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James Michael Bernard (20 September 1925 – 12 July 2001) was a British film composer, particularly associated with horror films produced by Hammer Film Productions. Beginning with The Quatermass Xperiment, he scored such films as The Curse of Frankenstein and Dracula.
James Bernard. Composer: Horror of Dracula. Bernard was born in India, the son of a British army officer, but was moved to England as a small child for his health. He was educated at Wellington College, where the future actor Christopher Lee was a classmate.
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James Bernard. Composer: Horror of Dracula. Bernard was born in India, the son of a British army officer, but was moved to England as a small child for his health. He was educated at Wellington College, where the future actor Christopher Lee was a classmate.
- September 20, 1925
- July 12, 2001
James Bernard was a composer who created scores for Hammer horror movies such as Dracula, The Devil Rides Out and The Quatermass Xperiment.
Jul 18, 2001 · James Bernard, who composed the eerie musical scores for some of Britain's most famous horror films, died on Thursday in a London hospital, his family said. He was 75. The cause was not...
Aug 7, 2014 · James Bernard, composer to Count Dracula. by. David Huckvale. Publication date. 2005. Topics. Bernard, James, 1925-2001., Composers -- England -- Biography., Motion picture music -- Analysis, appreciation. Publisher. McFarland.
Career: Assistant to Benjamin Britten; then freelance musician: composer for radio and television, and for films from mid-1950s; 1963—composer of stage musical Virtue in Danger ; 1980—semi-retired to Jamaica; 1994—returned to London and to composing.
