Daniel Bernstein

{{Short description|American video game composer}}

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Daniel Bernstein is a composer for video games and movies. Born in Leningrad in the Soviet Union (now part of Russia), he received a B.S. in computer science and an M.A. in music composition from the University of Virginia. Bernstein started in games in 1996 "working in development and sound design".{{Cite web|last=Cook|first=John|last2=Reporter|first2=P.-I.|date=2008-08-22|title=Venture Capital: Sandlot Games bakes success in 'Cake Mania'|url=https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Venture-Capital-Sandlot-Games-bakes-success-in-1282897.php|access-date=2020-07-02|website=seattlepi.com}} He has also worked as a composer for Monolith Productions where he collaborated with Guy Whitmore on titles such as Blood and Claw. Outside of video games, he also wrote the soundtrack for short movies (Kansas in 1998 and Maid of Honor in 1999).

Changing career, he joined WildTangent as the Director of Product Strategy, and later left in 2002 to create Sandlot Games.

While still acting as Sandlot's CEO, he returned to composition with the soundtrack to The Penitent Man in 2010.