RIP, Elmer

[kelliem]

Elmer Bernstein, composer extraordinaire, died Wednesday at the age of 82. That's two of the most influential composers of my youth who've passed in the last month. He was responsible for the themes from The Magnificent Seven and The Great Escape among many, many others.

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[ardent-muses.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's a shame. I loved his stuff and was always amazed that he could do modern-sounding themes even though he had been around long enough to have done some of the classics.

Great name, too.

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

Yeah, he was amazingly versatile.