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Elmer Bernstein

Who

Elmer Bernstein · Arts & Literature

What

Film composer of scores including The Magnificent Seven and The Ten Commandments

When

1922, New York City, United States — 2004, Ojai, California, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Elmer Bernstein is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Film composer of scores including The Magnificent Seven and The Ten Commandments

How & why

Elmer Bernstein was a prolific film composer whose scores — including 'The Magnificent Seven', 'The Ten Commandments', 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and 'The Great Escape' — are among the most recognizable in Hollywood history. He won an Academy Award and was nominated many times. Born into a Jewish family of Ukrainian descent, he was Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music

Contributions & Sources

Film composer of scores including The Magnificent Seven and The Ten Commandments

1922

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music