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Elmer Bernstein (1922–2004)

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Elmer Bernstein was educated at the Walden School and New York University. He served in the US Army Air Corps in World War II. A prolific and respected film music composer, he was a protégé of Aaron Copland, who studied music with Roger Sessions and Stefan Wolpe. Bernstein worked in various artistic endeavors... See full bio »

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in New York City, New York, USA

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(age 82) in Ojai, California, USA
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2010 Hewy's Animated Movie Reviews (TV series) (composer: additional music - 1 episode)
– Despicable Me (2010) (composer: additional music)
 
2009 Ghostbusters (Video Game) (composer: theme music)
 
2007 Return of the Ghostbusters (composer: theme music)
 
2000 A Storm in Summer (TV movie) (music producer)
 
1999 Bringing Out the Dead (conductor)
 
1998 The Magnificent Seven (TV series) (composer: original themes - 8 episodes, 1998) (composer: original theme - 1 episode, 1998)
– Inmate 78 (1998) (composer: original themes)
– Manhunt (1998) (composer: original themes)
– The Collector (1998) (composer: original theme)
– Nemesis (1998) (composer: original themes)
– Witness (1998) (composer: original themes)
See all 9 episodes »
 
1998 Twilight (conductor)
 
1997 Digging to China (additional orchestrator: "One Big Love", conductor, score producer)
 
1997 Rough Riders (TV movie) (composer: theme music)
 
1997 Buddy (conductor - uncredited)
 
1996 Bulletproof (conductor)
 
1995 Canadian Bacon (conductor)
 
1993 National Geographic Explorer (TV series documentary) (composer: theme music - 1 episode)
– Life on the Line (1993) (composer: theme music)
 
1991 Cape Fear (conductor: Bernard Herrmann's original score, music adaptor: Bernard Herrmann's original score, music arranger: Bernard Herrmann's original score)
 
1989 My Left Foot (conductor)
 
1989 Slipstream (conductor)
 
1987 Amazing Grace and Chuck (conductor)
 
1986 Legal Eagles (conductor)
 
1985 Spies Like Us (conductor)
 
1985 Marie Ward - Zwischen Galgen und Glorie (conductor)
 
1985 Gulag (TV movie) (conductor - uncredited)
 
1984 Bolero (conductor, music supervisor)
 
1982 Genocide (documentary) (conductor)
 
1981 Heavy Metal (conductor)
 
1980 Saturn 3 (conductor - uncredited)
 
1977 Slap Shot (music supervisor)
 
1977 Powers of Ten (documentary short) (musician)
 
1976 Serpico (TV series) (composer: theme music - 1 episode)
– Rapid Fire (1976) (composer: theme music)
 
1976 Once an Eagle (TV mini-series) (composer: theme music)
 
1976 Captains and the Kings (TV mini-series) (composer: Best Sellers theme - 8 episodes)
– Chapter VIII (1976) (composer: Best Sellers theme)
– Chapter VII (1976) (composer: Best Sellers theme)
– Chapter VI (1976) (composer: Best Sellers theme)
– Chapter V (1976) (composer: Best Sellers theme)
– Chapter IV (1976) (composer: Best Sellers theme)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1976 The Incredible Sarah (conductor - uncredited)
 
1976 Ellery Queen (TV series) (theme - 6 episodes)
– The Adventure of the Disappearing Dagger (1976) (theme)
– The Adventure of the Hardhearted Huckster (1976) (theme)
– The Adventure of Caesar's Last Sleep (1976) (theme)
– The Adventure of the Tyrant of Tin Pan Alley (1976) (theme)
– The Adventure of the Two-Faced Woman (1976) (theme)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1972-1976 The Rookies (TV series) (composer: theme music - 82 episodes)
– Journey to Oblivion (1976) (composer: theme music)
– Deliver Me from Innocence (1976) (composer: theme music)
– Blue Movie, Blue Death (1976) (composer: theme music)
– The Mugging (1976) (composer: theme music)
– From Out of the Darkness (1976) (composer: theme music)
See all 82 episodes »
 
1975 Mr. Quilp (conductor, music supervisor)
 
1974 Gold (conductor - uncredited)
 
1974 Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (TV series) (composer: theme music - 1 episode)
– I've Promised You a Father: Part 2 (1974) (composer: theme music)
 
1974 Teaser (composer: additional music - uncredited: from "The Caretakers")
 
1974 McQ (conductor - uncredited)
 
1972 Arthur of the Britons (TV series) (composer: main theme)
 
1972 The Magnificent Seven Ride! (conductor)
 
1968-1970 Julia (TV series) (composer: theme music - 60 episodes)
– Bunny Hug (1970) (composer: theme music)
– Absence Makes the Heart Glow (1970) (composer: theme music)
– The Switch Sitters (1970) (composer: theme music)
– Corey for President (1970) (composer: theme music)
– Sara's Second Part (1970) (composer: theme music)
See all 60 episodes »
 
1970 The 42nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (musical director)
 
1969 Guns of the Magnificent Seven (conductor)
 
1969 The Bridge at Remagen (conductor)
 
1969 Where's Jack? (conductor - uncredited)
 
1969 Tops (documentary short) (conductor)
 
1968 The 40th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (musical director)
 
1968 A Rough Sketch for a Proposed Film Dealing with the Powers of Ten and the Relative Size of Things in the Universe (documentary short) (musician)
 
1966 ABC Stage 67 (TV series) (composer: "ABC Stage 67" theme - 1 episode)
– Noon Wine (1966) (composer: "ABC Stage 67" theme)
 
1965 The General (TV movie) (music supervisor)
 
1965 The Bold Men (TV documentary) (music supervisor)
 
1965 The Way Out Men (TV documentary) (music supervisor)
 
1964 Four Days in November (documentary) (conductor)
 
1963-1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series) (composer: title music - 31 episodes)
– The Wild and Wonderful Thirties (1964) (composer: title music)
– The Great Directors (1964) (composer: title music)
– What a Way to Go: An Extravaganza in the Making (1964) (composer: title music)
– The Odyssey of Rita Hayworth (1964) (composer: title music)
– The Oscars - Moments of Greatness: Part 2 (1964) (composer: title music)
See all 31 episodes »
 
1964 The Carpetbaggers (conductor - uncredited)
 
1963 Biography of a Rookie: The Willie Davis Story (TV documentary) (music supervisor)
 
1962-1963 Saints and Sinners (TV series) (composer: theme music - 17 episodes)
– New Lead Berlin (1963) (composer: theme music)
– The Year Joan Crawford Won the Oscar (1963) (composer: theme music)
– Slug It, Miss Joyous (1963) (composer: theme music)
– The Home-Coming Bit (1963) (composer: theme music)
– A Taste of Evil (1962) (composer: theme music)
See all 17 episodes »
 
1963 Story of a Rodeo Cowboy (documentary) (title music)
 
1962-1963 Story Of... (TV series documentary) (title music - 4 episodes)
– Story of a Harness Driver (1963) (title music)
– Story of a Press Agent (1963) (title music)
– Story of an Actress (1962) (title music)
– The Story of a Writer (1962) (title music)
 
1962 The Beachcomber (TV series) (composer: theme music - 39 episodes)
– Paradise Lost (1962) (composer: theme music)
– Roll of Thunder (1962) (composer: theme music)
– A Rooster Named Red (1962) (composer: theme music)
– The Two-Sided Triangle (1962) (composer: theme music)
– The Search for Robert Herrick (1962) (composer: theme music)
See all 39 episodes »
 
1960 Peter Pan (TV movie) (composer: incidental music)
 
1959-1960 Riverboat (TV series) (composer: theme music - 31 episodes)
– The Sellout (1960) (composer: theme music - uncredited)
– The Quick Noose (1960) (composer: theme music - uncredited)
– The Long Trail (1960) (composer: theme music - uncredited)
– The Night of the Faceless Men (1960) (composer: theme music - uncredited)
– Hang the Men High (1960) (composer: theme music - uncredited)
See all 31 episodes »
 
1959 Have Rocket -- Will Travel (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1959 G.E. True Theater (TV series) (music - 1 episode)
– Nobody's Child (1959) (music)
 
1959 Israel (documentary short) (conductor, music arranger)
 
1958 Some Came Running (conductor - uncredited)
 
1958 Kings Go Forth (conductor - uncredited)
 
1957 Sweet Smell of Success (conductor)
 
1957 Toccata for Toy Trains (short) (conductor)
 
1956 The Naked Eye (documentary) (conductor)
 
1956 Eames Lounge Chair (documentary short) (musician: piano - uncredited)
 
1955 The Fighting Chance (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1955 The Man with the Golden Arm (conductor - uncredited)
 
1955 Headline Hunters (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1955 Producers' Showcase (TV series) (composer: incidental music - 1 episode)
– Peter Pan (1955) (composer: incidental music)
 
1955 House: After Five Years of Living (documentary short) (musician: piano)
 
1954 Silent Raiders (conductor)
 
1954 Miss Robin Crusoe (conductor)
 
1953 Cat-Women of the Moon (musical director - as Elmer Bernstien)
 
1953 Robot Monster (music director)
 
1953 Never Wave at a WAC (conductor)
 
1952 Battles of Chief Pontiac (musical director)
 
1952 Sudden Fear (music director)
 
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2004 Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (TV documentary)
 
2002 The Rising of the Moon (short)
 
2002 Far from Heaven
 
2002 Taking the Wheel (short)
 
2000 Chinese Coffee
 
2000 Keeping the Faith
 
1999 Wild, Wild West: The Steel Assassin (Video Game)
 
1999 Bringing Out the Dead
 
1999 Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (TV movie)
 
1999 Wild Wild West
 
1999 The Deep End of the Ocean
 
1998 Granada: Agua Sin Pausa (short)
 
1998 Puppies for Sale (short)
 
1998 Twilight
 
1997 The Rainmaker
 
1997 Hoodlum
 
1997 Buddy
 
1996 Bulletproof
 
1995 Frankie Starlight
 
1995 Devil in a Blue Dress
 
1995 Canadian Bacon
 
1995 A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (TV documentary)
 
1995 Search and Destroy
 
1995 Roommates
 
1993 The Good Son
 
1993 The Age of Innocence
 
1993 Lost in Yonkers
 
1993 Mad Dog and Glory
 
1993 The Cemetery Club
 
1992 The Bogie Man (TV movie)
 
1992 The Babe
 
1991 Rambling Rose
 
1991 A Rage in Harlem
 
1991 Oscar
 
1990 The Grifters
 
1990 The Field
 
1990 One Day in Dallas
 
1989 My Left Foot
 
1989 Slipstream
 
1988 The Good Mother
 
1988 Funny Farm
 
1988 Da
 
1987 Leonard Part 6
 
1987 Amazing Grace and Chuck
 
1986 ¡Three Amigos!
 
1986 Legal Eagles
 
1985 Prince Jack
 
1985 Spies Like Us
 
1985 The Black Cauldron
 
1985 Marie Ward - Zwischen Galgen und Glorie
 
1985 Gulag (TV movie)
 
1984 Ghostbusters
 
1983 Thriller (TV short)
 
1983 Class
 
1983 Trading Places
 
1983 Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
 
1982 Airplane II: The Sequel
 
1982 Five Days One Summer
 
1982 Genocide (documentary)
 
1981 Today's F.B.I. (TV series)
 
1981 The Chosen
 
1981 Honky Tonk Freeway
 
1981 An American Werewolf in London
 
1981 Heavy Metal
 
1981 Stripes
 
1981 Going Ape!
 
1980 Airplane!
 
1980 This Year's Blonde (TV movie)
 
1980 Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (TV movie)
 
1980 Saturn 3
 
1979 The Great Santini
 
1979 Meatballs
 
1979 Zulu Dawn
 
1979 The Chisholms (TV mini-series)
 
1979 Delta House (TV series)
 
1979 Charleston (TV movie)
 
1979 A Report on the IBM Exhibition Center (short)
 
1978 Little Women (TV series)
– Pilot (1978)
 
1978 Bloodbrothers
 
1978 Animal House
 
1978 Masks (Polavision Vignette) (short)
 
1978 Macbeth (Polavision Vignette) (short)
 
1978 Degas in the Metropolitan (short)
 
1978 Cézanne (documentary short)
 
1978 Art Game (video)
 
1977 The Look of America
 
1977 The 3,000 Mile Chase (TV movie)
 
1977 Billy Jack Goes to Washington
 
1977 Seventh Avenue (TV mini-series)
 
1977 Powers of Ten (documentary short)
 
1977 Polavision (short)
 
1977 Daumier: Paris and the Spectator
 
1976 Captains and the Kings (TV mini-series)
– Chapter VIII (1976)
– Chapter VII (1976)
– Chapter VI (1976)
– Chapter V (1976)
– Chapter IV (1976)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1976 The Incredible Sarah
 
1976 From Noon Till Three
 
1976 The Shootist
 
1976 Serpico (TV series)
– The Deadly Game (1976)
 
1975-1976 Ellery Queen (TV series)
– The Adventure of the Judas Tree (1976)
– The Adventure of the Wary Witness (1976)
– The Adventure of the Eccentric Engineer (1976)
– The Adventure of the Sunday Punch (1976)
– The Adventure of the Black Falcon (1976)
See all 17 episodes »
 
1975 Mr. Quilp
 
1975 Report to the Commissioner
 
1975 Metropolitan Overview (short)
 
1974 The Trial of Billy Jack
 
1972-1974 The Rookies (TV series)
– Judgement (1974)
– Rabbits on the Runway (1972)
– A Very Special Piece of Ground (1972)
– To Taste of Terror (1972)
– The Bear That Didn't Get Up (1972)
See all 12 episodes »
 
1974 Nightmare Honeymoon
 
1974 Gold
 
1974 Men of the Dragon (TV movie)
 
1974 McQ
 
1973 Cahill U.S. Marshal
 
1971-1973 Appointment with Destiny (TV series)
– Peary's Race for the North Pole (1973)
– Cortez and Montezuma: The Conquest of an Empire (1972)
– Surrender at Appomattox (1972)
– The Crucifixion of Jesus (1972)
– Showdown at O.K. Corral (1972)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1973 Incident on a Dark Street (TV movie)
 
1973 Franklin & Jefferson Proposal Film (documentary short)
 
1973 Copernicus (documentary short)
 
1972 The Amazing Mr. Blunden
 
1972 Gunsmoke (TV series)
– Hostage! (1972)
 
1971-1972 Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (TV series)
– Love Child (1972)
– Eulogy for a Wide Receiver (1971)
– Pilot (1971)
 
1972 The Magnificent Seven Ride!
 
1972 The Crucifixion of Jesus (TV documentary)
 
1972 SX-70 (documentary)
 
1972 Computer Perspective (documentary short)
 
1971 See No Evil
 
1971 Big Jake
 
1971 Doctors' Wives
 
1971 The Tell-Tale Heart (short)
 
1971 Appointment with Destiny: The Last Days of John Dillinger (TV documentary)
 
1971 Computer Landscape (documentary short)
 
1970 Cannon for Cordoba
 
1970 A Walk in the Spring Rain
 
1970 The Liberation of L.B. Jones
 
1970 The Unfinished Journey of Robert Kennedy (TV documentary)
 
1970 Kifaru... The Black Rhino (documentary)
 
1969 The Gypsy Moths
 
1969 Guns of the Magnificent Seven
 
1969 The Bridge at Remagen
 
1969 True Grit
 
1969 Midas Run
 
1969 Where's Jack?
 
1969 Tops (documentary short)
 
1968 I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!
 
1968 The Scalphunters
 
1967-1968 The Big Valley (TV series)
– The Challenge (1968)
– Run of the Savage (1968)
– Devil's Masquerade (1968)
– Bounty on a Barkley (1968)
– Rimfire (1968)
See all 24 episodes »
 
1968 IBM Museum (short)
 
1968 A Rough Sketch for a Proposed Film Dealing with the Powers of Ten and the Relative Size of Things in the Universe (documentary short)
 
1968 A Computer Glossary (documentary short)
 
1967 Thoroughly Modern Millie
 
1966 Return of the Seven
 
1966 Hawaii
 
1966 Cast a Giant Shadow
 
1966 The Silencers
 
1966 National Geographic Specials (TV series documentary)
– Voyage of the Brigantine Yankee (1966)
 
1966 7 Women
 
1965 In Search of Man (TV documentary)
 
1965 The Reward
 
1965 France: Conquest to Liberation (TV documentary)
 
1965 The Sons of Katie Elder
 
1965 The Hallelujah Trail
 
1965 Time-Life Specials: The March of Time (TV series documentary)
 
1965 Baby the Rain Must Fall
 
1965 Sherlock Holmes in the Singular Case of the Plural Green Mustache (short)
 
1965 Westinghouse in Alphabetical Order (documentary short)
 
1965 View from the People Wall (short)
 
1965 The Smithsonian Institute (documentary short)
 
1965 IBM at the Fair (documentary short)
 
1965 IBM Puppet Shows (short)
 
1964 A Thousand Days: A Tribute to John Fitzgerald Kennedy (TV documentary)
 
1964 Four Days in November (documentary)
 
1964 The Carpetbaggers
 
1964 The World of Henry Orient
 
1963-1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series)
– Paul Newman: Actor in a Hurry (1964)
– In Search of Kim Novak (1964)
– On Location: Night of the Iguana (1964)
– The Swashbucklers (1964)
– The One and Only Bing (1963)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1964 House of Science (short)
 
1963 The Making of the President 1960 (documentary)
 
1963 Love with the Proper Stranger
 
1963 Kings of the Sun
 
1963 Project: Man in Space (TV documentary)
 
1963 Rampage
 
1963 The Caretakers
 
1963 The Great Escape
 
1963 Hud (music scored by)
 
1963 Hollywood: The Great Stars (TV documentary)
 
1962 A Girl Named Tamiko
 
1962 To Kill a Mockingbird
 
1962 Hollywood: The Fabulous Era (TV documentary)
 
1962 Birdman of Alcatraz
 
1962 D-Day June 6, 1944 (TV documentary)
 
1962 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
– Savage Sunday (1962)
 
1962 Walk on the Wild Side
 
1962 The Beachcomber (TV series)
 
1962 San Francisco Fire (short)
 
1961 Summer and Smoke
 
1961 The Comancheros
 
1961 The Young Doctors
 
1961 By Love Possessed
 
1961 2n: A Story of the Power of Numbers (short) (uncredited)
 
1961 Topology (documentary short)
 
1961 IBM Mathematics Peep Show (documentary short)
 
1961 Hollywood: The Golden Years (TV documentary)
 
1960 The Magnificent Seven
 
1960 From the Terrace
 
1960 The Rat Race
 
1959-1960 Riverboat (TV series)
– The Sellout (1960)
– The Quick Noose (1960)
– The Long Trail (1960)
– The Night of the Faceless Men (1960) (music score)
– Hang the Men High (1960)
See all 18 episodes »
 
1959-1960 Johnny Staccato (TV series)
– Swinging Long Hair (1960)
– A Nice Little Town (1960)
– The Mask of Jason (1960)
– An Angry Young Man (1960)
– An Act of Terror (1960)
See all 26 episodes »
 
1960 The Fabulous Fifties (documentary)
 
1960 Introduction to Feedback (documentary short)
 
1959 The Story on Page One
 
1959 The Miracle
 
1959 The Race for Space (TV documentary)
 
1959 Glimpses of the USA (short)
 
1958 Some Came Running
 
1958 The Buccaneer
 
1958 Anna Lucasta
 
1958 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
– Battle for a Soul (1958)
 
1958 God's Little Acre
 
1958 Kings Go Forth
 
1958 Studio 57 (TV series)
– Take Five (1958)
 
1958 Saddle the Wind (music scored by)
 
1958 Desire Under the Elms
 
1957 The Tin Star
 
1957 Sweet Smell of Success
 
1957 Fear Strikes Out
 
1957 Men in War
 
1957 The Information Machine (documentary short)
 
1957 Toccata for Toy Trains (short)
 
1957 Drango
 
1956 The Ten Commandments
 
1956 Lounge Chair (short)
 
1956 The Naked Eye (documentary)
 
1956 Eames Lounge Chair (documentary short)
 
1955 It's a Dog's Life
 
1955 Storm Fear
 
1955 The Man with the Golden Arm
 
1955 The View from Pompey's Head
 
1955 The Eternal Sea
 
1955 House: After Five Years of Living (documentary short)
 
1954 Silent Raiders
 
1954 Make Haste to Live
 
1954 S-73 (short)
 
1954 Miss Robin Crusoe
 
1953 Cat-Women of the Moon (musical score / as Elmer Bernstien)
 
1953 Robot Monster
 
1953 Never Wave at a WAC
 
1953 A Communications Primer (documentary short)
 
1952 Battles of Chief Pontiac
 
1952 Sudden Fear
 
1952 Boots Malone
 
1951 Saturday's Hero
 
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2012 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
– Episode #20.100 (2012) (writer: "National Geographic Fanfare" - uncredited)
 
2012 Banda sonora (TV series)
– Episode #8.7 (2012) (writer: "The Age of Innocence")
 
2011/I The Artist (performer: "Love Scene")
 
2011 Torrente 4 (writer: "The Great Escape")
 
2010/I Burlesque (writer: "Wagon Wheel Watusi" / performer: "Wagon Wheel Watusi")
 
2009 Copycats (TV series)
– Episode #1.12 (2009) (writer: "The Great Escape" / performer: "The Great Escape")
 
2009 Ghostbusters (Video Game) (writer: "Ghostbusters Original Motion Picture Score" / performer: "Ghostbusters Original Motion Picture Score")
 
2009 Inglourious Basterds (writer: "ZULUS" 1979 / performer: "ZULUS" 1979)
 
2009 The Gruen Transfer (TV series documentary)
– Tobacco (2009) (writer: "The Magnificent Seven")
 
2007 American Pie Presents Beta House (video) (writer: "Faber College Theme" / performer: "Faber College Theme")
 
2006 Family Guy (TV series)
– Untitled Griffin Family History (2006) (music: "Are You Ready For the Summer?" - uncredited)
 
2005 The Ringer (writer: "Main Title", "Calvera" / performer: "Main Title", "Calvera")
 
2005 Madagascar (writer: "National Geographic Fanfare")
 
2004 Fahrenheit 9/11 (documentary) (writer: "The Magnificent Seven" Theme / 1960)
 
2004 Stateside (writer: "'The Magnificent Seven' Theme")
 
2003 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (writer: "Cape Fear")
 
2002 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (writer: "The Silencers")
 
2002 American Soundtrack: This Land Is Your Land (TV movie) (writer: "Baby, The Rain Must Fall")
 
2002 The Rising of the Moon (short) (writer: "The Land" / "The Land")
 
2002 The Simpsons (TV series)
– The Lastest Gun in the West (2002) ("The Magnificent Seven theme')
– Jaws Wired Shut (2002) (writer: "Theme from The Magnificent Seven" - uncredited)
 
2001 Vanilla Sky ("Summer's End" 1962)
 
2001 Bandits (writer: "The Chase" 1963)
 
2000 Red Letters (arranger: "Faust")
 
2000 The Tao of Steve (writer: "The Great Escape" 1963 / performer: "The Great Escape" 1963)
 
1999 Bringing Out the Dead (writer: "Mr. Higway", "Threat")
 
1999 Spaced (TV series)
– Gatherings (1999) (writer: "The Magnificent Seven")
 
1998 Free Enterprise (writer: "Sweet Smell of Success" / performer: "Sweet Smell of Success")
 
1998 Divorcing Jack (writer: "The Magnificent Seven")
 
1998 Why Do Fools Fall in Love (writer: "Walk on the Wild Side")
 
1998 The Parent Trap (writer: "The Great Escape March")
 
1998 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (writer: "Thinking of Baby" / performer: "Thinking of Baby")
 
1998 From the Earth to the Moon (TV mini-series)
– Mare Tranquilitatis (1998) (writer: "Theme to 'The Great Escape'")
– Spider (1998) (writer: "Theme to 'The Great Escape'")
 
1998 Frogs for Snakes (writer: "The Man with The Golden Arm")
 
1998 Blues Brothers 2000 (writer: "God Music")
 
1997 Digging to China (producer: "One Big Love" Instrumental)
 
1997 Hamish Macbeth (TV series)
– The Honourable Policeman (1997) (writer: "Theme from The Magnificent Seven" - uncredited)
 
1997 Vegas Vacation (writer: "Man With The Golden Arm")
 
1996 Larger Than Life (writer: "Theme from 'The Magnificent Seven'")
 
1990-1996 Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV series)
– Escape 2000 (1996) (writer: "The Great Escape")
– The Painted Hills (1993) (writer: "The Great Escape")
– The Day the Earth Froze (1993) (writer: "The Great Escape")
– Rocket Attack U.S.A. (1990) (writer: "The Great Escape")
 
1995 The Epic of Detective Mandy: Book Four - Spoof of the Living Dead II (TV movie) (performer: "Max", "Sam's Story", "Love?", "Strip Search", "Rape and Hospital", "Kersek Killed", "Houseboat", "The Fight", "The End")
 
1995 Casino (writer: "Walk On The Wild Side")
 
1994 Bert (TV series)
 
1994 Natural Born Killers (writer: "Black Strait Jacket" / performer: "Black Strait Jacket")
 
1994 Jimmy Hollywood ("Main Title", "Musical Excerpts")
 
1993 Lipstick on Your Collar (TV mini-series)
 
1991 Oscar (performer: "LARGO AL FACTOTUM")
 
1988 A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (music: "I'M NOT AFRAID TO SAY GOODBYE", "CHANCES ARE")
 
1988 Miami Vice (TV series)
– The Cows of October (1988) (writer: "Theme from 'The Magnificent Seven'" - uncredited)
 
1986 The Color of Money (music: "Walk On The Wild Side")
 
1986 Cheers (TV series)
– Diane Chambers Day (1986) (writer: "Theme from The Magnificent Seven")
 
1983 Trading Places (performer: "OVERTURE, MARRIAGE OF FIGARO")
 
1981 Honky Tonk Freeway (writer: "Diamond Trinkets")
 
1981 Going Ape! (music: "IT AIN'T WHO'S RIGHT, IT'S WHAT'S RIGHT", "SUDDENLY", "GRIM BROTHER GRIMM", "BITTER SWEET", "ONE WAY STREET")
 
1979 Meatballs (writer: "Are You Ready for the Summer?", "Good Friend", "Moondust", "Meatballs")
 
1979 Moonraker (writer: "Theme")
 
1978 Animal House (music: "Faber College Theme" - uncredited)
 
1978 All You Need Is Cash (TV movie) (writer: "Courtroom Theme From The Kentucky Fried Movie")
 
1976 From Noon Till Three (music: "Hello and Goodbye")
 
1975 The 47th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (writer: "Wherever Love Takes Me")
 
1974 The Trial of Billy Jack (music: "How I Need You")
 
1974 Gold (music: "GOLD", "WHEREVER LOVE TAKES ME", "WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE" / arranger: "DECK THE HALLS" - uncredited, "GOD REST YE MERRY, GENTLEMEN" - uncredited, "GERMAN CAROL" - uncredited, "O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL" - uncredited)
 
1973 Cahill U.S. Marshal (music: "A Man Gets To Thinkin'")
 
1971 Cold Turkey (writer: "Theme from The Magnificent Seven" - uncredited)
 
1971 Doctors' Wives (music: "The Costume Ball")
 
1970 A Walk in the Spring Rain (music: "A Walk in the Spring Rain")
 
1970 The 42nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (writer: "True Grit")
 
1970 The Lawrence Welk Show (TV series)
– Academy Awards (1970) (music: "True Grit" - uncredited)
 
1969 True Grit (music: "True Grit")
 
1969 Midas Run (writer: "The Midas Run")
 
1968 I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (music: "I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!" 1968 - uncredited)
 
1967 The 39th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (music: "My Wishing Doll")
 
1966 Hawaii (music: "MY WISHING DOLL")
 
1966 The Silencers (music: "The Silencers", "Santiago")
 
1966 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
– Episode #3.19 (1966) (music: "Walk on the Wild Side" - uncredited)
 
1965 The Hallelujah Trail (writer: "Hallelujah Trail", "We Will Save")
 
1965 Baby the Rain Must Fall (music: "Baby, The Rain Must Fall")
 
1963 Love with the Proper Stranger ("Love with the proper stranger")
 
1963 Rampage (music: "Rampage")
 
1963 The 35th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (writer: "Walk on the Wild Side")
 
1962 Walk on the Wild Side (music: "Walk on the Wild Side", "Somewhere in the Used to Be" - uncredited)
 
1961 By Love Possessed (music: "By Love Possessed")
 
1957 Drango (music: "Drango")
 
1953 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
 
1952 Sudden Fear (music: "Afraid")
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
2005 Settling the Score (TV documentary) (competition spokesperson, judge)
 
1955 The Court Jester (dance rehearsal pianist - uncredited)
 
Show ShowActor (2 titles)
1976 From Noon Till Three
Songwriter (uncredited)
 
1960 The Rat Race
Member of The Red Peppers (uncredited)
 
Show ShowProduction Manager (1 title)
1963 Story Of... (TV series documentary) (production manager - 1 episode)
– Story of a Press Agent (1963) (production manager)
 
Show ShowThanks (9 titles)
2009 Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London' (documentary) (special thanks)
 
1926 The Temptress (in memory of - 2005 alternate version)
 
2005 Settling the Score (TV documentary) (in memory of)
 
1925 The Rag Man (special thanks - 2004 alternate version)
 
2004 Fahrenheit 9/11 (documentary) (thanks)
 
1999 American Masters (TV series documentary) (special thanks - 1 episode)
– A Conversation with Gregory Peck (1999) (special thanks)
 
1999 Making 'Taxi Driver' (video documentary) (special thanks)
 
1998 Brown's Requiem (special thanks)
 
1998 Fearful Symmetry (video documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (18 titles)
2005 Settling the Score (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (TV documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
2003 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Elmer Bernstein (2003) … Himself
 
2002 The Making of 'Far from Heaven' (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
2001 Anatomy of a Scene (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Far from Heaven … Himself
 
2001/I The Making of 'Cape Fear' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2001 CNN World Beat (TV series)
As Himself
– Elmer Bernstein (2001) … As Himself
 
2000 Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Making 'Taxi Driver' (video documentary)
Himself - Composer
 
1998 Neil Diamond: The Making of 'The Movie Album' (TV documentary)
 
1998 The DeMille Dynasty (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Fearful Symmetry (video documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Der Klang der Bilder (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann (documentary)
Himself
 
1970 The 42nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Original Song & Co-Presenter: Best Score of a Musical Picture
 
1968 The Best on Record (TV movie)
Himself
 
1968 The 40th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Conductor/Best Original Score Winner
 
1964 The 36th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Accepting Score Award for John Addison
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2005 The 77th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Memorial Tribute
 

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