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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 was a composer who created scores for Hammer horror movies such as Dracula, The Devil Rides Out and The Quatermass Xperiment.
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
If any composer has been largely responsible for creating the sound of Hammer, or identified nearly exclusively with the musical significance and atmosphere for horror/fantasy films, it would almost certainly be James Bernard.
Jul 18, 2001 · James Bernard, who composed the eerie musical scores for Britain's beloved "Hammer horrors," a series of low-budget gothic vampire and monster movies made by the Hammer Film Co. from the...
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- David Huckvale