Peter Bernstein is an American film score

Film score

A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film, forming part of the film's soundtrack, which also usually includes dialogue and sound effects...

 composer

Composer

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, and is the son of Academy Award-winning composer Elmer Bernstein

Elmer Bernstein

Elmer Bernstein was an American composer and conductor best known for his many film scores. In a career which spanned fifty years, he composed music for hundreds of film and television productions...

, with whom he has frequently collaborated.

Notable films scored or co-scored by Peter Bernstein include Silent Rage

Silent Rage

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(1982), Bolero

Bolero (1984 film)

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(1984), The Ewok Adventure (1984), Ewoks: The Battle for Endor

Ewoks: The Battle for Endor

Ewoks: The Battle for Endor is a 1985 made-for-TV movie set in the Star Wars galaxy. A sequel to Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure, it focuses on Cindel Towani, the little girl from the first film, who, after being orphaned, joins the Ewoks in protecting their village and defeating the evil...

(1985), My Science Project

My Science Project

My Science Project is a 1985 comedy science fiction film directed by Jonathan R. Betuel.-Plot:Gearhead Michael and bookworm Ellie break into a military junkyard to find a science project for Michael's class...

(1985), Canadian Bacon

Canadian bacon

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(1995), Wild Wild West

Wild Wild West

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(1999) and Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 is the prequel/sequel to the 1999 film The Omega Code. The film is more of an alternate film to the first film. Michael York detailed the entire film in a journal which he then published in book form called Dispatches From Armageddon.-Plot:Gavin Fink plays this younger...

(2001).

He has also composed music for TV-series such as 21 Jump Street

21 Jump Street

21 Jump Street is an American police procedural crime drama television series that aired on the Fox Network from April 12, 1987, to April 27, 1991, with a total of 103 episodes. The series focused on a squad of youthful-looking undercover police officers investigating crimes in high schools,...

(1987), The New Outer Limits (1996; one episode, season 2, "Beyond the Veil"), Walker, Texas Ranger

Walker, Texas Ranger

Walker, Texas Ranger is an American television action crime drama series created by Leslie Greif and Paul Haggis, and starring Chuck Norris as a member of the Texas Ranger Division. The show aired on CBS in the spring of 1993, with the first season consisting of three pilot episodes. Eight full...

(1993; one episode, season 3, "The Big Bamboozle"), Stargate SG-1

Stargate SG-1

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(1997), and Masters of Horror

Masters of Horror

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(2005).

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