Showing posts with label composer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label composer. Show all posts

Thursday 21 September 2017

#SILENTBUTDEADLY! HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAMES BERNARD PLUS HAMMER THEME


Today, 20th September marks the birthday of the late JAMES BERNARD composer of many of Hammer films greatest music scores,starring Peter Cushing. Probably best remembered for his music score for Hammer films, Dracula (1958). It featured a motif based on the name... Dra-cu-laaaaa.... However, he could also write lushly romantic melodies, such as appear in Frankenstein Created Woman (1967), Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) and Scars of Dracula (1970). Unlike the majority of film composers, Bernard orchestrated almost all of his work.



Bernard's first major break as a composer was at the age of 17 when he met Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, for whom Bernard later wrote a song cycle. Other memorable Hammer scores include The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), She (1964),The Kiss of the Vampire (1962), The Plague of the Zombies (1966) and The Devil Rides Out (1968).

TRIVIA: James Bernard was educated at Wellington College, which actor Christopher Lee also attended....




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Wednesday 2 July 2014

YOUR TOP TEN LISTS TUESDAY: COMPOSER JAMES BERNARD


IT'S #TOPTENLISTTUESDAY: Composer, James Bernard wrote some of Hammer films best music scores and themes, many of them were films that Peter Cushing appeared in too. Here's SEVEN of our TEN. What would you add to make up the TOP TEN CUSHING FILM SCORES, what would you take out or add and which score would be YOUR NUMBER ONE? Here a list of Bernard's work, to help you :The Music of James Bernard.


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Thursday 30 January 2014

HORROR EXPRESS COMPOSER JOHN CACAVAS DIES 83


Sad to hear of the passing of composer John Cacavas. Famous here for his haunting theme to Spanish horror film, 'HORROR EXPRESS' and Hammer Films 'THE SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA' both starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee... Cacavas worked prolifically with some of the best known US tv shows, including 'Kojak'... I'd easily peg his 'Satanic Rites' theme in my top five Hammer themes, for sure. Cacavas was 83 and had been ill for some time.
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