---
name: "Edward H. Plumb"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/edward-h-plumb"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "6 June 1907"
died: "18 April 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 85
updated: "2026-09-17T05:52:53.923192+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Edward H. Plumb

Composer. Born 6 June 1907 in Streator, Illinois, USA. Died 18 April 1958.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 6 June 1907, Streator, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 18 April 1958
- **Active:** 1938–1942
- **Also known as:** Edward Holcomb Plumb, Ed Plumb, Edward Plumb, Eddie Plumb, Edward Plump
- **Works often with:** [Frank Churchill](https://film.one/person/frank-churchill.md), [Leigh Harline](https://film.one/person/leigh-harline.md), [Walt Disney](https://film.one/person/walt-disney.md), [Ben Sharpsteen](https://film.one/person/ben-sharpsteen.md), [David Hand](https://film.one/person/david-hand.md), [Paul Smith](https://film.one/person/paul-j-smith.md), [Wilfred Jackson](https://film.one/person/wilfred-jackson.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 85 (1), 1940s 85 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 86 to 82 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 3, Family 3, Fantasy 2, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $616m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q464028, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0687570/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31021

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Pinocchio*](https://film.one/film/pinocchio.md) (88), [*Bambi*](https://film.one/film/bambi.md) (86), [*Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs*](https://film.one/film/snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs.md) (85)

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## 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*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Bambi* (1942), Fi1m 86, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/bambi.md)
- *Dumbo* (1941), Fi1m 87, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/dumbo.md)
- *Fantasia* (1940), Fi1m 80, Music Director — [page](https://film.one/film/fantasia.md)
- *Pinocchio* (1940), Fi1m 88, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/pinocchio.md)
- *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs* (1938), Fi1m 85, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs.md)

## Also known for

- *The Three Caballeros* (1944), Music Director
- *Saludos Amigos* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *Song of the South* (1946), Orchestrator
- *Peter and the Wolf* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *The New Neighbor* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *Victory Through Air Power* (1943), Music
- *Donald's Crime* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *The Missing Mouse* (1953), Original Music Composer

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