George Bruns
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- July 3, 1914
- Died
- May 23, 1983 (aged 68)
- Birthplace
- Sandy - Oregon - USA
Biography
George Edward Bruns (July 3, 1914 – May 23, 1983) was an American composer of music for film and television. His accolades include four Academy Award nominations and three Grammy Award nominations. He is mainly known for his compositions for numerous Disney films from the 1950s to the 1970s, among them Sleeping Beauty (1959), One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Absent-Minded Professor (both 1961), The Sword in the Stone (1963), The Jungle Book (1967), The Love Bug (1968), The Aristocats (1970), and Robin Hood (1973). In the 1930s he worked as a musician with various groups in the Portland, Oregon area. In 1946 he was appointed musical director at radio station KEX in Portland, Oregon, and also was the bandleader for the Rose Bowl room of the Multnomah Hotel. From 1947 to 1949 he performed and recorded on trombone with Portland's Castle Jazz Band, led by banjoist Monte Ballou. In the late 1940s he moved to Los Angeles, where he did studio work, and performed and recorded with trombonist Turk Murphy's Jazz Band. In 1953 he was hired by Walt Disney as an arranger, eventually becoming Disney's musical director, a position he held until his retirement in 1976. Despite his retirement he continued to work on Disney projects. Among his work is the song "Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)" (which he co-wrote with Xavier Atencio), used in the Disney theme park attraction Pirates of the Caribbean and the movies based on that ride. He also co-wrote "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" with Tom W. Blackburn, as well as the song "Love" for the Disney animated film Robin Hood. During the mid-1950s, he adapted the music from Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty ballet for use as background score in the 1959 Disney film version. He also composed the score for The Jungle Book, and provided Herbie the Love Bug with his sprightly theme song, featured prominently throughout the series. During his tenure with Disney Studios, Bruns continued to play dixieland jazz, leading his Wonderland Jazz Band on two recording sessions, and playing and recording occasionally with the Disney "house" band, the Firehouse Five Plus Two. Bruns retired from Disney in 1976 and moved back to Sandy, Oregon.He taught part-time at Lewis & Clark College and continued to play and compose music, including recording at least one locally distributed album of jazz.-Wikipedia
Known For
Filmography
Monsters of the Deep
Movie · Music
D.I.Y. Duck
Movie · Music
Michelle Kwan Skates to Disney's Greatest Hits
Movie · Music
Man, Monsters & Mysteries
Movie · Original Music Composer
Herbie Rides Again
Movie · Original Music Composer
VD Attack Plan
Movie · Original Music Composer
I'm No Fool with Electricity
Movie · Original Music Composer
Robin Hood
Movie · Original Music Composer
The City Fox
Movie · Original Music Composer
Michael O'Hara the Fourth
Movie · Original Music Composer
Snoopy, Come Home
Movie · Music
The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove
Movie · Original Music Composer
Three Without Fear
Movie · Music
The Aristocats
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
Movie · Music
New Girl
Movie · Original Music Composer
Cristobalito, the Calypso Colt
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dad... Can I Borrow the Car?
Movie · Original Music Composer
Physical Fitness and Good Health
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Social Side of Health
Movie · Original Music Composer
It's Tough to Be a Bird
Movie · Music
Inky, the Crow
Movie · Music
Ride a Northbound Horse
Movie · Original Music Composer
Daring Game
Movie · Original Music Composer
Pablo and the Dancing Chihuahua
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Love Bug
Movie · Original Music Composer
My Family Is a Menagerie
Movie · Music
The Young Loner
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Jungle Book
Movie · Original Music Composer
EPCOT
Movie · Music
Mosby's Marauders
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
Movie · Songs, Original Music Composer
A Salute to Alaska
Movie · Music
Island of the Lost
Movie · Original Music Composer
Follow Me, Boys!
Movie · Original Music Composer
Donald's Fire Survival Plan
Movie · Music
The Ugly Dachshund
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Fighting Prince of Donegal
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Tenderfoot
Movie · Music
A Country Coyote Goes Hollywood
Movie · Songs, Music
Freewayphobia
Movie · Original Music Composer
Goofy's Freeway Troubles
Movie · Original Music Composer
Disneyland 10th Anniversary
Movie · Music
An Otter in the Family
Movie · Music
Steel and America
Movie · Original Music Composer
Bristle Face
Movie · Music
The Legend of Two Gypsy Dogs
Movie · Music, Songs
The Tenderfoot
TV · Original Music Composer · 3 eps
Beetle's High Horps
Movie · Music
Son of Flubber
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Sword in the Stone
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mooncussers
Movie · Original Music Composer
Babes in Toyland
Movie · Music
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Saga of Windwagon Smith
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Absent-Minded Professor
Movie · Original Music Composer
Backstage Party
Movie · Music
Goliath II
Movie · Original Music Composer
Noah's Ark
Movie · Original Music Composer
Disneyland '59
Movie · Music
Sleeping Beauty
Movie · Music, Original Music Composer, Songs
Paul Bunyan
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Truth About Mother Goose
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mars and Beyond
Movie · Music
Johnny Tremain
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Cowboy Needs a Horse
Movie · Original Music Composer
Jack and Old Mac
Movie · Original Music Composer
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
Movie · Music
In the Bag
Movie · Music
Westward Ho, The Wagons!
Movie · Original Music Composer
Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
Movie · Music
Davy Crockett at the Alamo
Movie · Music
Davy Crockett Goes to Congress
Movie · Music
Man and the Moon
Movie · Music
Man in Space
Movie · Original Music Composer
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
Movie · Original Music Composer
Operation Undersea
Movie · Music Director
How Now Boing Boing
Movie · Music
Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter
Movie · Music
The Disneyland Story
Movie · Music
The Donald Duck Story
Movie · Music
Ballet-Oop
Movie · Music
Kangaroo Courting
Movie · Music
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · Music Score Producer · 1 ep
Little Boy with a Big Horn
Movie · Music
Christopher Crumpet
Movie · Music