Biography
Edward H. Plumb (also credited as Edward Holcomb Plumb, Ed Plumb and Edward Plumb) was an American film composer and orchestrator. He was born on 6 June 1907 in Streator, Illinois, and died on 18 April 1958 in Los Angeles, California. He is best known for his work at Walt Disney Studios, where he was hired in 1937.
Plumb orchestrated the score for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). He contributed additional music to Pinocchio (1940), served as musical director of Fantasia (1940), and co-composed the score for Bambi (1942). He also worked on Dumbo (1941), Saludos Amigos (1942), The Three Caballeros (1944), Song of the South (1946) and later Disney projects including Lady and the Tramp (1955).
Plumb received Academy Award nominations for his work on Bambi, Victory Through Air Power (1943), Saludos Amigos and The Three Caballeros. He also composed for other studios and, in 1953, wrote the score for the MGM Tom and Jerry short The Missing Mouse.
