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He was born on 4th
April 1922 in New York City. As a child he was a dancer and an
actor as well as winning several prizes for painting. He studied at the Walden
School and New York University
and he was given a scholarship in piano when he was 12 and after playing
for Aaron Copland he selected a piano teacher for him. He started his career as a concert
pianist before concentrating on composition. He wrote the themes to over 200 films
and TV shows and received Golden Globes for To Kill a Mockingbird and Hawaii, an
Emmy for the score of The Making of
the President, five Grammy nominations and 2 Tony awards. He also received 14 Academy Award
nominations and won once for Thoroughly
Modern Millie as well as receiving a Lifetime Achievement award, and
was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was gray-listed in the McCarthy
era but managed to still work on low budget science fiction films. He died in his sleep on 18th
August 2004
at
his home in Ojai
, California
.
Elmer Bernstein Recordings
Sons
of Katie Elder (Elmer Bernstein/Ernie
Sheldon
)
Columbia,
4-43357, RZSP 72631 (US 45)
Conductor - Elmer Bernstein
Vocals - Ernie
Sheldon
Theme
from Katie Elder (Elmer Bernstein)
Columbia, 4-43357,
RZSP 72628 (US 45)
Conductor -
Elmer Bernstein
London
Symphony Orchestra recordings
La
Vega ( Isaac Albeniz)
Angel 56859 (CD:Elmer
Bernstein/Christopher Parkening: Concerto for Guitar)
Conductor - Elmer Bernstein
Guitar - Christopher Parkening
Sources:
- http://www.elmerbernstein.com/bio/biography.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Bernstein
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000930/
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