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 20th Century Studios fanfare, and conducting the Cinergi Pictures logo composed by

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. He has won ten Emmy Awards and has been nominated 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), '' Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey'' (1993) and its sequel, '' Lost in San Francisco'' (1996), as well as popular westerns such as ''

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'' (1985) and '' Tombstone'' (1993). Other films scored by Broughton include '' Young Sherlock Holmes'' (1985), '' Baby's Day Out'' (1994), '' Harry and the Hendersons'' (1987), '' Miracle on 34th Street'' (1994), and '' The Boy Who Could Fly'' (1986). with four songs arranged from '' The Loud House Movie''. Additionally, he composed music for the video game '' Heart of Darkness'' and the animated TV series ''

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''. In 1994, Broughton also conducted the fanfare for the 20th Century Studios logo that was composed by

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

. ''Silverado'' earned him an Academy Award nomination, though he lost the Oscar to '' Out of Africa''. He has won nearly a dozen Emmy awards. Broughton is a member of the Board of Directors of

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, a former Governor of both the

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(AMPAS) and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, a Past President of the Society of Composers & Lyricists, and a lecturer at

and USC.

Academy Awards controversy

Broughton's song "Alone yet Not Alone", from the film with the same name, was originally nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song at the 86th Academy Awards. But on January 29, 2014, the nomination was revoked after the Academy discovered that Broughton, a former Academy governor who, at the time, was an executive committee member of the Academy's music branch, had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 ** ''

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'': Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Dramatic Underscore), 2004 ** ''

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'': Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Dramatic Underscore), 2003 ** ''

Glory & Honor ''Glory & Honor'' is a 1998 American docudrama television film directed by Kevin Hooks and written by Jeff Lewis and Susan Rhinehart, from a story by Robert Caputo. The film is based on the true story of Robert Peary (Henry Czerny) and Matthew H ...

'': 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 Tom Ruegger), 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 episode "The Ewing Blues", 1983 ** '' Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'': Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for episode "The Satyr", 1981 * Emmy Award nominations: ** '' The Dive from Clausen's Pier'': Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Dramatic Underscore), 2006 ** ''

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'': Outstanding Main Title Theme Music, 2002 ** ''

True Women ''True Women'' is a 1997 American Western CBS TV miniseries based on the 1993 novel by Janice Woods Windle directed by Karen Arthur, starring Dana Delany, Annabeth Gish, Angelina Jolie, Julie Carmen, Tina Majorino and Rachael Leigh Cook. It was ...

'': Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Dramatic Underscore), 1997 ** '' JAG'': Outstanding Main Title Theme Music, 1995 ** '' The Old Man and the Sea'': Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Dramatic Underscore), 1990 ** ''Two Marriages'': Outstanding Music and Lyrics for the song "Home Here" (shared with lyricist Dory Previn), 1984 ** '' The Blue and the Gray: Part 2'': Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore), 1983 ** '' Quincy, M.E.'': Outstanding Music and Lyrics for the song "Quincy's Wedding Song" from the episode "Quincy's Wedding", part 2 (shared with lyricist Mark Mueller), 1983 ** ''Killjoy'': Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore), 1982 ** ''

'': 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 ** ''

'', Best Original Score (1986) *

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nomination ** '' Young Sherlock Holmes'' *

Saturn Award The Saturn Awards are American awards presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The awards were created to honor science fiction, fantasy, and horror in film, but have since grown to reward other films bel ...

** '' Young Sherlock Holmes'': 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 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 Video game composers