List of compositions by Elmer Bernstein

This is a list of compositions by composer, orchestrator and conductor Elmer Bernstein.

He composed and arranged scores for over 100 film scores including: Sudden Fear (1952), The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), The Ten Commandments (1956), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), The Magnificent Seven (1960), To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), The Great Escape (1963), Hud (1963), Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967), True Grit (1969), Ghostbusters (1984), The Black Cauldron (1985), The Grifters (1990), Cape Fear (1991) and Far from Heaven (2002).

Filmography

Source: Turner Classic Movies

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Television films and series

Source: Turner Classic Movies

1950s

• General Electric Theater (1958–59; 8 episodes)
• Johnny Staccato (1959–60; 23 episodes)
• Riverboat (1959–60; 18 episodes)

1960s

• The Beachcomber (1962; 13 episodes)
• The Dick Powell Show (1962; 1 episode)
• The DuPont Show of the Week (1962; 1 episode)
• The Making of the President, 1960 (1963; Television film)
• Hollywood and the Stars (1963–64; 7 episodes)
• National Geographic Specials (1966; 1 episode)
• ABC Stage 67 (1966–67; 2 episodes)
• The Big Valley (1967–68; 24 episodes)
• Julia (1968–70; 60 episodes)

1970s

• ' (1971–74; 20 episodes)
• Gunsmoke (1972; 1 episode)
• The Rookies (1972–74; 12 episodes)
• Ellery Queen (1975–76; 17 episodes)
• Serpico (1976; Pilot episode, two more episodes, and series' main theme)
• Captains and the Kings (1976; Miniseries – 8 episodes)
• Once An Eagle (1976–77; Miniseries – 7 episodes)
• Seventh Avenue (1977; Miniseries – 2 episodes)
• Little Women (1978; Miniseries – 2 episodes)
• The Chisholms (1979; Miniseries – 4 episodes)

1980s

• ' (1980; Television film)
• This Year's Blonde (1980; Television film)
• Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1983; 1 episode)
• Gulag (1985; Television film)

1990s

• Murder in Mississippi (1990 Television film) (Rejected Score)
• The Bogie Man (1992; Television film)
• Fallen Angels (1993–95; 10 episodes)
• Rough Riders (1997; Miniseries – 2 episodes)
• Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999; Television film)

2000s

• Cecil B. De Mille – American Epic (2004; Television film)

Theatre

• Peter Pan (1954) – composer of incidental music
• How Now, Dow Jones (1967) – Composer – Tony co-nomination for Best Musical, Tony co-nomination for Best Composer and Lyricist
• Merlin (1982) – composer and incidental-music composer – Tony co-nomination for Best Composer and Lyricist

Source: Playbill

Concert works

• Woodstock Fair (1948)
• Pennsylvania Overture (1958)
• Concertino for Ondes Martenot (1983)
• Songs of Love and Loathing (1990)
• Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra (1999)
• Fanfare for the Hollywood Bowl (2004)

Source: Elmer Bernstein: Discography

Hit records

• The Man With the Golden Arm soundtrack (1956, no. 2 on Billboard charts)
• Walk on the Wild Side soundtrack (1962, no. 33)
• Walk on the Wild Side single (1962, Brook Benton, no. 43)
• Walk on the Wild Side single (1962, Jimmy Smith, no. 21)
• The Great Escape soundtrack (1963, no. 50)
• Love With the Proper Stranger single (1964, Jack Jones, no. 63)
• Baby, the Rain Must Fall single (1965, Glenn Yarbrough, no. 12)
• True Grit single (1969, Glen Campbell, no. 35)
• Ghostbusters soundtrack (1984, no. 6)

Source: Elmer Bernstein: Discography

References