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.

LOS ANGELES – Film composer Elmer Bernstein, who created a brawny, big-sky theme for "The Magnificent Seven," nerve-jangling jazz for "The Man With The Golden Arm" and heart-rending grace notes for ...

Conan O’Brien often jests that people will still come up to him on the street and ask about The Simpsons, a gig he briefly held decades ago. By his own admission he can’t remember characters; he was ...

Elmer Bernstein, the Academy Award-winning composer who created some of the most recognizable music in American films, died Wednesday at his home in Ojai after a lengthy illness, his publicist, Kathy ...

In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the release of Ivan Reitman’s cult-classic 1984 film “Ghostbusters,” the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will perform Schirmer Theatrical’s touring show ...

LOS ANGELES — Film composer Elmer Bernstein, who created a brawny, big-sky theme for The Magnificent Seven, nerve-jangling jazz for The Man With the Golden Arm and heart-rending grace notes for To ...

LOS ANGELES -- Film composer Elmer Bernstein, who created a brawny, big-sky theme for "The Magnificent Seven," nerve-jangling jazz for "The Man With the Golden Arm" and heart-rending grace notes for ...

LOS ANGELES - Film composer Elmer Bernstein, who created a brawny, big-sky theme for "The Magnificent Seven," nerve-jangling jazz for "The Man With The Golden Arm" and heart-rending grace notes for ...

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 ...

If you want to explain the joy of westerns to someone, play them Bernstein’s main theme from “The Magnificent Seven.” It’s the ultimate setup for a movie about cowboys and gunfighters, settling their ...