# 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

| Year | Title |
| 1951 | Saturday's Hero |
| 1952 | Battles of Chief Pontiac |
| 1952 | Sudden Fear |
| 1953 | Cat-Women of the Moon |
| 1953 | Never Wave at a WAC |
| 1953 | Robot Monster |
| 1954 | Silent Raiders |
| 1955 | The Eternal Sea |
| 1955 | The Man with the Golden Arm |
| 1955 | The View from Pompey's Head |
| 1956 | The Ten Commandments |
| 1957 | Men in War |
| 1957 | Drango |
| 1957 | Fear Strikes Out |
| 1957 | Sweet Smell of Success |
| 1957 | The Tin Star |
| 1958 | Desire Under the Elms |
| 1958 | Kings Go Forth |
| 1958 | God's Little Acre |
| 1958 | The Buccaneer |
| 1958 | Some Came Running |
| 1959 | The Miracle |

### 1960s

| Year | Title | Director | Latest release |
| 1960 | The Story on Page One | |
| 1960 | The Magnificent Seven | John Sturges | Quartet Records / QR508 / 2022 |
| 1960 | The Rat Race | |
| 1960 | From the Terrace | |
| 1961 | The Comancheros | |
| 1961 | By Love Possessed | |
| 1961 | The Young Doctors | |
| 1961 | Summer and Smoke | |
| 1962 | Walk on the Wild Side | Edward Dmytryk | Intrada Special Collection / Volume 262 / 2014 |
| 1962 | Birdman of Alcatraz | John Frankenheimer |
| 1962 | To Kill a Mockingbird | Robert Mulligan | Intrada Special Collection / Volume 262 / 2014 |
| 1962 | A Girl Named Tamiko | John Sturges |
| 1963 | Kings of the Sun | |
| 1963 | The Caretakers | |
| 1963 | The Great Escape | |
| 1963 | Love with the Proper Stranger | |
| 1963 | Hud | |
| 1964 | The World of Henry Orient | George Roy Hill |
| 1964 | The Carpetbaggers | Edward Dmytryk | Intrada Special Collection / Volume 262 / 2014 |
| 1965 | The Sons of Katie Elder | |
| 1965 | The Hallelujah Trail | |
| 1965 | Baby the Rain Must Fall | |
| 1966 | 7 Women | |
| 1966 | The Silencers | |
| 1966 | Cast A Giant Shadow | |
| 1966 | Hawaii | |
| 1966 | Return of the Seven | Burt Kennedy | Quartet Records / QR508 / 2022 |
| 1967 | Thoroughly Modern Millie | |
| 1968 | The Scalphunters | Sydney Pollack | Quartet Records / QR500 / 2022 |
| 1968 | I Love You, Alice B. Toklas | |
| 1968 | Powers of Ten | |
| 1969 | Guns of the Magnificent Seven | Paul Wendkos | Quartet Records / QR508 / 2022 |
| 1969 | True Grit | |
| 1969 | The Bridge at Remagen | |
| 1969 | The Gypsy Moths | |

### 1970s

| Year | Title | Director | Latest Release |
| 1970 | The Liberation of L.B. Jones | |
| 1970 | Cannon for Cordoba | |
| 1970 | A Walk in the Spring Rain | |
| 1971 | Big Jake | |
| 1971 | Doctors' Wives | |
| 1971 | See No Evil | |
| 1972 | The Amazing Mr. Blunden | |
| 1973 | Cahill U.S. Marshal | |
| 1973 | The Magnificent Seven Ride! | George McCowan | Quartet Records / QR508 / 2022 |
| 1974 | Gold | |
| 1974 | McQ | |
| 1974 | Nightmare Honeymoon | |
| 1974 | The Trial of Billy Jack | |
| 1975 | Mr Quilp | |
| 1975 | Report to the Commissioner | |
| 1976 | From Noon Till Three | |
| 1976 | The Incredible Sarah | |
| 1976 | The Shootist | |
| 1977 | Billy Jack Goes to Washington | |
| 1977 | Slap Shot | |
| 1977 | Powers of Ten | |
| 1978 | National Lampoon's Animal House | |
| 1978 | Bloodbrothers | |
| 1978 | Casey's Shadow | rejected score, replaced by Patrick Williams |
| 1979 | Zulu Dawn | |
| 1979 | The Great Santini | |
| 1979 | Meatballs | |

### 1980s

| Year | Title | Director |
| 1980 | Airplane! | |
| 1980 | The Blues Brothers | John Landis |
| 1980 | Saturn 3 | |
| 1981 | Heavy Metal | Bernstein's first score for an animated film |
| 1981 | Honky Tonk Freeway | |
| 1981 | Going Ape! | |
| 1981 | The Chosen | |
| 1981 | An American Werewolf in London | |
| 1981 | Stripes | |
| 1982 | Genocide | |
| 1982 | Five Days One Summer | |
| 1982 | Our House | |
| 1982 | Airplane II: The Sequel | |
| 1983 | Michael Jackson's Thriller | |
| 1983 | Class | |
| 1983 | Trading Places | |
| 1983 | Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone | |
| 1984 | Prince Jack | |
| 1984 | Mary Ward | |
| 1984 | Bolero | |
| 1984 | Ghostbusters | |
| 1985 | The Black Cauldron | |
| 1985 | Spies Like Us | |
| 1985 | The Journey of Natty Gann | rejected score, replaced by James Horner |
| 1986 | ¡Three Amigos! | |
| 1986 | Legal Eagles | |
| 1987 | Leonard Part 6 | |
| 1987 | Amazing Grace and Chuck | |
| 1988 | Funny Farm | |
| 1988 | The Good Mother | |
| 1988 | A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon | international version |
| 1988 | Da | |
| 1989 | My Left Foot | Jim Sheridan |
| 1989 | Slipstream | |

### 1990s

| Year | Title | Director |
| 1990 | The Field | Jim Sheridan |
| 1990 | The Grifters | Stephen Frears |
| 1991 | Cape Fear | Martin Scorsese |
| 1991 | Rambling Rose | |
| 1991 | A Rage in Harlem | |
| 1991 | Oscar | |
| 1992 | A River Runs Through It | rejected score, replaced by Mark Isham |
| 1992 | Innocent Blood | rejected score, replaced by Ira Newborn |
| 1993 | Mad Dog and Glory | |
| 1993 | The Age of Innocence | Martin Scorsese |
| 1993 | Lost in Yonkers | |
| 1993 | The Cemetery Club | |
| 1993 | The Good Son | |
| 1995 | Roommates | |
| 1995 | The Scarlet Letter | rejected score, replaced by John Barry |
| 1995 | Search and Destroy | |
| 1995 | Canadian Bacon | |
| 1995 | Devil in a Blue Dress | |
| 1995 | Frankie Starlight | |
| 1996 | Bulletproof | |
| 1997 | Buddy | |
| 1997 | The Rainmaker | Francis Ford Coppola |
| 1997 | Hoodlum | |
| 1998 | Twilight | Robert Benton |
| 1999 | Bringing Out the Dead | |
| 1999 | Wild Wild West | |
| 1999 | The Deep End of the Ocean | |

### 2000s

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 2000 | Keeping the Faith | Edward Norton | |
| 2002 | Far from Heaven | Todd Haynes | |
| 2002 | Gangs of New York | Martin Scorsese | rejected score, replaced by Howard Shore |

## 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

* Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (1971–74; 20 episodes)
* Gunsmoke (1972; 1 episode)
* The Rookies (1972–74; 12 episodes)
* Ellery Queen (1975–76; 17 episodes)
* Serpico (1976; Pilot episode)
* 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

* Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (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