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James Bernard (I) (1925–2001)

Composer | Soundtrack | Music Department

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. Fortuitously, because Lee was to star in scores of horror films for Hammer Studios, for which James Bernard wrote the scores... See full bio »

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(age 75) in London, England, UK
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2000 Bloodsuckers (TV documentary)
 
2000 Green Fingers (short)
 
1998 Universal Horror (TV documentary)
 
1994 Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (TV documentary)
 
1989 Peter Cushing: A One-Way Ticket to Hollywood (TV documentary)
 
1985 Murder Elite
 
1980 Hammer House of Horror (TV series)
– The House That Bled to Death (1980)
– Witching Time (1980)
 
1974 The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
 
1973 Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
 
1970 Scars of Dracula
 
1970 Taste the Blood of Dracula
 
1969 Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
 
1968 Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
 
1968 The Devil Rides Out
 
1967 Torture Garden
 
1967 Frankenstein Created Woman
 
1966 The Plague of the Zombies
 
1966 Dracula: Prince of Darkness
 
1965/I She
 
1964 The Secret of Blood Island
 
1964 The Gorgon
 
1963 The Kiss of the Vampire
 
1963 These Are the Damned
 
1961 The Terror of the Tongs
 
1960 A Place for Gold (documentary short)
 
1959 The Stranglers of Bombay
 
1959 The Hound of the Baskervilles
 
1958 Elephant Gun
 
1958 Horror of Dracula
 
1958 The Immortal Land (documentary short)
 
1957 Windom's Way
 
1957 Across the Bridge
 
1957 Quatermass II: Enemy from Space
 
1957 The Curse of Frankenstein
 
1956 X: The Unknown
 
1956 The Door in the Wall (short)
 
1956 Pacific Destiny
 
1955 The Quatermass Xperiment
 
1922 Nosferatu (1997)
 
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2009 Trésor (writer: "Hound of the Baskervilles" / performer: "Hound of the Baskervilles")
 
1963 These Are the Damned (music: "Black Leather Rock" - uncredited)
 
1958 Elephant Gun (music: "Nor the Moon by Night")
 
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1964 The Gorgon (musical director - uncredited)
 
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1950 Seven Days to Noon (original story)
 
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1994 Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
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1996 100 Years of Horror: Aliens (video documentary short)
Himself - Composer, 'Quatermass 2'
 
1996 100 Years of Horror: Demons (video documentary short)
Himself - Composer - 'The Devil's Bride'
 
1996 100 Years of Horror: Witchcraft and Demons (video documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1987 Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood! (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1984 Fear - Angst (TV documentary)
Himself
 

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These Are the Damned -- A man falls in love with the sister of a sadistic and lecherous motorcycle gang leader who despises him. The couple takes refuge from the gang leader's harassment in a cave where they discover a group of children, a result of an atomic experiment. Torture Garden -- Anthology film consisting of four stories bookended by Burgess Meredith as Dr. Diabolo, a carnival barker, who provides four patrons with glimpses into their future.
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Interviewed in "Memories of Hammer" by Gary Svehla and Susan Svehla. See more »

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Began his career composing music for BBC radio plays. See more »

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Virgo