There’s no way I can compete with someone who can write rap or rock and roll. Nor do I wish to. But I’ve always kept up to date with music changes. I worked very hard not to type myself. Elmer Bernstein Read Quote
Victor Young had been hired to write the score for the dances of The Ten Commandments but he became very ill. You were then hired to write the score. But at the same time you’d written The Man with the Golden Arm score. Elmer Bernstein Read Quote
I thought in terms of the enthusiasm of doing it. I didn’t think about whether I was ready. Elmer Bernstein Read Quote
I made my way on to a grey list, a black list even. That’s something I’m very proud of, actually. Elmer Bernstein Read Quote
I did 10 years of comedies and 10 years of Westerns. I really like to stay away from car chases. I prefer the more intimate film. You have a much more direct association with the emotions. Elmer Bernstein Read Quote
I’m generally pessimistic about the dumbing down of America – especially with summer movies. Elmer Bernstein Read Quote
You wouldn’t think it would but my parents were really balanced about that. When it came time for me to be out of the house and out on my own they were very supportive. Elmer Bernstein Read Quote
I would do the occasional score. I thought it was the most thrilling thing. It was instant. You made the music and they played it right away to millions of people. I found it thrilling. Elmer Bernstein Read Quote
It was a great way to work. In those days, you had to be there. It was your world. It was your club. Your friends were there, your associates were there, your security was there. Elmer Bernstein Read Quote
When you stop to think about it, so many films today where we don’t have that kind of contact are films about alienation. About alienated feelings. We are much more alienated from our colleagues nowadays. Elmer Bernstein Read Quote
