Five Days One Summer

1982

Original Music Composer

Airplane II: The Sequel

Airplane II: The Sequel

1982

Original Music Composer

Genocide

Genocide

1982

Conductor, Music

An American Werewolf in London

An American Werewolf in London

1981

Original Music Composer

The Chosen

The Chosen

1981

Original Music Composer

Heavy Metal

Heavy Metal

1981

Original Music Composer

Honky Tonk Freeway

Honky Tonk Freeway

1981

Original Music Composer, Music

Stripes

Stripes

1981

Original Music Composer

Going Ape!

Going Ape!

1981

Original Music Composer

The Blues Brothers

The Blues Brothers

1980

Original Music Composer

This Year's Blonde

This Year's Blonde

1980

Original Music Composer

Airplane!

Airplane!

1980

Original Music Composer

Saturn 3

Saturn 3

1980

Original Music Composer

Zulu Dawn

Zulu Dawn

1979

Original Music Composer

The Great Santini

The Great Santini

1979

Original Music Composer

Charleston

Charleston

1979

Music

Meatballs

Meatballs

1979

Original Music Composer

Animal House

Animal House

1978

Original Music Composer

Bloodbrothers

Bloodbrothers

1978

Original Music Composer

Cezanne

Cezanne

1978

Music

Powers of Ten

Powers of Ten

1977

Music

Billy Jack Goes to Washington

Billy Jack Goes to Washington

1977

Original Music Composer

The Shootist

The Shootist

1976

Original Music Composer

From Noon Till Three

From Noon Till Three

1976

Original Music Composer

Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects

Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects

1975

Original Music Composer

Report to the Commissioner

Report to the Commissioner

1975

Original Music Composer

Gold

Gold

1974

Original Music Composer, Music

Nightmare Honeymoon

Nightmare Honeymoon

1974

Original Music Composer

The Trial of Billy Jack

The Trial of Billy Jack

1974

Original Music Composer

Men of the Dragon

Men of the Dragon

1974

Music

McQ

McQ

1974

Original Music Composer

Cahill: United States Marshal

Cahill: United States Marshal

1973

Original Music Composer

Incident on a Dark Street

Incident on a Dark Street

1973

Original Music Composer

Nicholas Copernicus

Nicholas Copernicus

1973

Music

The Rookies

The Rookies

1972

Music

The Amazing Mr. Blunden

The Amazing Mr. Blunden

1972

Original Music Composer

The Magnificent Seven Ride!

The Magnificent Seven Ride!

1972

Original Music Composer, Conductor

Doctors' Wives

Doctors' Wives

1971

Original Music Composer

The Tell-Tale Heart

The Tell-Tale Heart

1971

Music

Big Jake

Big Jake

1971

Original Music Composer

See No Evil

See No Evil

1971

Original Music Composer

Cannon for Cordoba

Cannon for Cordoba

1970

Original Music Composer

A Walk in the Spring Rain

A Walk in the Spring Rain

1970

Original Music Composer

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

1970

Original Music Composer

True Grit

True Grit

1969

Original Music Composer

The Gypsy Moths

The Gypsy Moths

1969

Original Music Composer

Midas Run

Midas Run

1969

Original Music Composer

Where's Jack?

Where's Jack?

1969

Music

Tops

Tops

1969

Music

Guns of the Magnificent Seven

Guns of the Magnificent Seven

1969

Original Music Composer, Conductor

The Scalphunters

The Scalphunters

1968

Original Music Composer

I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!

I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!

1968

Original Music Composer

A Computer Glossary

A Computer Glossary

1968

Music

Thoroughly Modern Millie

Thoroughly Modern Millie

1967

Original Music Composer

The Silencers

The Silencers

1966

Original Music Composer

Return of the Seven

Return of the Seven

1966

Original Music Composer

Hawaii

Hawaii

1966

Original Music Composer

Cast a Giant Shadow

Cast a Giant Shadow

1966

Original Music Composer

The Reward

The Reward

1965

Original Music Composer

The Bold Men

The Bold Men

1965

Music Supervisor

IBM at the Fair

IBM at the Fair

1965

Music

The Sons of Katie Elder

The Sons of Katie Elder

1965

Original Music Composer

7 Women

7 Women

1965

Original Music Composer

Baby, the Rain Must Fall

Baby, the Rain Must Fall

1965

Original Music Composer, Conductor

The World of Henry Orient

The World of Henry Orient

1964

Original Music Composer

Four Days In November

Four Days In November

1964

Original Music Composer

The Carpetbaggers

The Carpetbaggers

1964

Original Music Composer

The Great Escape

The Great Escape

1963

Original Music Composer

Kings of the Sun

Kings of the Sun

1963

Original Music Composer

Love with the Proper Stranger

Love with the Proper Stranger

1963

Original Music Composer

Rampage

Rampage

1963

Music

The Caretakers

The Caretakers

1963

Original Music Composer

Hud

Hud

1963

Original Music Composer

Walk on the Wild Side

Walk on the Wild Side

1962

Songs, Original Music Composer, Conductor

A Girl Named Tamiko

A Girl Named Tamiko

1962

Original Music Composer

Birdman of Alcatraz

Birdman of Alcatraz

1962

Original Music Composer

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird

1962

Original Music Composer

Summer and Smoke

Summer and Smoke

1961

Original Music Composer

By Love Possessed

By Love Possessed

1961

Music

The Comancheros

The Comancheros

1961

Original Music Composer

The Young Doctors

The Young Doctors

1961

Original Music Composer

The Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven

1960

Original Music Composer

The Rat Race

The Rat Race

1960

Original Music Composer

From the Terrace

From the Terrace

1960

Original Music Composer

The Fabulous Fifties

The Fabulous Fifties

1960

Original Music Composer

The Miracle

The Miracle

1959

Original Music Composer

The Story on Page One

The Story on Page One

1959

Original Music Composer

The Buccaneer

The Buccaneer

1958

Original Music Composer

God's Little Acre

God's Little Acre

1958

Original Music Composer

Anna Lucasta

Anna Lucasta

1958

Original Music Composer

Saddle the Wind

Saddle the Wind

1958

Original Music Composer

Desire Under the Elms

Desire Under the Elms

1958

Original Music Composer

Kings Go Forth

Kings Go Forth

1958

Original Music Composer

Some Came Running

Some Came Running

1958

Original Music Composer

Sweet Smell of Success

Sweet Smell of Success

1957

Original Music Composer, Conductor

Men in War

Men in War

1957

Original Music Composer, Conductor

Fear Strikes Out

Fear Strikes Out

1957

Original Music Composer

Drango

Drango

1957

Original Music Composer

The Tin Star

The Tin Star

1957

Original Music Composer

The Naked Eye

The Naked Eye

1956

Music

Eames Lounge Chair

Eames Lounge Chair

1956

Music

The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments

1956

Original Music Composer

The Eternal Sea

The Eternal Sea

1955

Original Music Composer

Storm Fear

Storm Fear

1955

Original Music Composer

The View from Pompey's Head

The View from Pompey's Head

1955

Original Music Composer

It's a Dog's Life

It's a Dog's Life

1955

Original Music Composer

The Man with the Golden Arm

The Man with the Golden Arm

1955

Original Music Composer

Make Haste to Live

Make Haste to Live

1954

Original Music Composer

Silent Raiders

Silent Raiders

1954

Original Music Composer

Never Wave at a WAC

Never Wave at a WAC

1953

Original Music Composer

Cat-Women of the Moon

Cat-Women of the Moon

1953

Original Music Composer

Miss Robin Crusoe

Miss Robin Crusoe

1953

Original Music Composer

Robot Monster

Robot Monster

1953

Original Music Composer

Sudden Fear

Sudden Fear

1952

Original Music Composer

Boots Malone

Boots Malone

1952

Music

Battles of Chief Pontiac

Battles of Chief Pontiac

1952

Original Music Composer

Saturday's Hero

Saturday's Hero

1951

Music

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

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The Oscars

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 19, 1953

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