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Elmer Bernstein was an American composer and conductor 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 Ten Commandments (1956), The Magnificent Seven (1960), To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), The Great Escape (1963), The Rookies (1972–76), Animal House (1978), Airplane! (1980), Heavy Metal (1981), Ghostbusters (1984), The Black Cauldron (1985), Cape Fear (1991), The Age of Innocence (1993), Wild Wild West (1999) and Far from Heaven (2002).
Born
Tuesday, 04 April 1922
Died
Wednesday, 18 August 2004
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Settling the Score | Self | 2005 |
| The 77th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2005 |
| Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic | Self - Interviewee | 2004 |
| The Making of 'Cape Fear' | Himself / Self | 2001 |
| Making 'Taxi Driver' | Self - Composer | 1999 |
| The Yearbook: An 'Animal House' Reunion | Self - Composer / Himself - Composer | 1998 |
| Fearful Symmetry | Self | 1998 |
| Lights, Camera, Action!: A Century of the Cinema | Self | 1996 |
| The Bible According to Hollywood | Himself | 1994 |
| Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann | Self | 1992 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Settling the Score | Self | 2005 |
| The 77th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2005 |
| Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic | Self - Interviewee | 2004 |
| The Making of 'Cape Fear' | Himself / Self | 2001 |
| Making 'Taxi Driver' | Self - Composer | 1999 |
| The Yearbook: An 'Animal House' Reunion | Self - Composer / Himself - Composer | 1998 |
| Fearful Symmetry | Self | 1998 |
| Lights, Camera, Action!: A Century of the Cinema | Self | 1996 |
| The Bible According to Hollywood | Himself | 1994 |
| Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann | Self | 1992 |
| From Noon Till Three | Songwriter | 1976 |
| The International Pop Proms | Self - Conductor | 1976 |
| The Rat Race | Member of the Red Peppers | 1960 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2003 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Score | Nominated |
| 2003 | Golden Globe | Best Original Score - Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 1994 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Score | Nominated |
| 1984 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score | Nominated |
| 1977 | Emmy | Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) | Nominated |
| 1977 | Golden Globe | Best Original Song - Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 1975 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song | Nominated |
| 1970 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song | Nominated |
| 1970 | Golden Globe | Best Original Song | Nominated |
| 1968 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Music Score | Won |
| 1968 | Golden Globe | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| 1967 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song | Nominated |
| 1967 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Music Score | Nominated |
| 1967 | Golden Globe | Best Original Score | Won |
| 1967 | Oscar | Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment | Nominated |
| 1964 | Emmy | Outstanding Achievement in Composing Original Music for Television | Won |
| 1963 | Oscar | Best Music, Score - Substantially Original | Nominated |
| 1963 | Golden Globe | Best Original Score | Won |
| 1963 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song | Nominated |
| 1962 | Oscar | Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Nominated |
