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name: "Bruce Broughton"
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wikidata_id: "Q991563"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "8 March 1945"
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# Bruce Broughton

## Identity

Bruce Broughton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bruce-broughton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bruce-broughton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005976
- **TMDB ID:** 20897
- **Wikidata ID:** Q991563
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Broughton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q991563, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005976/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20897

Composer. Born 8 March 1945 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 8 March 1945, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 1985–1993
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Broughton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q991563, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005976/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20897

## Biography

Bruce Broughton is an American composer of film, television and concert music. Born in Los Angeles, he began his career as a music supervisor at CBS Television before moving into scoring, with early television work including episodes of *Hawaii Five-O*, *Quincy* and *Dallas*.

His film scores include *Silverado* (1985), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, *Young Sherlock Holmes* (1985), *Tombstone* (1993), *The Rescuers Down Under* (1990), *Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey* (1993) and *Miracle on 34th Street* (1994). He has won ten Emmy Awards and composed the first orchestral score for a video game, *Heart of Darkness* (1998). Broughton has lectured in composition at UCLA.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, brucebroughton.com, mfiles.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Moonwalker* (1988), Fi1m 40, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/moonwalker.md)
- *Young Sherlock Holmes* (1985), Fi1m 68, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/young-sherlock-holmes.md)

## Complete filmography (103)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Gray House* (2026), series, Original Music Composer
- *Tiny Toons Looniversity* (2023), series, Main Title Theme Composer
- *Shot* (2017), Music
- *The Orville* (2017), series, Music
- *Texas Rising* (2015), series, Original Music Composer
- *A Christmas Tree Miracle* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Alone Yet Not Alone* (2013), as Songs
- *The Pledge* (2011), Music
- *The Macabre World of Lavender Williams* (2009), Music
- *Safe Harbor* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Bambi II* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *The Dive from Clausen's Pier* (2005), Music
- *Warm Springs* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Last Flight Out* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Eloise at Christmastime* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Lucy* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Eloise at the Plaza* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *The Locket* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Bobbie's Girl* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Damaged Care* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Roughing It* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Roughing It* (2002), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Ballad of Lucy Whipple* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Night Ride Home* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Jeremiah* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *One Tough Cop* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Lost in Space* (1998), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Glory & Honor* (1998), Music, Original Music Composer
- *Krippendorf's Tribe* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *A Simple Wish* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *True Women* (1997), series, Original Music Composer
- *Shadow Conspiracy* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Infinity* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *House Arrest* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Carried Away* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Tiny Toon Night Ghoulery* (1995), Main Title Theme Composer
- *Miracle on 34th Street* (1994), Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
- *Baby's Day Out* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Holy Matrimony* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Tiny Toon Spring Break* (1994), Main Title Theme Composer
- *Tombstone* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *For Love or Money* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *So I Married an Axe Murderer* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Trail Mix-Up* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Stay Tuned* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Honey, I Blew Up the Kid* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation* (1992), Music Supervisor, Original Music Composer
- *Oscar's Greatest Moments* (1992), Music
- *O Pioneers!* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *All I Want For Christmas* (1991), Conductor, Music
- *The Last Halloween* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *Dinosaurs* (1991), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Rescuers Down Under* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Narrow Margin* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Tiny Toon Adventures* (1990), series, Music, Main Title Theme Composer
- *Betsy's Wedding* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Roller Coaster Rabbit* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *The Old Man and the Sea* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *The Making of Me* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *Sorry, Wrong Number* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *Jacknife* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, Music
- *Last Rites* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *Moonwalker* (1988), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/moonwalker.md)
- *The Rescue* (1988), Music
- *The Presidio* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *Cross My Heart* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Big Shots* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *The Monster Squad* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Harry and the Hendersons* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Square Dance* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *The Thanksgiving Promise* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *The Boy Who Could Fly* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *Sweet Liberty* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *Young Sherlock Holmes* (1985), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/young-sherlock-holmes.md)
- *Amazing Stories* (1985), series, Music
- *Silverado* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *Stormin' Home* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *The Cowboy and the Ballerina* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *Passions* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *The First Olympics: Athens 1896* (1984), series, Music
- *The Ice Pirates* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *The Master of Ballantrae* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *The Prodigal* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *Cowboy* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *This Girl for Hire* (1983), Original Music Composer
- *The Blue and the Gray* (1982), series, Music
- *One Shoe Makes it Murder* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *Desperate Lives* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *Killjoy* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *Desperate Voyage* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *The Return of Frank Cannon* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *The Paradise Connection* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *Dallas* (1978), series, Music
- *CHiPs* (1977), series, Music
- *Quincy, M.E.* (1976), series, Music
- *Montage: Great Film Composers and The Piano*, Actor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 2014: Best Original Song (nominated), for *Alone Yet Not Alone*
- 1986: Best Original Score (nominated), for *Silverado*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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