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{{Short description|American video game composer}}
{{About|the composer|the cryptologist|Daniel J. Bernstein|the American businessman and activist|Daniel J. Bernstein (businessman)}}
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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 [[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]] in computer science and an [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] in music composition from the [[University of Virginia]]. Bernstein started in games in 1996 "working in development and sound design".<ref>{{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}}</ref> He has also worked as a composer for [[Monolith Productions]] where he collaborated with [[Guy Whitmore]] on titles such as ''[[Blood (video game)|Blood]]'' and ''[[Claw (video game)|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.

==Video game credits==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Year
! Title
!Role(s)
! Notes
|-
|1988||''[[Moria (1983 video game)|Moria]]''||UNIX hangup signal fix, many bug fixes||[[MS-DOS]] version
|-
|rowspan="2"|1994||''Safety Monkey''||Video artist||rowspan="3"|
|-
|''[[AnnaTommy]]''||3D Intro Architecture
|-
|rowspan="2"|1996||''[[Muppet Treasure Island (video game)|Muppet Treasure Island]]''||Digital Video Technical Director, Associate Producer, Game design
|-
|''MultiPlayer BattleTech: Solaris''||Music, sound programming||With Nate Burgess
|-
|rowspan="3"|1997||''[[Air Warrior II]]''||Sound lead, music composer||
|-
|''[[Blood (video game)|Blood]]''||Music, sound development||rowspan="5"|With [[Guy Whitmore]]
|-
|''[[Claw (video game)|Claw]]''||Audio lead, audio director, music
|-
|rowspan="4"|1998||''[[Shogo: Mobile Armor Division]]''||Audio composer
|-
|''[[Get Medieval]]''||Audio director, music, sound design, movie compilation
|-
|''[[Blood II: The Chosen]]''||Interactive Music Arrangement, music
|-
|''[[Rage of Mages]]''||Product Acquisitions, Translation||rowspan="23"|
|-
|rowspan="3"|1999||''[[Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator]]''||Product Manager
|-
|''[[Rage of Mages II: Necromancer]]''||Project Manager, game text, special thanks
|-
|''ōdi∙um''||Producer
|-
|2002||''Blasterball 2: Revolution''||rowspan="8"|Sound and music
|-
|rowspan="2"|2003||''Tradewinds''
|-
|''Haunted Childhood''
|-
|rowspan="3"|2004||''Super Granny''
|-
|''Snail Mail''
|-
|''Blasterball 2: Holidays''
|-
|rowspan="5"|2005||''Tradewinds 2''
|-
|''Granny in Paradise''
|-
|''Slyder''||Special thanks
|-
|''Barnyard Invasion''||Audio, business, production, game design
|-
|''Incrediball: The Seven Sapphires''||rowspan="2"|CEO, audio
|-
|rowspan="4"|2006||''Westward''
|-
|''Super Granny 3''||rowspan="4"|Sound and music
|-
|''Glyph''
|-
|''Cake Mania''
|-
|rowspan="2"|2007||''Super Granny 4''
|-
|''Burger Island''||CEO of Sandlot Games
|-
|rowspan="4"|2008||''Eye for Design''||Audio
|-
|''Cake Mania 2: Jill's Next Adventure!''||Sound and music
|-
|''Westward II: Heroes of the Frontier''||rowspan="3"|Audio design||rowspan="2"|With Somatone
|-
|''Westward III: Gold Rush''
|-
|rowspan="3"|2009||''Westward IV: All Aboard''||rowspan="5"|
|-
|''Kuros''||Audio, story
|-
|''Boonka''||President and CEO of Sandlot Games, Voice acting
|-
|2010||''Rasputin's Curse''||President and CEO of Sandlot Games, sound, music
|-
|2014||''Mage and Minions''||Sound effects
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://danielbernsteinmusic.com/ Homepage]
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* {{IMDb name|id=0077024}}

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