Elmer Bernstein

United States
April 4, 1922 – August 18, 2004

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Elmer Bernstein was an American composer and conductor who is best 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 Magnificent Seven, The Ten Commandments, The Great Escape, To Kill a Mockingbird, Ghostbusters, The Black Cauldron, Airplane!, The Rookies, Cape Fear, Animal House, and The Age of Innocence.

For the last 14 days:

112 tracks
117 stations
30 countries

Elmer Bernstein top songs

1	The Magnificent Seven
2	Aftermath
3	Staccato's Theme
4	Main Theme
5	Aftermath
6	The Age of Innocence
7	Roses Montage
8	The Grifters
9	Escape
10	Main Theme Title
11	To Kill A Mockingbird
12	Dana's Theme
13	Main Title
14	Main Title and Calvera
15	One Before Closing
16	Thinking of Baby
17	Main Title (From "The Great Escape")
18	Main Titles
19	Frankie Machine
20	Defeat
21	The Ten Commandments
22	Farewells
23	Ghostbusters Theme
24	MacDougal Street Special
25	End Title

Elmer Bernstein quotes

Victor Young had been hired to write the score for the dances of The Ten Commandments but he became very ill. You were then hired to write the score. But at the same time you'd written The Man with the Golden Arm score.