<Tr> <Th> Instruments </Th> <Td> Keyboards </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1951--2002 </Td> </Tr> <P> Elmer Bernstein (April 4, 1922--August 18, 2004) was an American composer and conductor who is best known for his many film scores . In a career which spanned fifty years, he composed music for hundreds of film and television productions . His most popular works include the scores to The Magnificent Seven, The Ten Commandments, The Great Escape, To Kill a Mockingbird, Ghostbusters, The Black Cauldron, Airplane!, The Rookies, Cape Fear, and Animal House . </P> <P> Bernstein won an Oscar for his score to Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) and was nominated for fourteen Oscars in total . He also won two Golden Globes, an Emmy, and was nominated for two Grammy Awards . </P>

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