About

Known credits:
218
Birthday:
1922-04-04
Place of birth:
New York City, New York, USA
Website:
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Elmer Bernstein

Overview

Elmer Bernstein (April 4, 1922 – August 18, 2004) was an American composer and conductor best known for his many film scores. In a career which spanned fifty years, he composed music for hundreds of film and television productions. His most popular works include the scores to The Magnificent Seven, The Ten Commandments, The Great Escape, To Kill a Mockingbird, Ghostbusters, The Black Cauldron, Airplane!, and The Rookies.

Bernstein won an Oscar for his score to Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) and was nominated for fourteen Oscars in total. He also won two Golden Globes and was nominated for two Grammy Awards.

Bernstein wrote the theme songs or other music for more than 200 films and TV shows, including The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, The Ten Commandments (1956), The Man with the Golden Arm, To Kill a Mockingbird, Robot Monster, and the fanfare used in the National Geographic television specials. His theme for The Magnificent Seven is also familiar to television viewers, as it was used in commercials for Marlboro cigarettes. Bernstein also provided the score to many of the short films of Ray and Charles Eames.

In 1961 Bernstein co-founded Äva Records an American record label based in Los Angeles together with Fred Astaire, Jackie Mills and Tommy Wolf.

Known for

Acting
2001 The Making of 'Cape Fear' Actor Self 59
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2000 Frank Sinatra Memorial Actor Self N/A
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2000 Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' Actor Self 59
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1999 Making 'Taxi Driver' Actor Self 59
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1998 The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion Actor Self - Composer 59
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1998 Fearful Symmetry Actor Self 59
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1994 The Bible According to Hollywood Actor Self 59
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1993 Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' Actor Self 59
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1992 Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann Actor Self 59
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1976 From Noon Till Three Actor Songwriter (uncredited) 59
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Sound
2012 To Kill a Mockingbird 50th Anniversary Edition Sound Music 61
Fair
2004 Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2002 Far from Heaven Sound Original Music Composer 64
Fair
2000 Chinese Coffee Sound Original Music Composer 59
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2000 Keeping the Faith Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
2000 A Storm in Summer Sound Music Producer 58
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1999 Bringing Out the Dead Sound Original Music Composer 63
Fair
1999 Bringing Out the Dead Sound Conductor 63
Fair
1999 Introducing Dorothy Dandridge Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1999 Wild Wild West Sound Original Music Composer 53
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1999 The Deep End of the Ocean Sound Original Music Composer 61
Fair
1999 Imagining 'Heavy Metal' Sound Music N/A
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1998 Puppies for Sale Sound Music N/A
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1998 Twilight Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1997 The Rainmaker Sound Original Music Composer 66
Fair
1997 Hoodlum Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
1997 Buddy Sound Original Music Composer 57
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1996 Bulletproof Sound Original Music Composer 57
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1995 Frankie Starlight Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1995 Devil in a Blue Dress Sound Original Music Composer 61
Fair
1995 Canadian Bacon Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1995 A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies Sound Original Music Composer 70
Good
1995 Search and Destroy Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1995 Roommates Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1995 Roommates Sound Conductor 59
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1993 The Good Son Sound Original Music Composer 64
Fair
1993 The Age of Innocence Sound Original Music Composer 66
Fair
1993 Fallen Angels Sound Main Title Theme Composer 67
Fair
1993 Lost in Yonkers Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1993 Lost in Yonkers Sound Conductor 59
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1993 Mad Dog and Glory Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1993 The Cemetery Club Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1992 The Babe Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1991 Cape Fear Sound Conductor 71
Good
1991 Cape Fear Sound Original Music Composer 71
Good
1991 Rambling Rose Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1991 A Rage in Harlem Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1991 Oscar Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
1990 The Field Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
1990 The Grifters Sound Original Music Composer 61
Fair
1989 Slipstream Sound Original Music Composer 57
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1989 My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown Sound Original Music Composer 69
Fair
1988 The Good Mother Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1988 Funny Farm Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1988 Da Sound Music 59
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1987 Leonard Part 6 Sound Original Music Composer 55
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1987 Amazing Grace and Chuck Sound Conductor 58
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1987 Amazing Grace and Chuck Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1986 ¡Three Amigos! Sound Original Music Composer 61
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1986 Legal Eagles Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1986 Legal Eagles Sound Conductor 59
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1985 Spies Like Us Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
1985 Prince Jack Sound Music N/A
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1985 The Black Cauldron Sound Original Music Composer 62
Fair
1985 Marie Ward - Zwischen Galgen und Glorie Sound Music N/A
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1984 Ghostbusters Sound Original Music Composer 74
Good
1983 Michael Jackson's Thriller Sound Music 72
Good
1983 Class Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1983 Trading Places Sound Original Music Composer 70
Good
1983 Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone Sound Original Music Composer 57
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1982 Airplane II: The Sequel Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
1982 Five Days One Summer Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1982 Genocide Sound Music 59
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1982 Genocide Sound Conductor 59
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1981 Honky Tonk Freeway Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1981 Honky Tonk Freeway Sound Music 58
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1981 An American Werewolf in London Sound Original Music Composer 71
Good
1981 The Chosen Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1981 Heavy Metal Sound Original Music Composer 62
Fair
1981 Stripes Sound Original Music Composer 62
Fair
1981 Going Ape! Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1980 Airplane! Sound Original Music Composer 71
Good
1980 The Blues Brothers Sound Original Music Composer 75
Good
1980 This Year's Blonde Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1980 Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones Sound Music 70
Good
1980 Saturn 3 Sound Original Music Composer 57
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1979 The Great Santini Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1979 Meatballs Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1979 Zulu Dawn Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1979 Charleston Sound Music N/A
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1978 Little Women Sound Music 68
Fair
1978 Bloodbrothers Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1978 Animal House Sound Original Music Composer 67
Fair
1978 Cezanne Sound Music N/A
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1977 Calypso's Search for the Britannic Sound Music N/A
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1977 The 3,000 Mile Chase Sound Music N/A
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1977 Powers of Ten Sound Music 61
Fair
1977 Billy Jack Goes to Washington Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1976 The Incredible Sarah Sound Music 58
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1976 From Noon Till Three Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1976 The Shootist Sound Original Music Composer 63
Fair
1976 Serpico: The Deadly Game Sound Music N/A
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1975 The Old Curiosity Shop Sound Music 59
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1975 Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1975 Report to the Commissioner Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1974 The Trial of Billy Jack Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1974 Nightmare Honeymoon Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1974 Gold Sound Music 58
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1974 Gold Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1974 Men of the Dragon Sound Music N/A
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1974 McQ Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1973 Cahill: United States Marshal Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1973 Incident on a Dark Street Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1973 Nicholas Copernicus Sound Music N/A
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1972 The Amazing Mr. Blunden Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1972 The Magnificent Seven Ride! Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1972 The Magnificent Seven Ride! Sound Conductor 58
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1972 The Rookies Sound Music 59
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1972 Computer Perspective Sound Music N/A
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1971 See No Evil Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
1971 Big Jake Sound Original Music Composer 61
Fair
1971 Doctors' Wives Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1971 The Tell-Tale Heart Sound Music 59
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1971 Appointment With Destiny: The Last Days of John Dillenger Sound Music 59
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1970 Cannon for Cordoba Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1970 A Walk in the Spring Rain Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1970 The Liberation of L.B. Jones Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1969 The Gypsy Moths Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1969 Guns of the Magnificent Seven Sound Original Music Composer 57
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1969 Guns of the Magnificent Seven Sound Conductor 57
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1969 The Bridge at Remagen Sound Music 60
Fair
1969 True Grit Sound Original Music Composer 68
Fair
1969 Midas Run Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1969 Where's Jack? Sound Music 59
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1969 Tops Sound Music 59
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1968 I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1968 A Computer Glossary Sound Music N/A
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1968 The Scalphunters Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1968 A Rough Sketch for a Proposed Film Dealing with the Powers of Ten and the Relative Size of Things in the Universe Sound Music 59
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1967 Thoroughly Modern Millie Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
1966 Return of the Seven Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1966 Hawaii Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1966 Cast a Giant Shadow Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1966 The Silencers Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1965 7 Women Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1965 The Reward Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1965 The Hallelujah Trail Sound Music 59
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1965 The Sons of Katie Elder Sound Original Music Composer 63
Fair
1965 The Bold Men Sound Music Supervisor N/A
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1965 Baby, the Rain Must Fall Sound Conductor 59
Average
1965 Baby, the Rain Must Fall Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1965 IBM at the Fair Sound Music N/A
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1964 Four Days In November Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1964 Hollywood and the Stars Sound Music Arranger N/A
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1964 Hollywood and the Stars Sound Theme Song Performance N/A
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1964 The Carpetbaggers Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1964 The World of Henry Orient Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1963 The Making of the President 1960 Sound Music N/A
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1963 Love with the Proper Stranger Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1963 Kings of the Sun Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1963 Rampage Sound Music 58
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1963 The Caretakers Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1963 The Great Escape Sound Original Music Composer 76
Good
1963 Hud Sound Original Music Composer 63
Fair
1962 A Girl Named Tamiko Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1962 To Kill a Mockingbird Sound Original Music Composer 76
Good
1962 Birdman of Alcatraz Sound Original Music Composer 64
Fair
1962 Walk on the Wild Side Sound Songs 59
Average
1962 Walk on the Wild Side Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1962 Walk on the Wild Side Sound Conductor 59
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1961 The Comancheros Sound Original Music Composer 61
Fair
1961 Summer and Smoke Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1961 The Young Doctors Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1961 By Love Possessed Sound Music 58
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1961 Topology: Jordan's Curve Theorem Sound Music 59
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1960 The Magnificent Seven Sound Original Music Composer 71
Good
1960 From the Terrace Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1960 The Rat Race Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1960 The Fabulous Fifties Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1960 An Introduction to Feedback Sound Music N/A
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1959 The Story on Page One Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1959 The Miracle Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1958 Some Came Running Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
1958 The Buccaneer Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1958 Anna Lucasta Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1958 God's Little Acre Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1958 Kings Go Forth Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1958 Saddle the Wind Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1958 Desire Under the Elms Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1957 The Tin Star Sound Original Music Composer 61
Fair
1957 Sweet Smell of Success Sound Original Music Composer 67
Fair
1957 Men in War Sound Conductor 59
Average
1957 Men in War Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1957 Fear Strikes Out Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1957 The Information Machine Sound Music 59
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1957 Toccata for Toy Trains Sound Music 59
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1957 Drango Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1956 The Ten Commandments Sound Original Music Composer 73
Good
1956 Eames Lounge Chair Sound Music 59
Average
1956 The Naked Eye Sound Music N/A
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1955 The Man with the Golden Arm Sound Original Music Composer 62
Fair
1955 It's a Dog's Life Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1955 Storm Fear Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1955 The View from Pompey's Head Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1955 The Eternal Sea Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1955 House: After Five Years of Living Sound Music 58
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1954 Silent Raiders Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1954 Make Haste to Live Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1953 Miss Robin Crusoe Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1953 Cat-Women of the Moon Sound Original Music Composer 57
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1953 Robot Monster Sound Original Music Composer 56
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1953 Never Wave at a WAC Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1953 A Communications Primer Sound Music N/A
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1952 Battles of Chief Pontiac Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1952 Sudden Fear Sound Original Music Composer 61
Fair
1952 Boots Malone Sound Music 59
Average
1951 Saturday's Hero Sound Music 59
Average
Taking The Wheel Sound Music N/A
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