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Composer · 1925 to 2001

James Bernard

Best rated: Horror of Dracula (7.2)

Films
25
Avg rating
6.45
Peak run
1957’59
7+ run
2 films
CompareBacon number
Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

James Bernard, music career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1957 to 1959, 7.0056781955196019651970Horror of Dracula 7.2The Legend of the 7 Golde… 5.8Career avg 6.45

Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.

James Bernard's career barcodecoolhot
195525 films1974
Current formLast 5: 6.22 vs career 6.45 (−0.23)
  1. WFrankenstein Must Be Destroyed1969 · 6.7+0.2
  2. LTaste the Blood of Dracula1970 · 6.3−0.2
  3. LScars of Dracula1970 · 6.1−0.4
  4. LThe Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires1974 · 5.8−0.7
  5. LFrankenstein and the Monster from Hell1974 · 6.2−0.3
As a composer, films with 1,000+ votes

James by the numbers

Average
6.45
24 rated films
Vote weighted
6.47
bigger films count more
Median
6.5
half are better
Consistency
±0.41
rating spread
Career
20y
1955 to 1974
Total votes
186K
across every film
Best
7.2
Horror of Dracula
Worst
5.8
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
Newest first

Filmography

Music filmography
1974Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell posterFrankenstein and the Monster from Hell6.25,189
1974The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires posterThe Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires5.85,683
1970Scars of Dracula posterScars of Dracula6.17,454
1970Taste the Blood of Dracula posterTaste the Blood of Dracula6.37,793
1969Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed posterFrankenstein Must Be Destroyed6.76,063
1968Dracula Has Risen from the Grave posterDracula Has Risen from the Grave6.59,302
1968The Devil Rides Out posterThe Devil Rides Out6.811,815
1967Torture Garden posterTorture Garden6.23,991
1967Frankenstein Created Woman posterFrankenstein Created Woman6.56,162
1966Dracula: Prince of Darkness posterDracula: Prince of Darkness6.612,131
1966The Plague of the Zombies posterThe Plague of the Zombies6.66,347
1965She posterShe5.84,069
1964The Gorgon posterThe Gorgon6.48,176
1963The Kiss of the Vampire posterThe Kiss of the Vampire6.24,610
1962The Damned posterThe Damned6.64,656
1961The Terror of the Tongs5.71,367
1959The Stranglers of Bombay6.21,542
1959The Hound of the Baskervilles posterThe Hound of the Baskervilles6.914,474
1958Horror of Dracula posterHorror of Dracula7.230,409
1957Windom's Way·311
Better together?

James Bernard's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.

Films together: Terence Fisher and James Bernard movies · Val Guest and James Bernard movies · Freddie Francis and James Bernard movies · Roy Ward Baker and James Bernard movies

Takes

On James Bernard

1 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

  • Best Original Story · Academy Awards 1952
    Paul Dehn, James Bernard
    Won