Elmer Bernstein - In Memoriam

[headedsomewhere]

i loved Gregory Peck, ABSOLUTELY loved him, and miss his movies, thank GOD we have them :)

[buddy51]

What a legacy to have left to the world.

[katecomb]

his music is outstanding!

[fillmorehagan]

Wonderful stuff, but you missed my favorite WALK ON THE WILD SIDE.

[1nglewattz1]

Thank you so much for putting this up. Omg, this brings back memories

[alfthechamp]

Beautiful music and carefully chosen scenes. Thank you very much. I'm subscribing.

[vividwatch47]

Very sad that he died only a few weeks after Jerry Goldsmith!

[expo66]

I had the pleasure of interviewing the maestro in 2003. What a beautiful man. When I told him my favorite score of his was "The World of Henry Orient", he was taken aback and said it was written during a painful divorce and he hardly remembered it. When we chatted a few months later he said, "It took me 40 years to realize how much I poured my soul into "Orient'...I concur....I see how affecting it is now". The Caretakers, The Rat Race and Hawaii among his dozens of knockout scores. RIP........

[catfacecathead]

Wow, very touching and insightful story - thanks.

[mjmredleaf]

wow, that must of been quite a memorable experience to meet and interview him. I heard he was quite an intelligent, well spoken man. My favorites were " To Kill A Mockingbird", "The Ten Commandment" which I heard was given to him because the original person commissioned to write for the movie was too ill and of course " The Magnificent 7" and "My Left Foot" also were classics. I am truly going to miss him but his music is always with us.

[Loki1982axala]

Victor Young was originally supposed to score THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. Not sure if he died during the post production or soon after but you are right. He couldn't work on TTC because of his poor health at that time.

[avalonroad]

Good list but dude wheres Heavy Metal? Thats like one of his best!

[yodasteveo]

Jerome Moross would be another one to add to your incredible collection

[nguyenviethoang1984]

asides from all of his classics, I love his work in Far From Heaven so much T_T especially the opening and the closing tracks.

[NOTYETUSEDNAME]

Beautiful job-I realize you can't include all of his works, but I really love his work from True Grit, and Animal House-and, of course, The Ten Commandments as everyone else has commented. He was one of the best composers ever to grace a movie soundtrack

[54spiritedwill54]

Very well done!!!

[hourlynewscaster]

I have always thought that in some ways the opening theme from "The Sons of Katy Elder" was the "father" of most monden-day western movie themes in his phrasing. The opening from "The Big Country" is the other parent. Dennis

[hourlynewscaster]

Bernstein was one of the most versatile of writers, but, if you need a thoughtful cry, watch the opening credits of "To Kill a Mockingbird." I agree that "The Ten Commandments" should have been in there. We miss you, Elmer. Dennis

[5293278363]

Totally agree. Definitely his best. I want 'Boo Who?' played at my wake (not that I'm in any hurry.) I made a replica of Scout's 'HAM' costume out of chicken wire and medical-cast tape and display it in the bushes on Halloween night. I'm always excited when trick-or-treaters (usually the parents but occasionally the kids) 'get' it. Thanks for a great tribute to an American treasure.

[thnks4thecrml]

Elmer Berstein was undoubtedly the best at reaching into your soul with his music. I tear up at the first note of piano of "To Kill a Mockingbird"and in my opinion, the masterpiece of ALL soundtracks ever! Thank you Elmer, and your beautiful insight of the human heart through music!

[AnchetaWis]

'To Kill a Mockingbird' is at 1:12-2:48

[DiggisGay]

What a talented composer.

[Manny535]

It's very good, but how can you leave out "The Ten Commandments"?

[alexkayv]

You did a great job!

[SecuraOberonis]

He was one cool dude. I never realized how many great scores he composed. For example, I had no idea that he had done Ghostbusters. Thank you so much for sharing!

[chkjns]

@SecuraOberonis - Few of us, me too, realize the impact of great composers like Elmer B. I'm not clever enough to make a brilliant video like this.

Great artists weave their music into the fabric of our lives & the lives of all who came before.

My tribute is an ever-expanding music history channel with over 500 playlists so far. It covers the globe. 111 lists let you hear the music of any year since 1900 like you've stepped back in time - EB's music appears for each year we first heard it.

[softpetals321]

Awesome! Thank you for making this in remembrance of a great composer Elmer Bernstein!

[AnyaAngie]

Like Jerry, Elmer introduced me to the glory and magnificence of film music. Thanks for posting this!

[cfdhedmundo]

Legend, absolute legend

[elzorrou]

Congrats!!! well done

[shortyg53]

Elmer Bernstein's theme from THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN is stuck in my head.

[softpetals321]

I love these movie scores! Excellent job! 5 stars!! Thanks very much benydebney for posting and sharing this with us all to enjoy! :)))

[mikey0shenan]

This is brilliant! I love the scenes you chose.

[thisismyname007]

In that Far From Heaven music, he's like "Oh let's get out the oboe and go for the gold!" What I mean is I love the oboe and I understand how it arouses the emotions but I still like it when some composer is just going "Hey! let's get all teary-eyed emotional..."

[tubesterini]

Thank you for that lovely tribute to one of my favorite composers. He has truly touched many hearts with his gift of music.

[slobomotion]

When I sold fancy Italian shoes in NYC in 1978, we had a "store kook" who claimed to be Nora Mayer, daughter of Louis B. Mayer. Ex-wife of Elmer Berstein. Can anyone post his "Toccata for a Toy Train?" It's brilliant.

[rootbeerazor]

grrrrrrrrrrrrrr u dint get "how the west was won" because my schools marching bands feild show was title this

[thebiochemistry]

Congratulations, great movie scores!

But...where's the soundtrack of The Ten Commandments? It's sure one of the bests soundtracks ever!

[spikebythesea]

I like the theme song to the movie "Hallelujah Trail". :)

[Nameherexxx]

Great Composer. Shame that he died.

[0B0Eriec]

well everyone has to die sometime...

[Funnelcake5]

I love To Kill A Mockingbird..its my favorite...

[chardtomp]

Nice, but how could you leave out that great march from Stripes?

[jimsonIL]

Very well done!!!