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Peter Bernstein (born April 10, 1951) is an American film score composer, [1] and is the son of Academy Award-winning composer and conductor Elmer Bernstein, with whom he frequently collaborated.
My career as a composer began in 1981. The first breakthrough orchestral assignment was The Ewok Adventure for LucasFilm (1985); a major television event in its time, and its sequel (1986). Soon after came my first T.V. series, 21 Jump Street (1987-1991). It was a huge success.
Oscar-winning movie composer Elmer Bernstein scored classics including The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, Ghostbusters and My Left Foot. David Roy chats to his son Peter Bernstein, also an ...
“Ghostbusters” Concert and Bernstein Biography at Royal Albert Hall Peter Bernstein conducts and speaks about his father . October 26th, 2024—In celebration of Ghostbusters’ 40th anniversary, Elmer Bernstein’s classic comedy score will be conducted live to film by son Peter Bernstein at Royal Albert Hall as part of the Films in Concert series featuring the Royal Philharmonic Concert ...
- The Early Years
- A Career Is Born
- Beyond Film
- A Funny Thing Happened… and Then Another
- 50 Years of Making A Difference
World War II intervened, and the young composer got his first taste of writing music for drama by working on radio shows in the Army Air Force. When the war ended, he returned to the highbrow world of classical piano, but continued to dabble in radio scoring for the United Nations and such legendary radio dramatists as Norman Corwin. ?His break cam...
Bernstein wound up working as a rehearsal pianist for the ballet sequences in the film version of Oklahoma! and working with Danny Kaye’s wife, Sylvia Fine, jotting down her tunes for The Court Jester at Paramount. A studio music executive, taking pity on Bernstein, introduced him to Cecil B. De Mille, who was then shooting The Ten Commandments and...
Throughout his career, Bernstein took on a number of leadership roles, including stints as vice president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, president of the Young Musicians Foundation, president of The Film Music Society and, most significantly, a decade-long tenure as president of the now-defunct Composers and Lyricists Guild of Am...
Bernstein’s career took a surprising turn in 1978, thanks to a call from his son Peter’s old school chum, John Landis. Landis, then 27 and a film director, asked Bernstein to score his raucous college comedy Animal Housestarring John Belushi.
Asked about surviving the changes in films and filmmaking over the years, Bernstein said, “It doesn’t feel like 50 years.” He acknowledged, however, that versatility was a big factor in his longevity—scoring a historical epic one month, tackling a western the next, then an intimate drama. “I think I have demonstrated an enthusiasm for change, and t...
Articles. News. Has Influenced. Born September 3rd, 1967 in New York City, guitarist Peter Bernstein has been a part of the jazz scene in New York and abroad since 1989. During that time he has participated in over 60 recordings and numerous festival, concert and club performances with musicians from all generations.
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Aug 21, 2023 · An Authorized Biography by Peter M. Bernstein. With an illustrious career spanning 54 years, Elmer Bernstein the composer has rightfully achieved the status of “legendary.”. His many landmark scores, from The Magnificent Seven and To Kill a Mockingbird to The Great Escape and Ghostbusters, are as recognizable as they are revered across the ...
