Elmer Bernstein

★ Sound #44

1922 - 2004 (age 82) • Sound

Born: 4/4/1922 in New York City, New York, USA

Died: 8/18/2004 (age 82)

Known for: Sound

Elmer Bernstein

★ Sound #44

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.

Known For

Ghostbusters

75%

Original Music Composer

1984

Airplane!

73%

Original Music Composer

1980

The Blues Brothers

77%

Original Music Composer

1980

Cape Fear

73%

Conductor

1991

Trading Places

72%

Original Music Composer

1983

Wild Wild West

53%

Original Music Composer

1999

To Kill a Mockingbird

80%

Original Music Composer

1962

The Great Escape

79%

Original Music Composer

1963

Cape Fear

73%

Music

2026

Torrente 4: Lethal crisis

55%

Music

2011

Return Of The Ghostbusters

60%

Compositor

2007

Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic

63%

Original Music Composer

2004

Far from Heaven

71%

Original Music Composer

2002

The Making of 'Cape Fear'

74%

Self

2001

Chinese Coffee

68%

Original Music Composer

2000

Frank Sinatra Memorial

Self

2000

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

70%

Self

2000

Keeping the Faith

61%

Original Music Composer

2000

A Storm in Summer

64%

Music Producer

2000

Bringing Out the Dead

66%

Original Music Composer

1999

Bringing Out the Dead

66%

Conductor

1999

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

64%

Original Music Composer

1999

Wild Wild West

53%

Original Music Composer

1999

Making 'Taxi Driver'

70%

Self

1999

The Deep End of the Ocean

66%

Original Music Composer

1999

Imagining 'Heavy Metal'

100%

Music

1999

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion

73%

Self - Composer

1998

Puppies for Sale

Music

1998

Twilight

61%

Original Music Composer

1998

Fearful Symmetry

53%

Self

1998

The Rainmaker

70%

Original Music Composer

1997

Hoodlum

65%

Original Music Composer

1997

Buddy

50%

Original Music Composer

1997

Bulletproof

58%

Original Music Composer

1996

Devil in a Blue Dress

65%

Original Music Composer

1995

Frankie Starlight

53%

Original Music Composer

1995