Elmer Bernstein ~ Similar Artists

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Jerry Goldsmith - 100% match to Elmer Bernstein

Jerrald Goldsmith, 10 February 1929, Los Angeles, California, USA, d. 21 July 2004, Beverly Hills, California, USA. A prolific composer for films and television, from the late 50s through to the new millennium. Besides studying music at the University of South Carolina (under... Read more

Maurice Jarre - 85% match to Elmer Bernstein

13 September 1924, Lyons, France. An important composer for films for over 40 years, as a youngster Jarre intended to become an electrical engineer, but changed his mind and studied music at the Paris Conservatoire in 1944. He joined the orchestra of the Jean Louise Barrault... Read more

Bernard Herrmann - 62% match to Elmer Bernstein

29 June 1911, New York, USA, d. 24 December 1975, Los Angeles, USA. One of the most highly regarded composers and arrangers of background music for films, from the early 40s through to the 70s. Herrmann studied at New York University and the Juilliard School of Music, before... Read more

James Newton Howard - 61% match to Elmer Bernstein

9 June 1951, Los Angeles, California, USA. Although he is regarded as a prolific composer of film music, Howard began his musical career as a musician (keyboards, synthesizer, mellotron) during the 70s, and played on record sessions with rock artists such as Ringo Starr, Neil... Read more

John Williams - 58% match to Elmer Bernstein

John Towner Williams, 8 February 1932, Flushing, Long Island, New York, USA. A composer, arranger, and conductor for film background music from the early 60s to the present. As a boy, Williams learned to play several instruments, and studied composition and arranging in Los... Read more

Michael Kamen - 56% match to Elmer Bernstein

15 April 1948, New York City, New York, USA, d. 18 November 2003, London, England. A former member of the 60s rock/classical crossover band the New York Rock And Roll Ensemble, this prolific composer, conductor, and arranger worked predominantly in the world of film.Read more

Ennio Morricone - 54% match to Elmer Bernstein

10 November 1928, Rome, Italy. A distinguished and prolific composer, whose revolutionary scores for "spaghetti westerns" helped make him one of the most influential figures in the film music world, Morricone has scored hundreds of films in a career stretching over 40 years.... Read more

Miklos Rozsa - 52% match to Elmer Bernstein

18 April 1907, Budapest, Hungary, d. 27 July 1995, Los Angeles, California, USA. An important composer for films from the early 30s until the early 80s, who had an equally distinguished career in the world of classical music, Rozsa began to play the piano at the age of five and... Read more