Elmer Bernstein (1922-2004)
One
of the most influential--and prolific--composers for American films,
Elmer Bernstein has created some of the most memorable movie scores of
all time. It is hard to imagine such great films as The Magnificent
Seven (1960) and To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) without the distinctive
musical backdrops woven by Bernstein. Somewhat ironically, the only
Bernstein score to win an Academy Award was the one he wrote for
Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967), hardly his most innovative or
memorable work. Over the half century that Bernstein has been composing
for film and television, he has written the musical scores for more
than 200 major motion pictures and television productions.- Don Amerman
COMPOSITIONS Elmer Bernstein Links ~ ~ ~ Film Scores ~ ~ ~ Concert Works ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre
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Film Scores
Saturday's Hero, film score (1951)
Boots Malone, film score (1952)
Sudden Fear, film score (1952)
Battles of Chief Pontiac, film score (1953)
Cat Women of the Moon, film score (1953)
Dieppe Raid, film score (1953)
Never Wave at a WAC, film score (1953)
Robot Monster, film score (1953)
Make Haste to Live, film score (1954)
Miss Robin Crusoe, film score (1954)
Silent Raiders, film score (1954)
Oklahoma, dance music for the film (1954)
The Bar Sinister, film score (1955)
The Eternal Sea, film score (1955)
The Man with the Golden Arm, film score (1955) [Academy Award Nomination, Best Original Score]
Storm Fear, film score (1955)
The View from Pompey's Head, film score (1955)
The Ten Commandments, film score (1956)
Drango, film score (1957)
Fear Strikes Out, film score (1957)
Men in War, film score (1957)
The Sweet Smell of Success, film score (1957)
The Tin Star, film score (1957)
Anna Lucasta, film score (1958)
The Buccaneer, film score (1958)
Desire Under the Elms, film score (1958)
God's Little Acre, film score (1958)
Kings Go Forth, film score (1958)
Saddle the Wind, film score (1958)
Some Came Running, film score (1958)
The Miracle, film score (1959)
From the Terrace, film score (1960)
The Magnificent Seven, film score (1960) [Academy Award Nomination, Best Original Score]
The Rat Race, film score (1960)
The Story on Page One, film score (1960)
By Love Possessed, film score (1961)
The Comancheros, film score (1961)
Summer and Smoke, film score (1961) [Academy Award Nomination, Best Original Score]
The Young Doctors, film score (1961)
Birdman of Alcatraz, film score (1962)
A Girl Named Tamiko, film score (1962)
To Kill a Mockingbird, film score (1962) [Academy Award Nomination, Best Original Score; Golden Globe Award Winner]
Walk on the Wild Side, film score (1962) [Academy Award Nomination, Best Song]
The Caretakers, film score (1963)
The Great Escape, film score (1963)
Hud, film score (1963)
Kings of the Sun, film score (1963)
Rampage, film score (1963)
Baby the Rain Must Fall, film score (1964)
The Carpetbaggers, film score (1964)
Love with the Proper Stranger, film score (1964)
The World of Henry Orient, film score (1964)
The Hallelujah Trail, film score (1965)
The Reward, film score (1965)
Seven Women, film score (1965)
The Sons of Katie Elder, film score (1965)
Cast a Giant Shadow, film score (1966)
Hawaii, film score (1966) [Academy Award Nomination, Best Original Score & Best Song; Golden Globe Award Winner]
Return of the Seven, film score (1966) [Academy Award Nomination, Best Original Score]
The Silencers, film score (1966)
Thoroughly Modern Millie, film score (1967) [Academy Award Winner, Best Original Score]
The Bridge at Remagen, film score (1968)
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!, film score (1968)
The Scalphunters, film score (1968)
Guns of the Magnificent Seven, film score (1969)
The Gypsy Moths, film score (1969)
The Midas Run, film score (1969)
True Grit, film score (1969) [Academy Award Nomination, Best Song]
Where's Jack?, film score (1969)
Cannon for Cordoba, film score (1970)
The Liberation of L. B. Jones, film score (1970)
A Walk in the Spring Rain, film score (1970)
Big Jake, film score (1971)
Doctors' Wives, film score (1971)
See No Evil, film score (1971)
The Amazing Mr. Blunden, film score (1972)
The Magnificent Seven Ride!, film score (1972)
Incident on a Dark Street, TV film score (1972)
Cahill: United States Marshal, film score (1973)
Deadly Honeymoon, film score (1974)
Gold, film score (1974) [Academy Award® Nomination, Best Song]
McQ, film score (1974)
The Trial of Billy Jack, film score (1974)
Men of the Dragon, TV film score (1974)
Mr. Quilp, film score (1975)
A Report to the Commissioner, film score (1975)
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects, TV film score (1975)
From Noon Till Three, film score (1976)
The Incredible Sarah, film score (1976)
The Shootist, film score (1976)
Slap Shot, film score (1977)
Animal House, film score (1978)
Billy Jack Goes to Washington, film score (1978)
Casey's Shadow, film score (1978; rejected)
Blood Brothers, film score (1979)
Meatballs, film score (1979)
Zulu Dawn, film score (1979)
Charleston, TV film score (1979)
Trust Me, film score (1980)
Airplane!, film score (1980)
The Blues Brothers, film score (1980)
The Great Santini, film score (1980)
Saturn 3, film score (1980)
Moviola: This Year's Blonde, TV film score (1980)
An American Werewolf in London, film score (1981)
The Chosen, film score (1981)
Going Ape!, film score (1981)
Heavy Metal, film score (1981)
Honky Tonk Freeway, film score (1981)
Stripes, film score (1981)
Five Days One Summer, film score (1982)
Genocide, film score (1982)
Class, film score (1983)
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone,film score (1983)
Trading Places, film score (1983) [Academy Award Nomination, Best Original Score]
Ghostbusters, film score (1984)
Marie Ward - Zwischen Galgen und Glorie, film score (1984)
Prince Jack, film score (1984)
The Black Cauldron, film score (1985)
Spies Like Us, film score (1985)
Journey of Natty Gann - Wolf Calls, film score (1985; rejected)
Gulag, TV film score (1985)
Legal Eagles, film score (1986)
Three Amigos!, film score (1986)
Amazing Grace and Chuck, film score (1987)
Leonard Part 6, film score (1987)
Da!, film score (1988)
Funny Farm, film score (1988)
The Good Mother, film score (1988)
A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon, film score (1988; rejected)
Stars and Bars, film score (1988; rejected)
My Left Foot, film score (1989)
Slipstream, film score (1989)
Trust Me, film score (1989; rejected)
The Field, film score (1990)
The Grifters, film score (1990)
Murder in Mississippi, film score (1990; rejected)
One Day in Dallas, short film score (1990)
Cape Fear, film score (1991)
Oscar, film score (1991)
A Rage in Harlem, film score (1991)
Rambling Rose, film score (1991)
The Babe, film score (1992)
Mad Dog and Glory, film score (1992)
A River Runs Through It, film score (1992; rejected)
The Age of Innocence, film score (1993) [Academy Award Nomination, Best Original Score]
The Cemetery Club, film score (1993)
The Good Son, film score (1993)
Lost in Yonkers, film score (1993)
I Love Trouble, film score (1994; rejected)
Devil in a Blue Dress, film score (1995)
Frankie Starlight, film score (1995)
Roommates, film score (1995)
Search and Destroy, film score (1995)
Bulletproof, film score (1996)
Last Man Standing, film score (1996; rejected)
Buddy, film score (1997)
Hoodlum, film score (1997)
The Rainmaker, film score (1997)
The Scarlet Letter, film score (1997; rejected)
Puppies for Sale, short film score (1997)
Twilight, film score (1998)
Bringing Out the Dead, film score (1999)
The Deep End of the Ocean, film score (1999)
Wild Wild West, film score (1999)
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, TV film score (1999)
The 400 Tricks of the Devil, film music (1999) [music for 1907 silent film]
Keeping the Faith, film score (2000)
Rat Race 2, film score (2001, rejected)
Gangs of New York, film score (2002; rejected)
Far From Heaven, film score (2002) [Academy Award Nomination; Golden Globe Nomination]
Documentary Film and TV Scores
A Communications Primer, documentary film score (1953) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
S-73 (Sofa Compact), documentary film score (1954) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
House, documentary film score (1955) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
Lounge Chair, documentary film score (1956) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
The Naked Eye, documentary film score (1956)
Day of the Dead, documentary film score (1957) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
Toccata for Toy Trains, documentary film score (1957) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
Expanding Airport, documentary film score (1958) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
The Information Machine, documentary film score (1958) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
The Race for Space, TV documentary score (1958)
Glimpses of the USA, documentary film score (1959) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
Project: Man In Space, TV documentary score (1959)
B-52, TV documentary score (1959)
The Fabulous Fifties, documentary film score (1960) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
Introduction to Feedback, documentary film score (1960) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
Israel, documentary film score (1960)
Hollywood: The Golden Years, TV documentary score (1960)
2N, documentary film score (1961) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
Erastosthenes, documentary film score (1961) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
IBM Mathematics Peep Show, documentary film score (1961) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
Something About Functions, documentary film score (1961) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
Symmetry, documentary film score (1961) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
Topology, documentary film score (1961) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
Biography of a Rookie, TV documentary score (1961)
General Electric Special Material, film music (1961)
Themes for Olin Mathieson Company, film music (1961)
Before the Fair, documentary film score (1962) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
The House of Science, documentary film score (1962) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
IBM Presentation Film I, documentary film score (1962) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
San Francisco Fire, documentary film score (1962) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
Seattle Expo IBM, documentary film score (1962) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
D-Day June 6, 1944, TV documentary score (1962)
Hollywood: The Fabulous Era, TV documentary score (1962)
Hollywood: The Great Stars, TV documentary score (1962)
Man from Independence, TV documentary score (1962)
Story Of..., TV documentary score (1962-63)
IBM Presentation Film II, documentary film score (1963) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
The Making of The President: 1960, TV documentary score (1963) [Emmy Award Winner]
Marilyn Monroe, TV documentary score (1963)
Story of a Year - 1927, TV documentary score (1963)
The World's Greatest Showman - Cecil B. DeMille, TV documentary score (1963)
Hollywood and the Stars, TV documentary score (1963-64)
The Passing Years, documentary film score (1964) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
Think!, documentary film score (1964) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
A Thousand Days - Tribute To JFK, TV documentary score (1964)
Computer Day at Midvale, documentary film score (1965) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
IBM at the Fair, documentary film score (1965) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
IBM Puppet Shows, documentary film score (1965) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
The Smithsonian Institution, documentary film score (1965) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
The Smithsonian Newsreel, documentary film score (1965) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
View from the People Wall, documentary film score (1965) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
Westinghouse in Alphabetical Order, documentary film score (1965) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
In Search Of Man, TV documentary score (1965)
Voyage of the Brigantine Yankee (National Geographic), TV documentary score (1966)
IBM Museum, documentary film score (1967) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
Yankee Sails Across Europe (National Geographic), TV documentary score (1967)
A Computer Glossary, documentary film score (1968) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
Rough Sketch, documentary film score (1968) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
Tops, documentary film score (1969) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
The Wolf Men, TV documentary score (1969)
Cemeteries, documentary film score (1970) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
Harmony of Nature and Man, documentary film score (1970)
The Unfinished Journey of R.F.K., TV documentary score (1970)
Computer Landscape, documentary film score (1971) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
Alaska, TV documentary score (1971)
Appointment With Destiny: The Last Days of John Dillinger, TV documentary score (1971)
Computer Perspective, documentary film score (1972) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
SX-70, documentary film score (1972) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
In Search of Lost Worlds, documentary film score (1972)
Appointment With Destiny: The Crucifixion, TV documentary score (1972)
Copernicus, documentary film score (1973) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
Metropolitan Overview, documentary film score (1975) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
The Force, documentary film score (1975)
The Look of America, documentary film score (1976) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
The Worlds of Franklin and Jefferson, documentary film score (1976) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
Daimaru: Paris and the Spectator, documentary film score (1977) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
Polavision, documentary film score (1977) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
Calypso's Search for the Britannic, TV documentary score (1977)
Art Game, documentary film score (1978) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
Cezanne, documentary film score (1978) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
Degas in the Metropolitan, documentary film score (1978) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
Lisa Draws a Letter, documentary film score (1978) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
Lucia Chase, documentary film score (1978) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
Macbeth, documentary film score (1978) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
Masks, documentary film score (1978) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
Powers of Ten, documentary film score (1978) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
The Cousteau Odyssey: Diving for Roman Plunder, TV documentary score (1978)
Kites, documentary film score (1979) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
A Report on the IBM Exhibition Center, documentary film score (1979) [Ray & Charles Eames Documentary Film]
Genocide, documentary film score (1982)
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies, documentary film score (1995)
Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic, TV documentary score (2004)
TV Film/Series/Mini-Series/etc. Scores
Series & Pilots
Code 3, TV series music (1956-57)
General Electric Theater, TV series music (1958-59)
Johnny Staccato, TV series music (1959-60)
Riverboat, TV series music (1959-60)
Saints and Sinners, TV series music (1962-63)
The Big Valley, TV series music (1967)
ABC Stage 67, TV series music (1966-67)
Julia, TV series music (1968-71)
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law, TV series music (1971-1974)
Arthur of the Britons, TV series theme (1972)
Gunsmoke, TV series music (1972)
The Rookies, TV series music (1972-1976)
Ellery Queen, TV series music (1975-76)
Serpico, TV series music (1976)
Delta House, TV series music (1979)
Today's F.B.I., TV series theme (1981)
Pilots
Take Five, TV pilot music (1958)
Call Me First, TV pilot music (1960)
Deathwatch, TV pilot music (1960)
C.I.C., TV pilot music (1961)
Dr. Kate, TV pilot music (1961)
Tramp Ship, TV pilot music (1961)
The Dean Jones Show, TV pilot music (1965)
Hellcats, TV pilot music (1965)
Little Leatherneck, TV pilot music (1966)
Manley and the Mob, TV pilot music (1967)
Mini-Series
Captains and The Kings, TV mini-series score (1976) [Emmy Nomination]
Serpico: The Deadly Game, TV mini-series score (1976)
The 3,000 Mile Chase, TV mini-series score (1977)
Little Women, TV mini-series score (1978)
The Chisholms, TV mini-series score (1979)
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones, TV mini-series score (1980)
Mississippi Summer (no date, rejected TV score) [?]
Video
Thriller, video score (1983)
Concert Works Elmer Bernstein Links ~ ~ ~ Film Scores ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre ~ top of page ~
Elmer Bernstein on Elmer Bernstein
Orchestra
Woodstock Fair, orchestra (1946/1948-51/1953)
A Pennsylvania Overture, orchestra (1958)
Fanfare for the Hollywood Bowl, orchestra (2004)
Inaguration (UCSB/University of California at Santa Barbra), orchestra (n.d.) [?]
Persimmon Hill (Cowboy Hall Of Fame), orchestra (n.d.) [?]
Waltzes from Films, orchestra (n.d.)
Soloist(s) w/Orchestra
Concertino for Ondes Martenot and Orchestra, "Ondine At The Cinema" (1983)
Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra (1999)
Vocal
The Thalians, voice(s) and piano (n.d.) [for charitable organizaton?]
Songs of Love and Loathing (7 songs), voice and orchesta (1990)
Incidental/Theater Music
The Court Jester, incidental music (1955)
Laurette, incidental music (1960)
Peter Pan, ballet music (1960)
How Now Dow Jones, incidental music (1968) [Tony Award]
There Are Some Men Too Gentle to Live Among Wolves (1972) [music for recording of spoken words of James Kavanaugh]
True Romance, incidental music (1980)
Merlin, incidental music (1982) [Tony Award Nomination]
ELMER BERNSTEIN LINKS Works by Genre ~ ~ ~ Film Scores ~ ~ ~ Concert Works ~ top of page ~
Elmer Bernstein on Elmer Bernstein
Elmer Bernstein: A Musical Tribute (ResearchChannel)
Elmer Bernstein Obuturary (The Independent)
Elmer Bernstein (in "Film music", Roy M. Prendergast, W.W. Norton, books.google.com)
Elmer Bernstein Collection at University of Southern California
Elmer Bernstein Interview (ASCAP J.A.M.)
Elmer Bernstein Remembered (Jon Burlingame, Film Music Society)
Great Escape Composer Dies at 82 (BBC News)
Talk on the Wild Side (Günther Kögebehn, Bernard Herrmann Society)
Elmer BernsteinComposer's website
Bernstein West (website by Kevin Hughes)
Elmer Bernstein @ Wikipedia
Elmer Bernstein @ Answers.com
Elmer Bernstein @ Art + Culture
Elmer Bernstein @ Bill & Mark's Tribute to Elmer Bernstein
Elmer Bernstein @ Charlie Rose
Elmer Bernstein @ Classical Archives
Elmer Bernstein @ Classical Composers Database
Elmer Bernstein @ Classical Net
Elmer Bernstein @ ClassicsToday
Elmer Bernstein @ Film Reference
Elmer Bernstein @ Film Score Monthly
Elmer Bernstein @ Filmtracks
Elmer Bernstein @ IMDb (Internet Movie Database)
Elmer Bernstein @ mfiles
Elmer Bernstein @ Movie Music UK
Elmer Bernstein @ msnbc
Elmer Bernstein @ MusicWeb International
Elmer Bernstein @ musicianguide.com
Elmer Bernstein @ The New York Times
Elmer Bernstein @ NNDB
Elmer Bernstein @ Notable Biographies
Elmer Bernstein @ Radio Soundtrack
Elmer Bernstein @ Soundtrack Express also here (via google)
Elmer Bernstein @ SoundtrackNet
Elmer Bernstein @ Space Age Pop Music
Elmer Bernstein @ Turner Classic Movies
Elmer Bernstein @ United States Marine Band
Streaming Audio
Elmer Bernstein @ ayrshirescotland.com
Elmer Bernstein @ Charlie Rose
Elmer Bernstein @ Classical Archives
Elmer Bernstein @ last.fm
Elmer Bernstein @ Minnesota Public Radio/The Composer's Voice
Elmer Bernstein @ NPR
Elmer Bernstein @ NPRmusic
Elmer Bernstein @ Rhapsody
Recordings
Elmer Bernstein @ ArkivMusic
Elmer Bernstein @ ClassicsOnline
Video
Elmer Bernstein @ YouTube
Elmer Bernstein @ Google Video
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Elmer Bernstein on Elmer Bernstein: This is Your Life (2002)
Elmer Bernstein on Elmer Bernstein: The Composer's Voice/Minn. Public Radio (streaming audio)
Composers
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