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name: "Charles Bernstein"
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roles: ["Composer"]
born: "28 February 1943"
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updated: "2026-09-17T20:12:11.582888+00:00"
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# Charles Bernstein

Composer. Born 28 February 1943 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 28 February 1943, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1063713, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0017450/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13669

## Biography

Charles Bernstein is an American composer of film and television scores. Born on 28 February 1943 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he studied composition at the Juilliard School and the University of California, where he worked with Roy Harris.

His first film score was for the 1969 Oscar-winning documentary *Czechoslovakia 1968*. Bernstein is known for his work on *White Lightning* (1973), *Mr. Majestyk* (1974), *Gator* (1976), *The Entity* (1982), *Cujo* (1983), *A Nightmare on Elm Street* (1984), *April Fool's Day* (1986) and *Deadly Friend* (1986). He has received a Daytime Emmy Award and two Primetime Emmy nominations. Since 1995 he has served on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Music Branch.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *A Nightmare on Elm Street* (1984), Fi1m 83, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/a-nightmare-on-elm-street.md)

## Also known for

- *Cujo* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *The Entity* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *April Fool's Day* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *Deadly Friend* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *Mr. Majestyk* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *White Lightning* (1973), Original Music Composer
- *Too Young to Die* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Love at First Bite* (1979), Music

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