Oscar-Winning Composer Elmer Bernstein, 82, Dies
Listen: Listen to an Extended Version of Pat Dowell's Appreciation of Bernstein. <i>(Originally aired April 4, 1997, to mark Bernstein's 75th birthday.)</i>
Elmer Bernstein at the 9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in March 2003.
Prolific Hollywood composer Elmer Bernstein, who wrote the scores for such films as The Ten Commandments, The Magnificent Seven and To Kill a Mockingbird, died Wednesday at age 82. Nominated for an Oscar 14 times, Bernstein won once for Thoroughly Modern Millie. Pat Dowell has an appreciation.
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