Biography
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
Filmography
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Movies 90
Michelle Kwan Skates to Disney's Greatest Hits (1999)
A Disney Halloween (1981)
Man, Monsters & Mysteries (1974)
Herbie Rides Again (1974)
Robin Hood (1973)
I'm No Fool with Electricity (1973)
VD Attack Plan (1973)
The High Flying Spy (1972)
Michael O'Hara the Fourth (1972)
The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove (1971)
The Aristocats (1970)
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City (1970)
Dad... Can I Borrow the Car? (1970)
Cristobalito, the Calypso Colt (1970)
New Girl (1970)
It's Tough to Be a Bird (1969)
Physical Fitness and Good Health (1969)
Ride a Northbound Horse (1969)
The Social Side of Health (1969)
The Fight (1969)
The Project (1969)
The Game (1969)
The Love Bug (1968)
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968)
Daring Game (1968)
Pablo and the Dancing Chihuahua (1968)
A Boy Called Nuthin’ (1967)
The Jungle Book (1967)
Mosby's Marauders (1967)
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)
EPCOT (1967)
Island of the Lost (1967)
Follow Me, Boys! (1966)
The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966)
The Ugly Dachshund (1966)
Goofy's Freeway Troubles (1965)
Steel and America (1965)
Donald's Fire Survival Plan (1965)
Freewayphobia (1965)
A Country Coyote Goes Hollywood (1965)
Disneyland 10th Anniversary (1965)
The Tenderfoot (1964)
Bristle Face (1964)
The Restless Sea (1964)
The Sword in the Stone (1963)
Fly With Von Drake (1963)
Son of Flubber (1963)
Beetle's High Horps (1963)
Mooncussers (1962)
Back Stage Party (1961)
Back Stage Party (1961)
Babes in Toyland (1961)
The Saga of Windwagon Smith (1961)
The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
Goliath II (1960)
Noah's Ark (1959)
The Peter Tchaikovsky Story (1959)
Eyes in Outer Space (1959)
Disneyland '59 (1959)
Paul Bunyan (1958)
Disneyland: Mars and Beyond (1957)
The Saga of Andy Burnett (1957)
The Truth About Mother Goose (1957)
Johnny Tremain (1957)
Westward Ho, The Wagons! (1956)
A Cowboy Needs a Horse (1956)
In the Bag (1956)
Jack and Old Mac (1956)
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)
Man and the Moon (1955)
Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race (1955)
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)
Man in Space (1955)
Davy Crockett at the Alamo (1955)
Davy Crockett Goes to Congress (1955)
Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter (1954)
Operation Undersea (1954)
A Story of Dogs (1954)
The Donald Duck Story (1954)
The Disneyland Story (1954)
How Now Boing Boing (1954)
Kangaroo Courting (1954)
Fudget's Budget (1954)
Ballet-Oop (1954)
Look Who's Driving (1954)
Magoo's Masterpiece (1953)
Christopher Crumpet (1953)
Little Boy with a Big Horn (1953)
Captains Outrageous (1952)
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GenderMale
Birthday1914-07-03
Deathday1983-05-23 (68 years old)
Birth NameGeorge Edward Bruns
Birth PlaceClackamas County, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsGeorge Edward Bruns
AwardsDisney Legends
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