George Bruns

George Bruns
George Bruns in 1955
Background information
Birth name	George Edward Bruns
Born	(1914-07-03)July 3, 1914 Sandy, Oregon, United States
Died	May 23, 1983(1983-05-23) (aged 68) Portland, Oregon, United States
Genres	Movie score, jazz
Years active	1936-1983

George Edward Bruns (July 3, 1914 - May 23, 1983) was an American composer and conductor.

Early life

Bruns was born in Sandy, Oregon to Edward Bruns and Augusta Weyer. His father is German and his mother is Russian Jewish.

Influences

Bruns stated composers like Alfred Newman, Oliver Wallace, Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline, Paul Smith, Carl W. Stalling, Franz Waxman, Miklós Róza, Raymond Scott, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Bernard Herrmann, Alex North, Dimitri Tiomkin and Henry Mancini as influences.

References

• George Bruns on IMDb