Birdman of Alcatraz
Elmer Bernstein, 2006
(Varèse Sarabande – VCL 1106 1054) Limited Collector’s Edition of 3000 copies
1. Main Title
2. The Letters
3. The Courthouse
4. Washington
5. Idleness
6. Flight
7. Bird Cart
8. Canaries Arrive
9. Bottle Bath
10. Apology
11. Cage Preparations
12. Cage Building
13. Godfather Feto
14. Runty Returns
15. No Cure
16. Runty Dead
17. Apie Dead
18. Peggy
19. Oldest Enemy
20. Second Prize
21. Partners
22. The Tigress
23. No Parole Fight
24. Stroud Drunk
25. Book Montage
26. Transferred
27. To Alcatraz
28. “D” Block
29. Bon Vivant
30. 23 Years
31. The Visitor
32. Saving Face
33. The Parting
34. Riot
35. Transfer Boat
36. Like A BIrd
37. To Springfield
38. End Credits
39. The Birdman
It was 45 years ago that Elmer Bernstein’s stirring and sensitive score for “Birdman of Alcatraz” evoked audiences’ compassion for a convicted murderer serving a life sentence in solitary confinement. Now, new audiences—and generations—can experience what is considered to be among Bernstein’s most important works. Limited to 3000 copies, this first-time commercial CD release from […]
The music, the life, and the career celebrated in two events at USC's Doheny Memorial Library
October 19, 2006 | 2nd Floor Intellectual Commons, Doheny Memorial Library USC Professor and faculty member in the Thornton School of Music film scoring program, Jon Burlingame, highlighted Bernstein’s prolific creativity with clips from such memorable films as The Man with the Golden Arm and The Great Escape, as well as Bernstein’s TV themes and […]
A treasure trove of original scores, images, and memorabilia comes to USC's Cinema-Television Library
In continuation of Elmer Bernstein’s lifelong commitment to musical education, and to honor his connection to the USC Thornton School of Music where he taught for over eight years, his family has donated his personal archive to the university’s Cinema-Television Library, one of its premier units. Original scores, photographs, and audio recordings are among the […]
February 19, 2006 — Each year, The Sammys recognize the best — and the worst — in film music. This year, respected film music historian and author Roger Hall honored the late Elmer Bernstein with the Lifetime Achievement for Past Film Composer award, citing a number of his favorite scores between 1955 and 1965:THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM (1955), THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956), THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1960), WALK ON THE WILD SIDE (1962), THE GREAT ESCAPE (1963), HAWAII (1965), THE SONS OF KATIE ELDER (1965), and — Bernstein’s personal favorite — TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962). […]
MALIBU, CA—The Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra presented a special concert celebrating the music of award-winning film composer Elmer Bernstein, conducted by Music Director Sean Newhouse. The event was underwritten by Steven Spielberg, and featured a world concert premiere performance by BMI film composer John Ottman. Elmer Bernstein – Hawaii Overture Elmer Bernstein – The […]
Hundreds attend memorial tribute to dearly loved composer
More than 300 friends, family members and colleagues celebrated the life and career of composer Elmer Bernstein at a memorial service Wednesday night on the Paramount Pictures lot in Hollywood. Bernstein, the Oscar- and Emmy-winning composer of such classic film scores as To Kill a Mockingbird, The Magnificent Seven and The Great Escape, died Aug. […]
More than 300 friends, family members and colleagues celebrated the life and career of composer Elmer Bernstein at a memorial service Wednesday night on the Paramount Pictures lot in Hollywood. Bernstein, the Oscar- and Emmy-winning composer of such classic film scores as To Kill a Mockingbird, The Magnificent Seven and The Great Escape, died Aug. […]
I want to thank the Bernstein family for giving me the honor of saying a few words about my friend and colleague, Elmer. While we met only a four and five times over the last ten years or so, we were undeniably friends. He was a composer whose work I admired and a man with […]
In offering advice on writing film scores, my father once said, “If it feels overwhelming, break it down into smaller and smaller increments until they reach a size that you can handle and expand from there.” Feeling completely overwhelmed in preparing this, I began by looking for single words to describe him: will power, life-force, […]
There were so many things that were so wonderfully him. I don’t know why—maybe an analyst would have to tell me—but when I’ve thought about my father in the past few weeks, my mind has gone to those moments when my father was showing his…dislike…for authority figures. He did not like being told what to […]
Prodigieux compositeur de musique de films, Elmer BERNSTEIN est mort le 18 aooût 2004 à son domicile californien d’Ojai. Agé de 82 ans, il avait longtemps collaboré avec les plus grands metteurs en scène hollywoodiens, de David Miller (Le Masque arraché, 1952) et Cecil B. DeMille (Les dix commandements, 1956) à Francis Ford Coppola (l’Idéaliste, […]
It is with great sadness that we mark the passing of Elmer Bernstein, the legendary Academy award winning composer and great friend and mentor to the Woodstock Film Festival. Elmer was a long time Woodstocker whose artistry, integrity and personal kindness will forever live on in the magnificent scores he composed over a career that […]
ELMER BERNSTEIN Died Aug. 18, 2004 What a devastating month in the world of Hollywood composers. In the last 30 days we have lost Jerry Goldsmith, David Raksin and now Elmer Bernstein. Oscar-winning composer Elmer Bernstein died in his sleep at age 82. Mr. Bernstein was nominated for 14 Oscars (1 win), 2 Emmys (1 […]
It is with dismay that the Film Festival Ghent took cognizance of the passing away of film composer Elmer Bernstein. All the more because he considered himself to be a friend of the festival. He was looking forward to the concert with his film music that he would conduct himself, on the occasion of the […]
The music of Elmer Bernstein touched the lives of millions. If he had written only “The Magnificent Seven,” “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “The Great Escape,” it would have been enough to ensure his lasting fame. But there was so much more: “The Man With the Golden Arm,” “The Ten Commandments,” “Walk on the Wild […]
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