---
name: "George Bruns"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/george-bruns"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "3 July 1914"
died: "23 May 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 80
updated: "2026-09-17T06:08:27.186389+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."
---

# George Bruns

Composer. Born 3 July 1914 in Sandy - Oregon - USA. Died 23 May 1983.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 3 July 1914, Sandy - Oregon - USA
- **Died:** 23 May 1983
- **Active:** 1959–1967
- **Also known as:** George Edward Bruns
- **Works often with:** [Walt Disney](https://film.one/person/walt-disney.md), [Clyde Geronimi](https://film.one/person/clyde-geronimi.md), [Donald Halliday](https://film.one/person/donald-halliday.md), [Roy M. Brewer Jr.](https://film.one/person/roy-m-brewer-jr.md), [Wolfgang Reitherman](https://film.one/person/wolfgang-reitherman.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 78 (1), 1960s 81 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q977176, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005980/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57337

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*One Hundred and One Dalmatians*](https://film.one/film/one-hundred-and-one-dalmatians.md) (82), [*The Jungle Book*](https://film.one/film/the-jungle-book.md) (80), [*Sleeping Beauty*](https://film.one/film/sleeping-beauty.md) (78)

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## Biography

George Edward Bruns (1914–1983) was an American composer of film and television music. He is known for his work on numerous Walt Disney productions from the 1950s to the 1970s, including the scores for *Sleeping Beauty* (1959), *One Hundred and One Dalmatians* (1961), *The Sword in the Stone* (1963), *The Jungle Book* (1967), *The Aristocats* (1970) and *Robin Hood* (1973).

A native of Sandy, Oregon, Bruns began playing piano as a child and later worked as a musician and bandleader in the Portland area. He moved to Los Angeles in the late 1940s and joined the Disney studio in 1953 as an arranger, eventually serving as its musical director until his retirement in 1976. He received four Academy Award nominations for his Disney scores.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Jungle Book* (1967), Fi1m 80, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-jungle-book.md)
- *One Hundred and One Dalmatians* (1961), Fi1m 82, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/one-hundred-and-one-dalmatians.md)
- *Sleeping Beauty* (1959), Fi1m 78, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/sleeping-beauty.md)

## Also known for

- *The Aristocats* (1970), Original Music Composer
- *Robin Hood* (1973), Lyricist, Original Music Composer
- *The Sword in the Stone* (1963), Original Music Composer
- *The Love Bug* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *Herbie Rides Again* (1974), Original Music Composer
- *The Absent-Minded Professor* (1961), Original Music Composer
- *The Ugly Dachshund* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *Snoopy, Come Home* (1972), Music

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