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

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fanfare with short versions for

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and Foxstar Productions and conducting the Cinergi Pictures logo composed by

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. He has won ten

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and has been nominated once for the

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. Broughton is currently a lecturer in composition at

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Career

Broughton has composed the score for many notable films including

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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 ''

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'' (1993). Other films scored by Broughton include ''

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'' (1985), '' Baby's Day Out'' (1994), ''

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'' (1987), '' Miracle on 34th Street'' (1994), and '' The Boy Who Could Fly'' (1986). Additionally, he composed music for the video game ''

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'' and the animated TV series ''

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''. In 1994, Broughton also conducted the fanfare for the

logo that was composed by Alfred Newman. Furthermore, he also conducted the fanfare for Cinergi Pictures that was composed by

. 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

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awards. Broughton is a member of the Board of Directors of ASCAP, a former Governor of both the

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(AMPAS) and the

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, a Past President of the Society of Composers & Lyricists, and a lecturer at

and

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Academy Awards controversy

Broughton's song "Alone yet Not Alone", from the film with the same name, was originally nominated for an

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for Best Original Song at the

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. But on January 29, 2014, the nomination was revoked after the Motion Picture Academy discovered that Broughton, a former Academy governor who, at the time, was an executive committee member of the Academy's music branch, had improperly contacted other branch members. "No matter how well-intentioned the communication, using one's position as a former governor and current executive committee member to personally promote one's own Oscar submission creates the appearance of an unfair advantage," Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the Academy's president, said in a statement. Not everyone agreed with the Academy's actions.

Filmography

Television

Film

Concert work

Orchestral

Chamber music

Symphonic Band / Wind Ensemble

Awards

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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 ** ''

'': Outstanding Original Song for main title theme (shared with lyricists Wayne Kaatz and

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), 1991 ** '' The First Olympics: Athens 1896: Part 1'', Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore), 1984 ** ''

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'': Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for episode "The Letter", 1984 ** ''

'': Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for the episode "The Search," 1982 ** ''

'': 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 *

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nominations ** '' Silverado'', Best Original Score (1986) *

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nomination ** ''

'' * Saturn Award ** ''

'': Best Music, 1985

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Broughton, Bruce 1945 births American classical composers American film score composers American male classical composers American male film score composers American television composers Animated film score composers Concert band composers Daytime Emmy Award winners Living people American male television composers Primetime Emmy Award winners Punahou School alumni USC Thornton School of Music alumni Tiny Toon Adventures UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music faculty American video game composers American music arrangers