1941 got me thinking of another screwball military comedy of the time: Stripes! Unfortunately I couldn't find a clip of my favourite part of Elmer Bernstein's score, Winger's leitmotif. It's not really orchestral anyway, but it did get me thinking of Elmer Bernstein.
Bernstein collaborated with Ivan Reitman in the '80s, scoring almost all of his films (the only one he didn't was Twins, I think). Anyway, Bernstein's kooky score to Ghostbusters is often forgotten because of the popularity of the pop song by Ray Parker, Jr.
[YOUTUBE="xyLA-AdJuKc"]Main Theme from Ghostbusters - Elmer Bernstein[/YOUTUBE]
Bernstein didn't just score goofy comedies (he also wrote the scores for Airplane!, Animal House, The Blues Brothers, Trading Places, Spies Like Us and ¡Three Amigos!), he was a celebrated composer in the '60s. I think his finest work was for To Kill a Mockingbird:
[YOUTUBE="b3XLsV1JgC8"]Theme from To Kill a Mockingbird - Elmer Bernstein[/YOUTUBE]