for his daughter Emilie. She then took to the podium and told the
crowd that her father had, in the last days of his illness, said "I
have lived a good life. I did everything I wanted to do."

Emilie and her sister Elizabeth introduced director John Landis, who
worked with Bernstein on eight projects including National
Lampoon's Animal House. Landis served as host for the event,
reversing the inevitably downbeat mood by regaling the audience with
amusing anecdotes – notably a prank they pulled on notorious German
director Leni Riefenstahl while they were in Munich in 1985 scoring
Spies Like Us.

ASCAP president Marilyn Bergman (who with her husband Alan
collaborated with Bernstein on From Noon Till Three
and other films) called Bernstein "a composer for all seasons...
really a dramatist who crept into the fabric of every movie."

She praisedhis leadership within the film-music community during the
1970s when, as president of the Composers and Lyricists Guild of
America, he led a decade-long battle with the movie studios and TV
networks for a greater share of music-ownership rights that would have
benefited all creators of movie and TV music.

Peter Bernstein called his father "a fundamentalist in his own inner
religion of creativity" and spoke of his "relentless optimism.... He
deeply believed in the artistry of his profession." He recalled
watching, at the age of 9, his father conducting The
Magnificent Seven score and marvelling at the dynamic
qualities he brought to the recording.

Two of his father's favorite words, he said, were "grace" and "joy."

Lyricist Don Black recalled working with Bernstein on True
Grit and the Broadway musical Merlin – as
well as such "landmark motion pictures," he added,