Overview
Mini Biography:
Elmer Bernstein was educated at the Walden School and New York University...
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Trivia:
He is the only individual to be nominated for an Academy Award in each...
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Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another
24 wins
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25 nominations
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Alternate Names:
Elmer Bernstien
Filmography
- Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (2004) (TV)
- The Rising of the Moon (2002)
- Far from Heaven (2002)
... aka Loin du paradis (France) - Taking the Wheel (2002)
- Chinese Coffee (2000)
- Keeping the Faith (2000)
- Wild, Wild West: The Steel Assassin (1999) (VG)
- Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
- Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) (TV)
... aka Face of an Angel (UK: DVD title) - Wild Wild West (1999)
- The Deep End of the Ocean (1999)
- Puppies for Sale (1998)
- Twilight (1998)
- The Rainmaker (1997)
... aka John Grisham's The Rainmaker (USA: complete title) - Hoodlum (1997)
- Buddy (1997)
- Bulletproof (1996)
- Frankie Starlight (1995)
- Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
- Canadian Bacon (1995)
- A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995) (TV)
- Search and Destroy (1995)
... aka The Four Rules (Australia: video title) - Roommates (1995)
- The Good Son (1993)
- The Age of Innocence (1993)
- Lost in Yonkers (1993)
... aka Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers - Mad Dog and Glory (1993)
- The Cemetery Club (1993)
... aka Looking for a Live One - The Bogie Man (1992) (TV)
- The Babe (1992)
- Rambling Rose (1991)
- A Rage in Harlem (1991)
- Oscar (1991)
- The Grifters (1990)
- The Field (1990)
- One Day in Dallas (1990)
- My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989)
... aka My Left Foot (UK: short title) - Slipstream (1989)
... aka Slipstream: Bounty Hunter 2000 (Philippines: English title) - The Good Mother (1988)
... aka The Price of Passion (South Africa: English title: video title) - Funny Farm (1988)
- Da (1988)
- Leonard Part 6 (1987)
- Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987)
... aka Silent Voice - ¡Three Amigos! (1986)
- Legal Eagles (1986)
- Prince Jack (1985)
- Spies Like Us (1985)
- The Black Cauldron (1985)
... aka Taran and the Magic Cauldron - Marie Ward - Zwischen Galgen und Glorie (1985)
... aka Marie Ward - Zwischen Galgen und Glorie (West Germany: long title) - Gulag (1985) (TV)
- Ghost Busters (1984)
- Class (1983)
- Trading Places (1983)
- Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)
... aka Adventures in the Creep Zone
... aka Road Gangs - Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
... aka Flying High II
... aka Flying High II: The Sequel (Australia) - Five Days One Summer (1982)
- Genocide (1982)
- "Today's F.B.I." (1981) TV series (unknown episodes)
- The Chosen (1981)
- An American Werewolf in London (1981)
... aka The American Werewolf (Philippines: English title) - Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
- Heavy Metal (1981)
- Stripes (1981)
- Going Ape! (1981)
- Airplane! (1980)
... aka Flying High! (New Zealand: English title) (Philippines: English title)
... aka Flying High (Australia) - This Year's Blonde (1980) (TV)
... aka Moviola: This Year's Blonde (USA)
... aka The Secret Love of Marilyn Monroe (USA: reissue title) - Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980) (TV)
... aka The Mad Messiah - Saturn 3 (1980)
... aka Saturn City (USA)
... aka Saturn Three (Philippines: English title)
- The Great Santini (1979)
... aka The Ace
... aka The Gift of Fury - Meatballs (1979)
... aka Arrête de ramer, t'es sur le sable (Canada: French title)
... aka Summer Camp - Zulu Dawn (1979)
- "The Chisholms" (1979) TV mini-series
- "Delta House" (1979) TV series (unknown episodes)
- Charleston (1979) (TV)
- A Report on the IBM Exhibition Center (1979)
- Little Women (1978) (TV)
- Bloodbrothers (1978)
... aka A Father's Love (USA: TV title) - Animal House (1978)
... aka National Lampoon's Animal House - Cézanne (1978)
- Art Game (1978) (V)
- Masks (Polavision Vignette) (1978)
- Degas in the Metropolitan (1978)
- Macbeth (Polavision Vignette) (1978)
- The 3,000 Mile Chase (1977) (TV)
- Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977)
- "Seventh Avenue" (1977) TV mini-series
- Powers of Ten (1977)
- Daumier: Paris and the Spectator (1977)
- Polavision (1977)
- The Worlds of Franklin and Jefferson (1977)
- The Incredible Sarah (1976)
... aka Sarah - "Captains and the Kings" (1976) TV mini-series
- From Noon Till Three (1976)
- The Shootist (1976)
- Serpico: The Deadly Game (1976) (TV)
... aka The Deadly Game - "Ellery Queen" (2 episodes, 1975-1976)
... aka The Adventures of Ellery Queen
- The Adventure of the Sunday Punch (1976) TV episode
- The Adventure of the Mad Tea Party (1975) TV episode - The Look of America (1976)
- The Old Curiosity Shop (1975)
... aka Mr. Quilp - Ellery Queen (1975) (TV)
... aka Too Many Suspects (USA: reissue title) - Report to the Commissioner (1975)
... aka Operation Undercover (UK) - Metropolitan Overview (1975)
- The Trial of Billy Jack (1974)
- "The Rookies" (2 episodes, 1972-1974)
- Judgement (1974) TV episode
- Concrete Valley, Neon Sky (1972) TV episode - Gold (1974)
... aka The Great Gold Conspiracy (USA) - Men of the Dragon (1974) (TV)
- McQ (1974)
- Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973)
... aka Cahill (UK)
... aka Wednesday Morning - "Appointment with Destiny" (7 episodes, 1971-1973)
- Peary's Race for the North Pole (1973) TV episode
- Cortez and Montezuma: The Conquest of an Empire (1972) TV episode
- Surrender at Appomattox (1972) TV episode
- The Crucifixion of Jesus (1972) TV episode
- Showdown at O.K. Corral (1972) TV episode
(2 more) - Incident on a Dark Street (1973) (TV)
- Copernicus (1973/I)
- The Crucifixion of Jesus (1973) (TV)
- Nightmare Honeymoon (1973)
... aka Deadly Honeymoon - The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972)
- "Gunsmoke" (1 episode, 1972)
... aka Gun Law (UK)
... aka Marshal Dillon (USA: rerun title)
- Hostage! (1972) TV episode - The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972)
- The Rookies (1972) (TV)
- Computer Perspective (1972)
- SX-70 (1972)
- "Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law" (1 episode, 1971)
- Eulogy for a Wide Receiver (1971) TV episode - Owen Marshall, Counsellor at Law (1971) (TV)
... aka A Pattern of Morality (USA) - Blind Terror (1971)
... aka See No Evil (USA) - Big Jake (1971)
- Doctors' Wives (1971)
- The Tell-Tale Heart (1971)
- Appointment with Destiny: The Last Days of John Dillinger (1971) (TV)
- Computer Landscape (1971)
- Cannon for Cordoba (1970)
... aka Dragon Master - Walk in the Spring Rain (1970)
- The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970)
- The Unfinished Journey of Robert Kennedy (1970) (TV)
- Kifaru... The Black Rhino (1970)
- The Gypsy Moths (1969)
- The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
- Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969)
- True Grit (1969)
- Midas Run (1969)
... aka A Run on Gold (UK) - Where's Jack? (1969)
- Tops (1969)
- I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968)
... aka Kiss My Butterfly - The Scalphunters (1968)
- "The Big Valley" (24 episodes, 1967-1968)
- The Challenge (1968) TV episode
- Run of the Savage (1968) TV episode
- Devil's Masquerade (1968) TV episode
- A Bounty on a Barkley (1968) TV episode
- Rimfire (1968) TV episode
(19 more) - A Computer Glossary (1968)
- A Rough Sketch for a Proposed Film Dealing with the Powers of Ten and the Relative Size of Things in the Universe (1968)
- Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
- Return of the Seven (1966)
... aka Regreso de los siete magníficos, El (Spain)
... aka Return of the Magnificent Seven (International: English title) - Hawaii (1966)
- Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)
- The Silencers (1966)
- "National Geographic Specials" (1 episode, 1966)
- Voyage of the Brigantine Yankee (1966) TV episode - 7 Women (1966)
- In Search of Man (1965) (TV)
- The Reward (1965)
- France: Conquest to Liberation (1965) (TV)
- The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
- The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
... aka John Sturges' The Hallelujah Trail (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title) - Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965)
- View from the People Wall (1965)
- IBM Puppet Shows (1965)
- IBM at the Fair (1965)
- Westinghouse in Alphabetical Order (1965)
... aka Westinghouse ABC - Sherlock Holmes in the Singular Case of the Plural Green Mustache (1965)
... aka Sherlock Holmes in the Singular Case of the Plural Green Mustache: Based on the Characters by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in Which Sherlock Holmes Uses His Mastery of 2-Valued Logic to Solve a Baffling Problem (USA: complete title) - The Smithsonian Institute (1965)
- "Time-Life Specials: The March of Time" (1965) TV series (unknown episodes)
- Four Days in November (1964)
- The Carpetbaggers (1964)
- The World of Henry Orient (1964)
- "Hollywood and the Stars" (7 episodes, 1963-1964)
- Paul Newman: Actor in a Hurry (1964) TV episode
- In Search of Kim Novak (1964) TV episode
- On Location: Night of the Iguana (1964) TV episode
- The Swashbucklers (1964) TV episode
- The One and Only Bing (1963) TV episode
(2 more) - A Thousand Days: A Tribute to John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1964) (TV)
- House of Science (1964)
- The Making of the President 1960 (1963)
- Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
- Kings of the Sun (1963)
- Project: Man in Space (1963) (TV)
- Rampage (1963)
- The Caretakers (1963)
... aka Borderlines (UK) - The Great Escape (1963)
- Hud (1963)
- Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963) (TV)
- A Girl Named Tamiko (1962)
- To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
- Hollywood: The Fabulous Era (1962) (TV)
- Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
- D-Day June 6, 1944 (1962) (TV)
- Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
- "The Beachcomber" (1962) TV series (unknown episodes)
... aka Mystery Adventure: The Beachcomber (USA: syndication title) - San Francisco Fire (1962)
- Summer and Smoke (1961)
- The Comancheros (1961)
- The Young Doctors (1961)
- By Love Possessed (1961)
- IBM Mathematics Peep Show (1961)
- Hollywood: The Golden Years (1961) (TV)
- The Magnificent Seven (1960)
- From the Terrace (1960)
- The Rat Race (1960)
- "Riverboat" (5 episodes, 1959-1960)
- The Quick Noose (1960) TV episode
- A Night at Trapper's Landing (1959) TV episode
- The Fight Back (1959) TV episode
- The Unwilling (1959) TV episode
- Payment in Full (1959) TV episode - The Fabulous Fifties (1960)
- Introduction to Feedback (1960)
- The Story on Page One (1959)
- "Johnny Staccato" (1 episode, 1959)
... aka Staccato (USA: short title)
- Tempted (1959) TV episode - The Miracle (1959)
- Toccata for Toy Trains (1959)
- Anna Lucasta (1959)
- Glimpses of the USA (1959)
- The Race for Space (1959) (TV)
- Some Came Running (1958)
- The Buccaneer (1958)
- "General Electric Theater" (1 episode, 1958)
... aka G.E. Theater (USA: informal short title)
... aka G.E. True Theater (USA: new title)
- Battle for a Soul (1958) TV episode - God's Little Acre (1958)
- Kings Go Forth (1958)
- Saddle the Wind (1958)
- Desire Under the Elms (1958)
- The True Story of the Civil War (1957)
- The Tin Star (1957)
- Drango (1957)
- Sweet Smell of Success (1957) (music scored by)
- Fear Strikes Out (1957)
- Men in War (1957)
- The Information Machine (1957)
- The Ten Commandments (1956)
- Eames Lounge Chair (1956)
- The Naked Eye (1956)
- It's a Dog's Life (1955)
... aka Bar Sinister (USA)
... aka Wildfire (USA: reissue title) - Storm Fear (1955)
- The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
- The View from Pompey's Head (1955)
... aka Secret Interlude (UK) - The Eternal Sea (1955)
- House: After Five Years of Living (1955)
- Silent Raiders (1954)
- Make Haste to Live (1954)
- Miss Robin Crusoe (1954)
- S-73 (1954)
... aka Sofa Compact - Cat-Women of the Moon (1953) (as Elmer Bernstien)
... aka Rocket to the Moon - Robot Monster (1953)
... aka Monster from Mars
... aka Monsters from the Moon (USA: TV title) - A Communications Primer (1953)
- Battles of Chief Pontiac (1952)
- Sudden Fear (1952)
- Never Wave at a WAC (1952)
... aka The Private Wore Skirts (UK) - Boots Malone (1952)
- Saturday's Hero (1951)
... aka Idols in the Dust (UK)
- The Ringer (2005) (writer: "Main Title", "Calvera") (performer: "Main Title", "Calvera")
- Madagascar (2005) ("National Geographic Fanfare")
- Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) (writer: "The Magnificent Seven" (Theme) (1960))
- Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) (writer: "Cape Fear")
- Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) (writer: "The Silencers")
- American Soundtrack: This Land Is Your Land (2002) (TV) (writer: "Baby, The Rain Must Fall")
- The Rising of the Moon (2002) (writer: "The Land") ("The Land")
- "The Simpsons" (1 episode, 2002)
- The Lastest Gun in the West (2002) TV episode ("The Magnificent Seven theme') - Vanilla Sky (2001) ("Summer's End" (1962))
- Bandits (2001) ("The Chase" (1963))
- The Tao of Steve (2000) (writer: "The Great Escape" (1963)) (performer: "The Great Escape" (1963))
- Bringing Out the Dead (1999) (writer: "Mr. Higway", "Threat")
- "Spaced" (1 episode, 1999)
- Gatherings (1999) TV episode ("The Magnificent Seven") - Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998) (writer: "Walk on the Wild Side")
- The Parent Trap (1998) (writer: "The Great Escape March")
... aka Disney's The Parent Trap (USA: complete title) - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) (writer: "Thinking of Baby") (performer: "Thinking of Baby")
- "From the Earth to the Moon" (1998) TV mini-series (writer: "Theme to tt0057115") (performer: "Theme to tt0057115")
- Frogs for Snakes (1998) (writer: "The Man with The Golden Arm")
- Digging to China (1998) (producer: "One Big Love" (Instrumental))
- Vegas Vacation (1997) (writer: "Man With The Golden Arm")
... aka National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation - Larger Than Life (1996) (writer: "Theme from 'The Magnificent Seven'")
- Casino (1995) (writer: "Walk On The Wild Side")
... aka Casino (France) - Natural Born Killers (1994) ("Black Strait Jacket")
- Jimmy Hollywood (1994) ("Main Title", "Musical Excerpts")
- Oscar (1991) ("LARGO AL FACTOTUM")
- A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988) (music: "I'M NOT AFRAID TO SAY GOODBYE", "CHANCES ARE")
... aka Aren't You Even Gonna Kiss Me Goodbye? (USA: alternative title) - The Color of Money (1986) (music: "Walk On The Wild Side")
- Thriller (1983) (V) (music: "Thriller")
... aka Michael Jackson's Thriller (USA: complete title) - Trading Places (1983) ("OVERTURE, MARRIAGE OF FIGARO")
- Honky Tonk Freeway (1981) (writer: "Diamond Trinkets")
- Going Ape! (1981) (music: "IT AIN'T WHO'S RIGHT, IT'S WHAT'S RIGHT", "SUDDENLY", "GRIM BROTHER GRIMM", "BITTER SWEET", "ONE WAY STREET")
- Meatballs (1979) (writer: "Meatballs")
... aka Arrête de ramer, t'es sur le sable (Canada: French title)
... aka Summer Camp - Moonraker (1979) ("Theme from 'The Magnificent Seven'")
... aka Ian Fleming's Moonraker (UK: complete title)
... aka Moonraker (France) - Animal House (1978) ("Faber College Theme")
... aka National Lampoon's Animal House - The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978) (TV) ("Courtroom Theme From The Kentucky Fried Movie")
... aka All You Need Is Cash (USA) - From Noon Till Three (1976) (music: "Hello and Goodbye")
- The 47th Annual Academy Awards (1975) (TV) (writer: "Wherever Love Takes Me")
- The Trial of Billy Jack (1974) ("The Theme from 'The Trial of Billy Jack'")
- Gold (1974) (music: "GOLD", "WHEREVER LOVE TAKES ME", "WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE")
... aka The Great Gold Conspiracy (USA) - Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973) (music: "A Man Gets To Thinkin'")
... aka Cahill (UK)
... aka Wednesday Morning - Doctors' Wives (1971) (music: "THE COSTUME BALL")
- The 42nd Annual Academy Awards (1970) (TV) (writer: "True Grit")
- True Grit (1969) ("True Grit")
- The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967) (TV) (music: "My Wishing Doll")
- Hawaii (1966) (music: "MY WISHING DOLL")
- The Silencers (1966) (music: "The Silencers", "Santiago")
- Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965) (music: "Baby, The Rain Must Fall")
- The 35th Annual Academy Awards (1963) (TV) (writer: "Walk on the Wild Side")
- Walk on the Wild Side (1962) (writer: "Walk on the Wild Side")
- Drango (1957) (music: "Drango")
- "General Electric Theater" (1953) TV series (unknown episodes)
... aka G.E. Theater (USA: informal short title)
... aka G.E. True Theater (USA: new title) - Sudden Fear (1952) (writer: "AFRAID")
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