Elmer Bernstein

Elmer Bernstein

American composer and conductor (1922-2004)

Elmer Bernstein was an American composer and conductor. In a career that spanned over five decades, he composed "some of the most recognizable and memorable themes in Hollywood history", including over 150 original film scores, as well as scores for nearly 80 television productions. For his work, he received an Academy Award for Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) and a Primetime Emmy Award. He also received seven Golden Globe Awards, five Grammy Awards, and two Tony Award nominations.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 65 films (1951–1995) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 19 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1951 Boots Malone. Columbia Pictures Corp. 103 min 35mm B&W sound
1952 A Communications Primer Classroom Film Distributors 0:22:00 16mm Color sound
1953 A Communications primer Charles Eames 22 min Color
1953 Miss Robin Crusoe. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 8 reels 35mm Color sound
1955 House after five years of living made by Charles and Ray Eames. 10 16mm Color sound
1955 The Eternal Sea Ideal Pictures Inc 103 min 16mm B&W sound
1955 The View From Pompey’s Head. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 97 min. 35mm Color sound
1956 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ▶ Cecil B. DeMille 220 min 16mm Color
1956 The Ten commandments Cecil B. DeMille 220 min Color
1956 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. Paramount Pictures Corp. 219 min 35mm Color sound
1957 Sweet Smell of Success Alexander Mackendrick 96 min B&W
1957 The Tin Star. Perlsea Co. & Paramount Pictures Corp. 93 min. 35mm B&W sound
1957 The true story of the Civil War Camera Eye Productions ; produced and directed by Louis Clyde Stoumen ; screenplay, Abram D. Murray and Louis Clyde Stoumen. 34 16mm B&W sound
1957 Toccata for toy trains. ▶ Eames Charles 16mm sound
1958 Anna Lucasta. Longridge Enterprises Inc. 97 min. 35mm B&W sound
1958 Desire Under The Elms. Don Hartman Productions Inc. & Paramount Pictures Corp. 111 min 35mm B&W sound
1958 Information machine International Business Machines ; written, produced and directed by Charles and Ray Eames. 10 16mm Color sound
1958 Kings Go Forth Collectors Book Store 1:11 16mm B&W
1958 THE BUCCANEER Anthony Quinn 114 min Color
1958 THE BUCCANEER. Paramount Pictures Corp. 121 min 35mm Color sound
1958 Toccata for Toy Trains BRANDN 10 min. 16mm Color sound
1959 The Race For Space ▶ David L. Wolper 55 min 16mm B&W
1959 The Race for space David L. Wolper 55 min B&W
1959 The Race For Space. Wolper Inc. 55 min 16mm B&W sound
1959 The story on page one. Company of Artists Inc. & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. 4420 35mm B&W sound
1959 TOCCATA FOR TOY TRAINS Charles and Ray Eames 11 min 16mm B&W Sound
1960 All flesh is grass Department of Cinema University of Southern California Dr. Paul Saltman David Johnson Richard Harber Daniel Wiegand Ken Miura Allen Porter Elmer Bernstein Saul Bass 16mm
1960 Drugs: The Bio-Chemist's Scalpel Dr. Paul Saltman Department of Cinema University of Southern California David Johnson Richard Harber Daniel Wiegand Ken Miura Allen Porter Elmer Bernstein Saul Bass 16mm
1960 From The Terrace. Linebrook & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. 149 min 35mm Color sound
1960 Perpetuation of Life Department of Cinema University of Southern California Dr. Paul Saltman David Johnson Richard Harber Daniel Wiegand Ken Miura Allen Porter Elmer Bernstein Saul Bass 16mm
1960 The Architecture of Life Dr. Paul Saltman Department of Cinema University of Southern California David Johnson Richard Harber Daniel Wiegand Ken Miura Allen Porter Elmer Bernstein Saul Bass 29 min 16mm B&W Sound
1960 The fuel of life Dr. Paul Saltman Department of Cinema University of Southern California David Johnson Richard Harber Daniel Wiegand Ken Miura Allen Porter Elmer Bernstein Saul Bass 16mm
1960 The Minerals of Life Department of Cinema University of Southern California Dr. Paul Saltman David Johnson Richard Harber Daniel Wiegand Ken Miura Allen Porter Elmer Bernstein Saul Bass 16mm
1960 The Race For Space Wolper Productions. 55 min 16mm B&W sound
1960 The stuff of life Dr. Paul Saltman Department of Cinema University of Southern California David Johnson Richard Harber Daniel Wiegand Ken Miura Allen Porter Elmer Bernstein Saul Bass 16mm
1960 The Unity of Life Dr. Paul Saltman Department of Cinema University of Southern California David Johnson Richard Harber Daniel Wiegand Ken Miura Allen Porter Elmer Bernstein Saul Bass 29 min 16mm B&W Sound
1961 Summer and Smoke Peter Glenville 118 min 16mm Color
1961 Summer And Smoke. Hal B. Wallis & Joseph H. Hazen 118 min 35mm Color sound
1961 The Comancheros. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 107 min 35mm Color sound
1962 Hud. Paramount Pictures Corp. Salem Productions Inc. & Dover Productions Inc. 112 min 35mm B&W sound
1962 To Kill A Mockingbird Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 129 min 16mm Color & B&W sound
1962 Walk on the Wild Side Edward Dmytryk 114 min 16mm B&W
1963 Hollywood: The Fabulous Era. Fountainhead International Inc. a.k.a. Fountain International Inc. 16mm B&W sound
1963 The making of the President 1960 a presentation of David L. Wolper ; in association with ABC News ; produced and directed by Mel Stuart ; written by Theodore H. White. 90 16mm B&W sound
1963 To Kill A Mockingbird. Pakula-Mulligan Productions Inc. & Brentwood Productions Inc. 129 min 35mm B&W sound
1964 Four Days In November. Wolper Productions Inc. & United Artists Corp. 122 min 35mm B&W sound
1965 The Hallelujah Trail. Mirisch-Kappa 149 min 35mm Color sound
1965 THE REWARD. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 27 min. 35mm Color sound
1965 The Sons Of Katie Elder. Paramount Pictures Corp. Hal B. Wallis Joseph H. Hazen & John Wayne 122 min 35mm Color sound
1967 Thoroughly Modern Millie. Universal Pictures & Ross Hunter Productions Inc. 138 min 35mm Color sound