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Radio 6 Music,4 mins
"The breadth of his work is extraordinary" - John Landis on Elmer Bernstein
Radcliffe and MaconieAvailable for over a year
Film director John Landis first knew composer Elmer Bernstein as the dad of one of his school friends. It wasn't until much later that the two worked together for the first time. Now, ahead of a concert to mark what would have been Bernstein's 95th birthday, John explains how that childhood friendship paid off for him. Landis' film Animal House marked the moment Bernstein's career turned to comedy films - something he'd end up regretting. Plus a rather rash promise made to Noel Pearson...
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