Elmer Bernstein, the versatile, Oscar-winning composer who scored such movie classics as The Ten Commandments, The Magnificent Seven, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Great Escape and True Grit, died yesterday. He was 82.

Lord Of The Rings has scored with classical music buffs – by being voted the greatest soundtrack of all time.

The swooping soundtrack to Star Wars is the greatest film score of all time, a poll revealed today.