Elmer Bernstein

From Wikipedia 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. Bernstein won an Oscar for his score to Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) and was nominated for fourteen Oscars in total. He also won two Golden Globes and was nominated for two Grammy Awards. Bernstein wrote the theme songs or other music for more than 200 films and TV shows, including The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, The Ten Commandments (1956), The Man with the Golden Arm, To Kill a Mockingbird, Robot Monster, and the fanfare used in the National Geographic television specials. His theme for The Magnificent Seven is also familiar to television viewers, as it was used in commercials for Marlboro cigarettes. Bernstein also provided the score to many of the short films of Ray and Charles Eames. In 1961 Bernstein co-founded Äva Records an American record label based in Los Angeles together with Fred Astaire, Jackie Mills and Tommy Wolf.
From Wikipedia

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.

Bernstein won an Oscar for his score to Thoroughly Modern
Millie (1967) and was nominated for fourteen Oscars in total. He also won two
Golden Globes and was nominated for two Grammy Awards.

Bernstein wrote the theme songs or other music for more than
200 films and TV shows, including The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, The
Ten Commandments (1956), The Man with the Golden Arm, To Kill a Mockingbird,
Robot Monster, and the fanfare used in the National Geographic television
specials. His theme for The Magnificent Seven is also familiar to television
viewers, as it was used in commercials for Marlboro cigarettes. Bernstein also
provided the score to many of the short films of Ray and Charles Eames.

In 1961 Bernstein co-founded Äva Records an American record
label based in Los Angeles together with Fred Astaire, Jackie Mills and Tommy
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Filmography

Keeping The Faith (2000)

What happens when you mix a rabbi, a catholic priest and a blonde beauty? Well the answer is this well-crafted romantic comedy. Three...

Ghost Busters (1984)

"Hello, Ghostbusters... Yes, of course they're serious... You do?... You have?... No kidding! Just gimme the address... Oh sure, they...

An American Werewolf in London (1981)

Two American tourists in England are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.

Airplane! (1980)

An airplane crew takes ill. Surely the only person capable of landing the plane is an ex-pilot afraid to fly. But don't call him Shirley.

The Great Escape (1963)

The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocates them...