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George Bruns

George Bruns

Composer

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

Born: July 3, 1914 in Sandy - Oregon - USA

Died: May 23, 1983 (Age 68)

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George Bruns  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
ActorSelf
Movie
8.1
ActorSelf1961
Movie
7.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1961
Movie
6
SoundMusic1961
Movie
6.7
SoundMusic1956
Movie
6.7
SoundMusic1955
Movie
7.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1966
Movie
5.9
SoundMusic1974
Movie
7.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer, Lyricist1973
Movie
6.3
SoundOriginal Music Composer1963
Movie
6.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1961
Movie
6.5
SoundSongs, Original Music Composer1967
Movie
7.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1970
Movie
6.1
SoundOriginal Music Composer1968
Movie
7.7
SoundOriginal Music Composer1967
Movie
6.7
SoundOriginal Music Composer1968
Movie
7.2
SoundMusic1963
Movie
6.7
SoundMusic1966
Movie
5.4
SoundMusic1956
Movie
6.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1968
Movie
6.9
SoundMusic1967
Movie
6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1967
Movie
7.7
SoundOriginal Music Composer, Music1962
Movie
7.6
SoundMusic1954
Movie
7.4
SoundOriginal Music Composer1955
Movie
7.4
SoundMusic1955
Movie
7.1
SoundMusic1955
Movie
7.4
SoundMusic1955
Movie
7.6
SoundMusic1955
Movie
4.9
SoundMusic1963
Movie
8.2
SoundMusic1964
Movie
7.8
SoundOriginal Music Composer1968
Movie
7.4
SoundMusic1969
Movie
6.3
SoundMusic1970
Movie
SoundMusic
Movie
SoundMusic
Movie
7.2
SoundMusic1954
Movie
SoundMusic1965
Movie
8.1
SoundMusic1961
Movie
8.1
DirectingMusic Director1954
Movie
SoundMusic1954
Short Film
7.1
SoundSongs, Music1965
Short Film
6.1
SoundOriginal Music Composer1956
Short Film
6.4
SoundMusic1953
Short Film
6.7
SoundOriginal Music Composer1965
Short Film
6.5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1960
Short Film
6.6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1965
Short Film
6.2
SoundMusic1954
Short Film
7.5
SoundOriginal Music Composer1973
Short Film
7.3
SoundMusic1956
Short Film
6.5
SoundMusic1969
Short Film
5.4
SoundOriginal Music Composer1956
Short Film
6
SoundOriginal Music Composer1959
Short Film
6.8
SoundOriginal Music Composer1958
Short Film
6.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1961
Short Film
6.9
SoundOriginal Music Composer1957
Short Film
6.7
SoundMusic1954
Short Film
5.9
SoundOriginal Music Composer1969
Short Film
6.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1970
Short Film
6.3
SoundOriginal Music Composer1969
Short Film
6.4
SoundOriginal Music Composer1973
Short Film
6.4
SoundMusic1953
Short Film
7.2
SoundOriginal Music Composer1974
Movie
6.4
SoundOriginal Music Composer1971
Movie
8.2
SoundMusic1999
Movie
7.6
SoundMusic1959
Movie
7.5
SoundMusic1972
Movie
6.6
SoundMusic1970
Movie
6.9
SoundMusic1972
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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