» “The Age of Innocence” (1993), Monday, May 9, 2016, 7 p.m. Established by the Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts to honor the life and work of noted film composer and Santa Barbara ...

No routines for composer Elmer Bernstein, thank you. “I rarely do anything at the same time each day,” he says, “simply because anything you do routinely cannot possibly be fresh. I think having a ...

Chaucer’s Books will host Peter M. Bernstein, author of “Elmer Bernstein: Film Composer: An Authorized Biography,” for an in-store book talk and signing, 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22 at 3321 State St.

Elmer Bernstein, the American film composer who died on Wednesday aged 82, wrote some of the most influential and memorable music in the history of cinema; among his scores were the stirring themes to ...

Bernstein, whose prolific career spanned seven decades and earned him 14 Academy Award nominations, an Oscar win and an Emmy Award, died in his sleep at his Ojai home Wednesday, said his publicist, ...

For January’s Santa Barbara Symphony edition (the weekend of January 21 and 22), the programming spotlight turns to a pair of composers with strong ties here. Elmer Bernstein, the late, great film ...

of Hollywood for allegedly un-American activities. Today, a month after his 80th birthday, he is being feted as one of the great movie composers, with over 150 soundtracks to his name, including an ...

America lost an important musical voice last week. Composer Elmer Bernstein — who was a student of Aaron Copland — died at the age of 82. We interviewed him sometime back, and we'll hear an excerpt ...

To understand how fitting Bernstein’s score is for “To Kill a Mockingbird,” you have to go back to the original novel written by Harper Lee. It is told through the eyes of a 6-year-old, thus Bernstein ...

Elmer Bernstein (April 4, 1922 – August 18, 2004) was an American composer and conductor best known for his many film scores. In a career which spanned fifty years, he composed music for hundreds of ...