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George Bruns

1914 - 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 playing piano at age six. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Bruns is the 1,354th most popular composer (down from 1,223rd in 2019), the 11,159th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,556th in 2019) and the 118th most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, George Bruns ranks 1,354 out of 1,451. Before him are Jocelyn Pook, Pritam, Anne Dudley, Lou Harrison, Robert Russell Bennett, and Vladimír Godár. After him are Monty Norman, Abel Korzeniowski, George Fenton, Jerry Herman, Udo Zimmermann, and Javier Navarrete.

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Among people born in 1914, George Bruns ranks 388. Before him are Akhtar Hameed Khan, Donald A. Wollheim, Giuseppe Berto, Jonathan Harris, John James, and Hillary Brooke. After him are Einari Teräsvirta, Begum Akhtar, Conyers Herring, Julie Bishop, Ward Kimball, and Renzo Nostini. Among people deceased in 1983, George Bruns ranks 255. Before him are Grigori Roshal, Betty Nuthall, Frank Forde, Rudolf Kotormány, Franco Trincavelli, and Momčilo Đokić. After him are Kai Winding, Marjorie Cox Crawford, Constantino Urbieta Sosa, Eubie Blake, Marie Mosquini, and Henry M. Jackson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Bruns ranks 11,161 out of 20,380. Before him are Brooke Smith (1967), Kevin Michael Richardson (1964), David Dixon Porter (1813), Mae Clarke (1910), Norma McCorvey (1947), and Jaimie Alexander (1984). After him are Isabelle Daniels (1937), Angelina Grimké (1805), John Lawrence LeConte (1825), Pauline Starke (1901), Stanford R. Ovshinsky (1922), and Little Willie John (1937).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, George Bruns ranks 118. Before him are Mark Mancina (1957), Joel Goldsmith (1957), Norman Dello Joio (1913), Earl Scruggs (1924), Lou Harrison (1917), and Robert Russell Bennett (1894). After him are Jerry Herman (1931), Roy Harris (1898), Eubie Blake (2), George Perle (1915), Angus MacLise (1938), and Fred Ebb (1928).

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