Description
Comprising a selection of works from his early career, this collection offers an entertaining and evocative showcase for that style.
Elmer Bernstein was a composer and conductor who became renowned for his work in films and TV, writing, scoring and recording some of the most renowned and recognisable themes in in Hollywood history. He is not related to the renowned composer of stage musicals Leonard Bernstein. Born in 1922, he served in the USAF in WWII, working in Armed Forces Radio, and came to the fore in the early 1950s when he started writing for movies. This 44-track 2-CD collection primarily features soundtrack and commercial recordings of themes and other music written for films and albums during the first decade of his career. In addition, it includes selected titles from his albums 'Blues And Brass' for Decca and 'Movie & TV Themes' on the Choreo label. It includes 'The Man With the Golden Arm', 'Staccato's Theme', 'The Magnificent Seven', and 'Walk On The Wild Side', plus themes from 'The Ten Commandments', 'The Comancheros', 'To Kill A Mockingbird' and more. Although he composed for many different genres of film, his style was very distinctive, characterised by dramatic and atmospheric melodies and arrangements that invariably conjured up the mood and imagery of the subject. Comprising a selection of works from his early career, this collection offers an entertaining and evocative showcase for that style.
Track Listing
Disc 1:- Sudden Fear Title Theme
- Make Haste To Live
- The Eternal Sea Theme
- The View From Pompey's Head
- Man Title Theme From Man With The Golden Arm
- Clark Street
- Prelude
- The Ten Commandments
- Prelude (Drango Comes To Kennesaw Pass)
- Men In War
- The Street
- Toots Shor's Blues
- The Tin Star
- Desire Under The Elms
- Kings Go Forth
- To Love And Be Loved
- Live It Up
- The Buccaneer
- Back To Barataria
- Staccato's Theme
- The Jazz At Waldo's
- The Miracle
- From The Terrace Love Theme
- Mary Mary
- The Magnificent Seven
- By Love Possessed
- Theme From Summer And Smoke
- The Comancheros Theme
- Walk On The Wild Side
- Walk On The Wild Side Jazz
- Main Title From The Rat Race
- Saints And Sinners Theme
- The Bird Man
- Theme From Two Weeks In Another Town
- Theme From Girl From Tamiko
- Main Title From To Kill A Mockingbird
- Blues At Five
- Central Park 4am
- Jubilation
- Wild And Crazy
- Smooth
- Just A Little Jazz
- Return Of The Man
- Three Time Blueser
- Radio Hysteria
- Anna Lucasta
- Hop, Skip But Jump
- Sweet Smell Of Success
Additional Details
Label: Acrobat
Genre: Musical/Broadway
Language: English
Run Time: 140 mins
Region: 0
Release Date: 12/12/25
UPC: 824046357726