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- George Edward Bruns (July 3, 1914 – May 23, 1983) was an American composer of music for film and television.
- George Edward Bruns was an American composer of music for film and television.
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George Bruns (July 3, 1914 - May 23, 1983) was a composer of music for film and television who worked on many Disney films. He was nominated for four Academy Awards for his work. He was also a proficient musician, playing and recording on trombone, tuba and string bass.
Bruns was born in Sandy, Oregon and went to college at Oregon State University, where he was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, graduating in 1936. 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. Desp
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George Bruns • Deep In The Heart Of Dixieland
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George Bruns (1914-83),no relation to George Brunies, was the musical director and a major arranger for Walt Disney Studios from the mid-1950s until his retirement in 1976, composing music for many Disney films.
While he played as many as 15 different instruments, he is best known in jazz for playing trombone, tuba, and string bass. Bruns was a key member of the Castle Jazz Band (recording with the group during 1947-49 and on their albums from 1957 and 1959), played tuba with Turk Murphy in the early 1950s, and sometimes working with the Firehouse Five Plus Two, recording with the popular band during 1956-57 and 1969.
Bruns occasionally led a similar group to the Firehouse Five which he called the Wonderland Jazz Band. They accompanied Cliff Edwards in 1956’s Ukulele Ike Sings Again record and on Mar. 25, 1957, made their own album, Deep In The Heart Of Dixieland, for the Disneyland Records label. That music has never been reissued on CD.
Bruns, who was a fluent trombonist, is joined by trumpeter
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George Bruns
American composer (1914–83)
For the basketball player, see George Bruns (basketball).
Not to be confused with George Burns, George Brunies, or Georges Brassens.
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| Born | (1914-07-03)July 3, 1914 Sandy, Oregon, U.S. |
| Died | May 23, 1983(1983-05-23) (aged 68) Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1930s–1983 |
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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).
A native of Sandy, Oregon, Bruns began playi
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