Peter Bernstein (composer)

{{Short description|American composer}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Peter Bernstein

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|4|10|mf=y}}

| birth_place = New York City, New York, United States

| occupation = Composer

| years_active = 1973–present

| father = Elmer Bernstein

}}

Peter Bernstein (born April 10, 1951) is an American film score composer,{{cite news|title= FILM: 'SCIENCE PROJECT,' FROM JONATHAN BETUEL|work= The New York Times|authorlink=Stephen Holden|author=Holden, Stephen|date=August 10, 1985|url= https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F0DE4DF1E38F933A2575BC0A963948260|accessdate=2012-06-05}} and is the son of Academy Award-winning composer and conductor Elmer Bernstein, with whom he frequently collaborated.

Notable films scored or co-scored by Peter Bernstein include Silent Rage (1982), Bolero (1984), The Ewok Adventure (1984), Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985), My Science Project (1985), Canadian Bacon (1995), Wild Wild West (1999) and Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001).

He has also composed music for television series such as 21 Jump Street (1987), The New Outer Limits (1996; one episode, season 2, "Beyond the Veil"), Walker, Texas Ranger (1995; one episode, season 3, "The Big Bamboozle"), Stargate SG-1 (1997), Rough Riders (1997) and Masters of Horror (2005). He was a score consultant for Rob Simonsen for Ghostbusters: Afterlife, providing orchestration advice and feedback on Simonsen's implementation of Elmer Bernstein's Ghostbusters material.{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshweiss/2021/11/22/ghostbusters-afterlife-composer-rob-simonsen-on-bridging-the-spiritual-gap-between-1984-and-today/ |title='Ghostbusters: Afterlife' Composer Rob Simonsen On Bridging The Spiritual Gap Between 1984 And Today |first=Josh |last=Weiss |date=November 22, 2021 |access-date=November 22, 2021 |work=Forbes |archive-date=November 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123163003/https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshweiss/2021/11/22/ghostbusters-afterlife-composer-rob-simonsen-on-bridging-the-spiritual-gap-between-1984-and-today/ |url-status=live }} He also served as score consultant for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.{{Cite web |title=Credits - Peter Bernstein|url=https://petermbernstein.com/credits/ |access-date=January 21, 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240121170112/https://petermbernstein.com/credits/ |archive-date= January 21, 2024 |url-status=live}}