Bruce Broughton facts for kids

Bruce Harold Broughton (born March 8, 1945) is an American orchestral composer of television, film, and video game scores and concert works. He has composed several highly acclaimed soundtracks over his extensive career and has contributed many pieces to music archives, including the 1994 version of the 20th Century Fox fanfare with short versions for 20th Century Fox Television and Foxstar Productions and conducting the Cinergi Pictures logo composed by Jerry Goldsmith. He has won ten Emmy Awards and has been nominated once for the Academy Award for Best Original Score. Broughton is currently a lecturer in composition at UCLA.

Career

Broughton has composed the score for many notable films including Disney films such as The Rescuers Down Under (1990), All I Want for Christmas (1991), Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993) and its sequel, Lost in San Francisco (1996), as well as popular westerns such as Silverado (1985) and Tombstone (1993). Other films scored by Broughton include Young Sherlock Holmes (1985), Baby's Day Out (1994), Harry and the Hendersons (1987), Miracle on 34th Street (1994), and The Boy Who Could Fly (1986). Additionally, he composed music for the video game Heart of Darkness and the animated TV series Tiny Toon Adventures. In 1994, Broughton also conducted the fanfare for the 20th Century Fox logo that was composed by Alfred Newman. Furthermore, he also conducted the fanfare for Cinergi Pictures that was composed by Jerry Goldsmith.

Broughton composed music for Disney theme park attractions including Soarin', Spaceship Earth, and Ellen's Energy Adventure.

Silverado earned him an Academy Award nomination, though he lost the Oscar to Out of Africa. He has won nearly a dozen Emmy awards.

Broughton is a member of the Board of Directors of ASCAP, a former Governor of both the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, a Past President of the Society of Composers & Lyricists, and a lecturer at UCLA and USC.

Filmography

Television

Film

Concert work

Orchestral

Chamber music

Symphonic Band / Wind Ensemble

Awards

• Emmy Award wins:
  • Warm Springs: Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Dramatic Underscore), 2005
  • Eloise at Christmastime: Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Dramatic Underscore), 2004
  • Eloise at the Plaza: Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Dramatic Underscore), 2003
  • Glory & Honor: Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Dramatic Underscore), 1998
  • O Pioneers!: Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Dramatic Underscore), 1992
  • Tiny Toon Adventures: Outstanding Original Song for main title theme (shared with lyricists Wayne Kaatz and Tom Ruegger), 1991
  • The First Olympics: Athens 1896: Part 1, Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore), 1984
  • Dallas: Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for episode "The Letter", 1984
  • Dallas: Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for episode "The Ewing Blues", 1983
  • Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for episode "The Satyr", 1981
• Emmy Award nominations:
  • The Dive from Clausen's Pier: Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Dramatic Underscore), 2006
  • First Monday: Outstanding Main Title Theme Music, 2002
  • True Women: Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Dramatic Underscore), 1997
  • JAG: Outstanding Main Title Theme Music, 1995
  • The Old Man and the Sea: Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Dramatic Underscore), 1990
  • Two Marriages: Outstanding Music and Lyrics for the song "Home Here" (shared with lyricist Dory Previn), 1984
  • The Blue and the Gray: Part 2: Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore), 1983
  • Quincy, M.E.: Outstanding Music and Lyrics for the song "Quincy's Wedding Song" from the episode "Quincy's Wedding", part 2 (shared with lyricist Mark Mueller), 1983
  • Killjoy: Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore), 1982
  • Dallas: Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for the episode "The Search," 1982
  • Dallas: Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for the episode "The Lost Child," 1980
  • Hawaii Five-O, Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for the episode "The $100,000 Nickel," 1974
• Academy Award nominations
  • Silverado, Best Original Score (1986)
• Grammy Award nomination
  • Young Sherlock Holmes
• Saturn Award
  • Young Sherlock Holmes: Best Music, 1985

See also

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