George Edward Bruns was an American composer of music for film and television.
18 Facts About George Bruns
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George Bruns's accolades include four Academy Award nominations, and three Grammy Award nominations.
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George Bruns is mainly known for his compositions for numerous Disney films spanning from the 1950s until the 1970s, among them Sleeping Beauty, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Absent-Minded Professor, The Sword in the Stone, The Jungle Book, The Love Bug, The Aristocats, and Robin Hood.
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In 1953, George Bruns was hired as a musical arranger at Walt Disney Studios, eventually going on to become the studio's music director, a role he served from the mid 1950s until his retirement in 1976.
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George Bruns received his fourth, final and only nomination for Best Original Song for the track "Love" from Robin Hood.
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George Bruns died in Portland in 1983 of a heart attack.
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George Edward Bruns was born on July 3,1914, in Sandy, Oregon one of three children born to Augusta and Edward Bruns.
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George Bruns's father was a lumber mill proprietor, and built the first lumber mill on Mount Hood, which was eventually relocated to Sandy.
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George Bruns expressed interest in music at an early age: He began playing piano at age six, and subsequently learned how to play the bass tuba.
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George Bruns eventually became proficient in 15 different instruments, and began performing with a high school band while still in elementary school.
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George Bruns attended and graduated from Sandy High School, and went on to study engineering at Oregon State University, where he was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.
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George Bruns provided Herbie the Love Bug with his sprightly theme song, featured prominently throughout the series.
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George Bruns retired from Disney in 1976 and left California, returning to his native Sandy, Oregon.
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George Bruns died of a heart attack on May 23,1983, in Portland, Oregon.
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George Bruns had suffered from diabetes in his later life.
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George Bruns was survived by his wife, Dorothy Colclough, and their six children.
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George Bruns was cremated, and a service was held at the Chapel of the Hills in Wemme, Oregon.
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George Bruns was interred at Fir Hill Cemetery in Clackamas County.