“Mildred Pierce,” Todd Haynes and Me [VIDEO/SLIDE SHOW]

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on March 29, 2011

Music Man Silenced at 82

By Jewish Journal Staff
Published on August 26, 2004

Film composer Elmer Bernstein, who died last week at the age of 82, was born in New York, the son of immigrants from Ukraine and the Austro-Hungarian empire.

Heavenly Friendship

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on March 6, 2003

When the call came about writing the music for Todd Haynes' "Far From Heaven," Elmer Bernstein was initially dismissive. "The film already had a temporary score, and I won't look at a film with a temporary score," said Bernstein, who has received 13 Academy Award nominations and a 1963 Oscar for "Thoroughly Modern Millie." His agent replied that he might make an exception for this temporary score, because it happened to be Bernstein's music from "To Kill a Mockingbird."

The Movies’ Music Man

By Carvin Knowles
Published on April 2, 1998

The list of films for which Elmer Bernstein has written orchestral scores reads like a roll call of cinema's all-time classics: "The Ten Commandments," "The Age of Innocence," "The Magnificent Seven," "Ghostbusters," "To Kill A Mockingbird," "CapeFear," "True Grit," "Animal House," "The Great Escape," "My Left Foot"...just to name a few.