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Tree Treasure - Elmer Bernstein - Music From The Motion Picture To Kill A Mockingbird (Vinyl, LP)

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The Rat Race 3. Saints and Sinners Sara Andon, flute 4. Jubilation 5. The Caretakers 6. Black Straitjacket 7. Birdito Sara Andon, flute 8. The Silencers Esther Ovejero, vocal 9. Ghostbusters Sara Andon, flute Johnny Staccato Theme Night Mood Like Having Fun Walk A Lonely Street Pursuit Sweet Smell Of Success Walk On The Wild Side Russians In The Desert 4.

Pass In The Tent 5. Escape 6. To The Bus 7. The Road To Russia 8. Martian Act Arrest Recall Winners Cecil B. Main Title. Blues at Five. Overture Act One. Men in War Elmer Bernstein, Imperial — 1. Sounds of War. Sayonara Katsumi Theme — Franz Waxman. Kings Go Forth. Gone with the Wind. Prelude She took him to play some of his improvisations for composer Aaron Copland , who was encouraging and selected Israel Citkowitz as a teacher for the young boy.

Elmer Bernstein's music has some stylistic similarities to Copland's music, most notably in his western scores, particularly sections of Big Jake, in the Gregory Peck film Amazing Grace and Chuck , and in his spirited score for the film adaptation of Erskine Caldwell 's novel God's Little Acre.

He had a lifelong enthusiasm for an even wider spectrum of the arts than his childhood interests would imply and, in , when he was scoring The Story on Page One , he considered becoming a novelist and asked the film's screenwriter, Clifford Odets , to give him lessons in writing fiction. His theme for The Magnificent Seven is also familiar to television viewers, as it was used in commercials for Marlboro cigarettes.

Bernstein also provided the score to many of the short films of Ray and Charles Eames. One of Bernstein's tunes has since gained a lasting place in U. Along with many in Hollywood , Bernstein faced censure during the McCarthy era of the early s. Bernstein was called by the House Un-American Activities Committee when it was discovered that he had written some music reviews for a Communist newspaper. After he refused to name names, pointing out that he had never attended a Communist Party meeting, he found himself composing music for movies such as Robot Monster and Cat-Women of the Moon , a step down from his earlier Sudden Fear and Saturday's Hero.

John Landis grew up near Bernstein, and befriended him through his children. Years later, he requested that Bernstein compose the music for National Lampoon's Animal House , over the studio's objections. He explained to Bernstein that he thought that Bernstein's score, playing it straight as if the comedic Delta frat characters were actual heroes, would emphasize the comedy further.

The opening theme to the movie is based upon a slight inversion of a secondary theme from Brahms 's Academic Festival Overture. Bernstein accepted the job, and it sparked a second wave in his career, where he continued to compose music for high-profile comedies such as Ghostbusters , Stripes , Airplane!

Bernstein leapt at the opportunity to work with Scorsese, as well as to pay homage to Herrmann. Bernstein had previously conducted Herrmann's original unused score for Alfred Hitchcock 's Torn Curtain.

Having studied composition under Aaron Copland , Roger Sessions , and Stefan Wolpe , Bernstein also performed as a concert pianist between and and wrote numerous classical compositions, including three orchestral suites, two song cycles, various compositions for viola and piano and for solo piano, and a string quartet.

Elmer Bernstein (April 4, – August 18, ) was an American composer and conductor known for his film faugladtauscinagcirsinglenmaerisdeansti.xyzinfo a career that spanned more than five decades, he composed "some of the most recognizable and memorable themes in Hollywood history", including over original movie scores, as well as scores for nearly 80 television productions.