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

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logo composed by

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. He has won ten Emmy Awards and has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score. 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 ''

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'' (1990), '' Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey'' (1993) and its sequel, '' Lost in San Francisco'' (1996), as well as popular westerns such as '' Silverado'' (1985) and '' Tombstone'' (1993). Other films scored by Broughton include ''

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'' (1985), ''

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'' (1994), '' Harry and the Hendersons'' (1987), ''

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'' (1994), and ''

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'' (1986). with four songs arranged from ''

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''. 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 Alfred Newman. Furthermore, he also conducted the fanfare for

that was composed by

. ''Silverado'' earned him an Academy Award nomination, though he lost the Oscar to ''

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''. 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

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, 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

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for

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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'': Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Dramatic Underscore), 1998 ** ''

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'': Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Dramatic Underscore), 1992 ** ''

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

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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 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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, 2002 ** '' True Women'': Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Dramatic Underscore), 1997 ** '' JAG'':

, 1995 ** ''

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'': 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

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), 1984 ** '' The Blue and the Gray: Part 2'': Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore), 1983 ** ''

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'': 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 ** ''

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'', 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 ** ''

'':

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, 1985

References

External links

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