Hammer, 1966. Archive of 40+ pages of music handwritten on 11 x 15 in. manuscript/music paper with printed staves. Film composer Bernard was a Hammer Film Productions staple composing scores for The Quatermass Xperiment. He scored Hammer's first Horror movie; The Curse of Frankenstein, and continued on with Dracula (1958) Kiss of the Vampire (1962), The Gorgon (1964), Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966), The Plague of the Zombies (1966), The Devil Rides Out (1968), Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968), Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969), Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974) and The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974). He also scored non-horror Hammer films such as The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959), The Stranglers of Bombay (1959), The Terror of the Tongs (1961), The Damned (1963), The Secret of Blood Island (1964), and She (1965), as well as non-Hammer titles including Windom's Way and Torture Garden. In later years, historian Kevin Brownlow prevailed upon Bernard to write an original score for F.W. Murnau's 1922 silent Vampire film Nosferatu. This unique manuscript incorporates Bernard's original motifs for what is arguably the most influential horror movie score of all time; 1958's Horror of Dracula. The manuscript features many hand annotations and marks. Exhibiting expected age and production handling.
Hammer, 1966. Archive of 40+ pages of music handwritten on 11 x 15 in. manuscript/music paper with printed staves. Film composer Bernard was a Hammer Film Productions staple composing scores for The Quatermass Xperiment. He scored Hammer's first Horror movie; The Curse of Frankenstein, and continued on with Dracula (1958) Kiss of the Vampire (1962), The Gorgon (1964), Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966), The Plague of the Zombies (1966), The Devil Rides Out (1968), Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968), Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969), Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974) and The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974). He also scored non-horror Hammer films such as The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959), The Stranglers of Bombay (1959), The Terror of the Tongs (1961), The Damned (1963), The Secret of Blood Island (1964), and She (1965), as well as non-Hammer titles including Windom's Way and Torture Garden. In later years, historian Kevin Brownlow prevailed upon Bernard to write an original score for F.W. Murnau's 1922 silent Vampire film Nosferatu. This unique manuscript incorporates Bernard's original motifs for what is arguably the most influential horror movie score of all time; 1958's Horror of Dracula. The manuscript features many hand annotations and marks. Exhibiting expected age and production handling.
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