Elmer Bernstein
Film score, Composer
1922 – 2004
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Who was Elmer Bernstein?
Elmer Bernstein 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, and The Rookies.
Bernstein won an Oscar for his score to Thoroughly Modern Millie and was nominated for fourteen Oscars in total. He also won two Golden Globes and was nominated for two Grammy Awards.
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- Born
- Apr 4, 1922
New York City - Also known as
- Elmer Burnstein
- Elmer Berstein
- Elmer Bernstien
- Bernstein West
- E. Bernstein
- Parents
- Spouses
- Pearl Glusman
(1946/12/21 - 1965) - Eve Adamson
(1965/10/25 - 2004/08/18)
- Pearl Glusman
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Ashkenazi Jews
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Juilliard School
- New York University
- Lived in
- New York City
- Died
- Aug 18, 2004
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on July 23, 2013
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