Known for exciting jazz and adventurous orchestral scores, Elmer Bernstein
ranked among the top feature film composers over a 50-year career until his
death aged 82 in 2004. One of the most prolific composers in Hollywood, he has
over 200 credits to his name for a wide range of movies, television shows, songs
and theatrical productions.
Born in New York, Bernstein learned to play the piano as a child and performed
at the age of 15 at Steinway Hall. He studied composition and he worked on radio
shows while doing military service in the US Army Air Force during World War II.
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