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Bruce Broughton

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American composer

United StatesMusiciansBorn 1945 · age 81
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Bruce Harold Broughton is an American composer of television, film, and video game scores and concert works. He composed the 1994 version of the 20th Century Fox fanfare. He has won ten Emmy Awards and has been nominated once for the Academy Award for Best Original Score.

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Bruce Broughton
said · Sep 8, 2018
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Being a composer, although I think it’s an incredible job, it’s not special. There are a lot of people who are composers. There are a lot of people who think they’re composers.

Bruce Broughton - Interview (September 8, 2018)

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Bruce Broughton
said · May 2015
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Film music is always and only accompaniment. Whether it’s loud or occasionally important in itself, it’s what it is because of where it is - how it’s placed in the film.

FROM SILVERADO TO 34TH STREET: BRUCE BROUGHTON (May 2015)

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Bruce Harold Broughton is an American composer of television, film, and video game scores and concert works. He composed the 1994 version of the 20th Century Fox fanfare. He has won ten Emmy Awards and has been nominated once for the Academy Award for Best Original Score. Broughton is currently a lecturer in composition at University of California, Los Angeles.

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United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
living
Dates
Born 1945 · age 81
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18 languages

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