MSGT Deal Toney · Public domain

Bernstein composed more than 150 film scores across five decades, giving The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, and To Kill a Mockingbird themes recognisable on their own, and won an Academy Award for Thoroughly Modern Millie. He later became the go-to composer for film comedy, scoring Animal House, Ghostbusters, and Trading Places, proving equally at home with orchestral drama and knowing comic timing.