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This is a list of compositions by composer, orchestrator and conductor Elmer Bernstein. He composed and arranged scores for over 100 film scores including: Sudden Fear (1952), The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), The Ten Commandments (1956), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), The Magnificent Seven (1960), To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), The Great ...
- The Early Years
- A Career Is Born
- Beyond Film
- A Funny Thing Happened… and Then Another
- 50 Years of Making A Difference
World War II intervened, and the young composer got his first taste of writing music for drama by working on radio shows in the Army Air Force. When the war ended, he returned to the highbrow world of classical piano, but continued to dabble in radio scoring for the United Nations and such legendary radio dramatists as Norman Corwin. ?His break cam...
Bernstein wound up working as a rehearsal pianist for the ballet sequences in the film version of Oklahoma! and working with Danny Kaye’s wife, Sylvia Fine, jotting down her tunes for The Court Jester at Paramount. A studio music executive, taking pity on Bernstein, introduced him to Cecil B. De Mille, who was then shooting The Ten Commandments and...
Throughout his career, Bernstein took on a number of leadership roles, including stints as vice president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, president of the Young Musicians Foundation, president of The Film Music Society and, most significantly, a decade-long tenure as president of the now-defunct Composers and Lyricists Guild of Am...
Bernstein’s career took a surprising turn in 1978, thanks to a call from his son Peter’s old school chum, John Landis. Landis, then 27 and a film director, asked Bernstein to score his raucous college comedy Animal Housestarring John Belushi.
Asked about surviving the changes in films and filmmaking over the years, Bernstein said, “It doesn’t feel like 50 years.” He acknowledged, however, that versatility was a big factor in his longevity—scoring a historical epic one month, tackling a western the next, then an intimate drama. “I think I have demonstrated an enthusiasm for change, and t...
Elmer Bernstein (/ ˈ b ɜːr n s t iː n / BURN-steen; April 4, 1922 – August 18, 2004) [1] [2] was an American composer and conductor. In a career that spanned over five decades, he composed "some of the most recognizable and memorable themes in Hollywood history", including over 150 original film scores , as well as scores for nearly 80 television productions. [ 3 ]
The Elmer Bernstein Collection. Unlike any previously available compilation, The Elmer Bernstein Collection is a songbook anthology that includes all of the classic themes from the composer’s 50-plus years in films and television. Music! Music! Music! Buy or Rent... Scores, Suites, New CDs and Vintage LPs—Many Titles Available
May 1, 2015 · The Elmer Bernstein Collection. Unlike any previously available compilation, The Elmer Bernstein Collection is a songbook anthology that includes all of the classic themes from the composer’s 50-plus years in films and television. This 160-page book contains 41 themes including “The Magnificent Seven,” “To Kill a Mockingbird,” “Walk ...
Bernstein's collection of music, film, and related materials is housed and maintained at the USC Cinematic Arts Library. This rare collection consists of reproduced as well as hand-written scores and sketches from all periods of Bernstein's career. Related materials in the collection include 16 & 35 mm film, reel-to-reel audio-tape, photographs ...
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Dec 9, 2022 · Celebrating the centenary of Maestro Elmer Bernstein, Quartet Records and MGM are proud to present a mammoth, deluxe 4-CD collection with the original iconic Magnificent Seven saga that comprises four films produced between 1960 and 1972, all of them scored by the great Elmer Bernstein. Bernstein's music is a genre-defining masterpiece.
