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Edward Plumb
Edward Holcomb Plumb (June 6, 1907, Streator, Illinois – April 18, 1958, Los Angeles, California) was a film composer and orchestrator best known for his work at Walt Disney Studios. He served as musical director of ''Fantasia'' and orchestrated and co-composed the score for '' Bambi'', and orchestrated and expanded the film's Main composer Frank Churchill's menacing but simple three-note theme. Life and career Plumb was born in Streator, Illinois. His grandfather, Colonel Ralph Plumb founded the city of Streator in 1866. In the 1930s, Plumb moved to California and began work as a composer and orchestrator in the film industry. In addition to his work for Disney, Plumb frequently worked on titles for other studios, including Republic, Paramount Pictures, Paramount and 20th Century Fox. In 1953, he wrote the music for MGM's ''Tom and Jerry'' short called ''The Missing Mouse'' because Scott Bradley (composer), Scott Bradley was on vacation. Back at Disney, Plumb orchestrate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Streator, Illinois
Streator is a city in LaSalle and Livingston counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The city is situated on the Vermilion River approximately southwest of Chicago in the prairie and farm land of north-central Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the population of Streator was 12,500. History Although settlements had occasionally existed in the area, they were not permanent. In 1824, surveyors for the Illinois and Michigan Canal which would extend from Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood to the Illinois River, a tributary of the Mississippi River, arrived in this area of the Vermillion River, followed by homesteaders by the 1830s. In 1861, miner John O'Neill established a trading post called "Hardscrabble" (ironically an early name for the Bridgeport neighborhood), supposedly because he watched loaded animals struggle up the river's banks. Another name for the new settlement was "Unionville". Streator received its current name to honor Worthy S. Streator, an Ohio industrialis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
