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08-18-2004, 10:52 PM
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The Hollywood Reporter:
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Elmer Bernstein, whose eclectic film music ranged from the rousing theme of "The Magnificent Seven" to the lighthearted score for "Thoroughly Modern Millie," for which he won an Oscar, died Wednesday afternoon at his home in Ojai, Calif. He was 82.
The composer died after a lengthy illness -- the exact cause of death has not been determined -- with his wife, Eve, and his two daughters, Elizabeth and Emilie, by his side, a spokesperson said.
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Another sad loss to the world of film scores, so soon after Jerry Goldsmith's passing. His final film score was the lovely Far From Heaven, a great homage to the drama scores of the 1950s. May he rest in peace. 
For those unfamiliar with his work, here is a detailed filmography:
http://www.soundtrack.net/composers/database/?id=15
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08-18-2004, 11:13 PM
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I was about to start a thread about this until I found yours, Kristian. I am saddened by this - seems like the whole second generation of great film composers is dying off... Who's next? John Barry? Ennio Morricone? Still, we can thank these gentleman (albeit posthumously) for the countless hours of pleasure they have given us with their work. Goldsmith and Bernstein are two of my heros.
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08-18-2004, 11:20 PM
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Damn...I remember reading an interview with him years ago in Starlog where, while talking about his score for I believe The Black Caldron, he mentioned James Horner as the next wave of composers he liked and how important it was to give young composers a chance as "old farts like Me & Jerry Goldsmith won't be around forever".....rest in peace gentlemen.
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08-18-2004, 11:44 PM
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I posted this in the After Hours thread:
"Fuck. One of the last of the really greats is gone. He was still so active, too; he did Far From Heaven just two years ago.
I don't share the general enthusiasm for To Kill A Mockingbird (the book's much better), but I'll be the first to admit that is one of the most fantastic film scores in history. And ask someone about musical themes for Westerns, I can almost garantee that it'll be the Magnificent Seven theme that'll be zipping through their head. The Ten Commandments, Hud, The Great Escape, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Animal House, Airplane!, American Werewolf in London, Ghostbusters, The Black Cauldron, The Color of Money, My Left Foot, The Age of Innocence, Canadian Bacon, The Deep End of the Ocean, and Rat Race; more than perhaps any other composer, Bernstein crossed all eras and genres with his work. From the epic to the initimate, from the intelligent to the low-brow, he tackled everything.
Truly a great that won't possibly receive the coverage he deserves.
Too many of the greats are passing; where is the new generation to take up their mantle?"
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08-19-2004, 12:50 AM
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The score for The Black Cauldron was probably the best thing about it. It was the first Bernstein score I ever bought...when I was 15 years old, on LP. Later owned the Varese Sarabande Cauldron CD score. I loved his work, and heaven is going to be thrilling to some great music tonight.
where is the new generation to take up their mantle?
We've lost Michael Kamen, Jerry Goldsmith and Elmer Bernstein in, what? Less than 12 months?
John Williams is 72 years old, by the by. Imagine what a blow that will be when he finally leaves us.
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08-19-2004, 01:06 AM
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Especially if it happens in the next eight months, Ernest.
Dammit all...Bernstein was the true gentleman of great film score composers. His Trading Places score always stood out the most to me as a wonderful classical pastiche that still allowed the original music to keep its dignity. Small wonder, since he was a student of that great weaver of Americana, Aaron Copland.
Forget Marlon Brando--two of the real giants of Hollywood film have left us this month. Rest in peace, gentlemen: you have more than earned it.
I'm going to go cry now.
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08-19-2004, 01:16 AM
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RIP, Maestro Bernstein.
Goldsmith gone, Bernstein gone, Raksin gone - somebody, somewhere, suddenly decided that they needed three greats to create new music for them. And with Herrmann, Rozsa, Newman, Korngold, Steiner, Waxman - among other golden-age composers - already there, it has got to be a glorious sound.
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08-19-2004, 03:03 AM
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I love the score to "Trading Places". The classical music Bernstein adapted for the movie fit so well.
While we're on the topic of composers who are getting on up there, Giorgio Moroder is 64 years old this year. I hope he doesn't die...He's one of my favorite film composers.
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08-19-2004, 03:23 AM
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Boy, you said it, George Paul!
When I was very small, I would watch lots of WWII movies, thanks to my dad's interest in the era. The first real piece of music that ever stuck in my head was the opening theme from The Great Escape. It remains a firm favorite, along with the movie, to this day.
Like Jerry Goldsmith, a true musician has left us, and there will never be anyone who can ever match his like.
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