Elmer Bernstein 8 pictures

Music Department, Composer, Soundtrack
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, including painting and the theatre ...

Born: April 4, 1922
Star sign: Aries
Known for: Cape Fear (1991), Inglourious Basterds (2009), My Left Foot (1989), Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
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