Bruce Broughton
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Biography
A ten-time Emmy-winner, Bruce Broughton has worked extensively, but not exclusively, in television. This prolific composer, a native of Los Angeles, began his career as a music supervisor at CBS just after his graduation from USC. He remained with the network for a decade, providing underscoring to such series as "Gunsmoke," "Hawaii Five-O" and "Dallas". After his tenure at CBS, Broughton segued to the big screen first garnering attention with his Oscar-nominated score to Lawrence Kasdan's "Silverado" and later with his complex and eclectic work on "Young Sherlock Holmes" (both 1985). He has since provided appropriate background music for such films as "The Presidio" (1988), the animated short "Rollercoaster Rabbit" (1990), "Stay Tuned" (1992), "Tombstone" (1993) and "A Simple Wish" (1997). For the small screen, Broughton wrote the themes for the ABC series "Dinosaurs" (1992) and "JAG" (NBC, 1995-96; CBS, 1997-2005).
Filmography
Music (Feature Film)
Music (Special)
Music (TV Mini-Series)
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1967
Worked as music supervisor for CBS
1982
Provided the musical score for the CBS miniseries "The Blue and the Gray"
1983
Scored first film, "The Prodigal"
1985
Earned Oscar nomination for score to "Silverado"
1985
Garnered attention for the score to "Young Sherlock Holmes"
1986
First collobration with Alan Alda, the score for "Sweet Liberty"
1990
Hired by Steven Spielberg to score "Tiny Toon Adventures" (Fox)
1990
Scored Alda's "Betsey's Wedding"
1991
Wrote theme to the ABC series "Dinosaurs"
1995
Composed theme for "JAG" (NBC, later CBS)
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