August 6, 2010

COLLABORATIVE COMPETITION

An inside look at the NYU/ASCAP Foundation Film Scoring Workshop.

by by Jeffrey DiLucca

This year marked the 10th annual NYU/ASCAP Foundation Film Scoring Workshop in memory of the late Walt Disney Studios composer, Buddy Baker. A stellar composer with outstanding film credits such as The Fox and the Hound, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, and a grammar school favorite of many a music major, Donald in Mathmagic Land, Baker gave back to the industry by starting the film scoring program at the University of Southern California and initiating the annual NYU/ASCAP workshop with New York University film scoring program director, Dr. Ron Sadoff. Read entire article...

For more information, please contact Lisa Edmondson.

July 20, 2010

DAVID GRIFFIN'S CD RELEASE, "FOR YOU," INCLUDES WORLD-PREMIERE RECORDING OF BROUGHTON HORN SONATA

When David Griffin was asked what prompted him to make this recording, he replied, "The primary reason for making it was to record the Broughton Sonata. It's a wonderful addition to the horn repertoire and deserves to be better known."

David Griffin's CD, "For You," can be purchased online at CD Baby.

June 25, 2010

BRUCE BROUGHTON RECEIVES ASCAP MANCINI AWARD

by Jon Burlingame

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—Veteran composers Bruce Broughton and Dennis McCarthy took top honors at Thursday night's 25th annual film and television music awards of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Approximately 600 attended the black-tie event.

Broughton – well-known for his Oscar-nominated score for Silverado, Grammy-nominated music for Young Sherlock Holmes and Emmy-winning scores for many TV projects including O Pioneers!, Warm Springs and the themes for JAG and Tiny Toon Adventures – received the Henry Mancini Career Achievement Award "in recognition of his outstanding achievements and contributions to the music of film and television." Read entire article...

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June 2, 2010

BRUCE BROUGHTON TO BE HONORED AT 25TH ANNUAL ASCAP FILM AND TELEVISION MUSIC AWARDS

At this year's ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards, Bruce Broughton will be presented with the distinguished ASCAP Henry Mancini Award in recognition of his outstanding achievements and contributions to the world of film and television music.

Said ASCAP President and Chairman Paul Williams, "As we celebrate the 25th anniversary of our Film & Television Music Awards, we are especially proud to spotlight the achievements of Bruce Broughton.... Bruce's sterling compositions are featured in a stunning variety of media, and he brings a tireless spirit to his work as both a teacher and an ASCAP Board member. It's especially gratifying to give the prestigious Henry Mancini Award to a creator whose success is matched by such selfless commitment to education and service."

Previous recipients have included Carter Burwell, John Debney, Mark Isham, Quincy Jones, Michel Legrand, Randy Newman, James Newton Howard, Johnny Mandel, Marc Shaiman, Howard Shore, Alan Silvestri, and Hans Zimmer.

"Bruce Broughton works in many styles and eclectic venues, but is best known for his film scores to Silverado, Tombstone, Lost in Space, The Presidio, Miracle on 34th Street, the Homeward Bound adventures; his television themes to JAG, Dinosaurs and Tiny Toon Adventures; TV mini-series (Roughing It, The Blue and Gray, True Women); TV movies (Warm Springs, the two Eloise films) and countless episodes of TV series such as Dallas, Quincy and Hawaii Five-O. He has been nominated for an Oscar, a Grammy and 22 Emmys, having won the latter award a record 10 times. He has composed music for many of the Disney theme park attractions throughout the world, and wrote the first orchestral score for a CD-ROM game, Heart of Darkness. He conducted and supervised the recording of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue for Fantasia 2000, and has recorded critically acclaimed performances of classic film scores by Miklos Rozsa and Bernard Herrmann. As a composer of concert music, he has composed many works for orchestra, among them a popular tuba concerto, a piccolo concerto, the children's fantasy The Magic Horn for narrator and orchestra, and has had his works commissioned and performed by the Cleveland Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the National Symphony and by members of the San Francisco Symphony. In addition he has numerous published works for band and chamber groups. He is chairman of the music branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a past President of The Society of Composers and Lyricists and a former governor of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He is a lecturer in music composition and orchestration at UCLA and has taught film composition at the University of Southern California. Bruce currently serves on the ASCAP Board of Directors."--The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

The 25th annual ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards take place June 24, 2010, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, California.

May 27, 2010

BROUGHTON TUBA CONCERTO TO BE PREMIERED IN OREGON

Bruce Broughton's popular Tuba Concerto is receiving its Oregon premiere May 28 & 30 by the North Oregon Coast Symphony conducted by Collin Heade. The tuba soloist is Dennis Hale.

May 28th | 7pm Astoria Performance Center
16th & Franklin
Astoria, OR 97103

May 30th | 3pm
Tillamook United Methodist Church
3808 12th Street
Tillamook, Oregon 97141

May 24, 2010

BROUGHTON, GIACCHINO, AND DOCTER COME TOGETHER AT A.M.P.A.S.'S ANNUAL MARC DAVIS CELEBRATION OF ANIMATION

Excerpt from Jim Hill's article, "What's Opera, Doc?" celebrates the marriage of animation and classical music:

"As the lights went down in the Samuel Goldwyn Theater this past Friday night, the curtain rose to reveal Leopold Stokowski taking the conductor's stand in Fantasia. But the first notes of the evening were not from that 1940 classic feature. But — rather — from the tinny, half-destroyed instruments that Goofy and the gang played in that Mickey Mouse favorite, "The Symphony Hour."

Read the entire article...

March 8, 2010

BRUCE BROUGHTON AT 65

Award-winning Hollywood composer held in high esteem by peers

by Jon Burlingame

Bruce Broughton turns 65 today.

But don't speak about retirement to the Oscar- and Grammy-nominated, multi-Emmy-winning composer. He seems to be busier than ever, with projects in multiple arenas of music-making – from concert-hall commissions to high-profile animation projects to theme-park rides – and he remains a leader in the Hollywood music community, currently serving both as a governor in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and on the board of directors of ASCAP.

"Few film composers have raised the standard of our industry by being overqualified for the work," says fellow Emmy-winning composer Richard Bellis. "Bruce is, most assuredly, a member of that exclusive club which include the likes of Korngold, Rozsa, Goldsmith and Williams." Read entire article...

February 22, 2010

BRUCE BROUGHTON TO TEACH AT 2010 NYU/ASCAP FOUNDATION WORKSHOP

Film Scoring Workshop in Memory of Buddy Baker to Commence May 18th at NYU Steinhardt

Classical Hollywood film scoring is the focus of the NYU/ASCAP Foundation Film Scoring Workshop that continues to be taught by some of the industry's most creative and prolific composers and orchestrators. This year's exceptional faculty includes the distinguished "Silverado" composer and ASCAP Board Member, Bruce Broughton, who is currently inspiring USC students at the Thornton School of Music.

Workshop sessions will concentrate on the creative process, orchestrating, conducting, and MIDI mockups, culminating in a full day of recording sessions with some of New York City's top-tier studio musicians. (Previous workshops included members of the NY Philharmonic and The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra). The business side of film music will also be addressed.

The Workshop runs from May 18–27, 2010. The deadline for applicants is April 1, 2010.

For more details and specifics, please visit http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/music/scoring/ascap.

For more information, please contact Lisa Edmondson.

February 11, 2010

BRUCE BROUGHTON TO TEACH IN AUSTRIA – JULY, 2010

Beginning in July, Bruce Broughton will be conducting a workshop in the art of Hollywood Music at the Albrecht Berger Music School in Vienna, Austria. The workshop offers a week-long course in the creation and production of music for film, television and video games.

Broughton was a recent guest of "Hollywood in Vienna," a celebratory concert of symphonic film music in which he coducted excerpts from hs score to "Silverado."

More information can be found at http://www.hollywood-music.at

For more information, please contact Lisa Edmondson.

October 19, 2009

TIMELINE (1945 –)

Bruce Broughton's trio for viola, horn and piano, Timeline (1945 –), will be premiered on Sunday, October 25 at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. As part of the Faculty Artist Series, the piece will be performed by Don Ehrlich, viola, Jonathan Ring, horn, and Marc Shapiro, piano. The program will also include George Rochberg's viola sonata and works of C.P.E. Bach and others. Timeline (1945 –) is an autobiographical work in one movement sectioned by dates in the composer's life. The sections refer to people and/or events using the dates as reference points. It is not necessary to divulge who, what or where the various sections refer to, or even to note the beginnings and endings of the sections themselves. The piece is through composed, unified by certain thematic elements, which often, though not always, announce the various sections that follow.

The performance will be held in the Recital Hall and will begin at 2 PM. Tickets are $20/$15 at the Box Office: (415) 503-6275. For more information, check the calendar of the SF Conservatory of Music at: http://www.sfcm.edu/.

For more information, please contact Lisa Edmondson.

October 19, 2009

"SILVERADO" FOR SOLO VIOLIN

A new version of Bruce Broughton's Silverado for solo violin and piano will be premiered Thursday, January 21, at the Laguna Beach Music Festival, performed by violinist Maria Bachmann. This new arrangement was written by the composer especially for Ms. Bachmann at the request of the festival's artistic director, composer Paul Chihara. The program, entitled "From Vienna and Paris to Hollywood" will additionally feature works by Korngold, Corigliano, Reich, Glass and Ravel.

Violinist Maria Bachmann has won first prizes at the Fritz Kreisler Competition in Vienna and the Concert Artists Guild Competition in New York. Philip Glass composed his first Sonata for Violin and Piano (2008) especially for her.

The concert will be held at the Laguna Beach Artists' Theater, 625 Park Avenue, Laguna Beach at 8 PM. For more information regarding the festival, visit http://www.lagunabeachmusicfestival.com/

For more information, please contact Lisa Edmondson.

October 7, 2009

BROUGHTON CHAIRS FILM MUSIC SYMPOSIUM IN VIENNA

Taking place at the University of Dramatic Arts and Music in Vienna, October 9–10, the 2009 International Film Music Symposium focuses on the exchange of ideas among noted film music professionals from around the world, with emphasis on bettering the collaborative process.

Workshops, round table discussions, and special sessions comprise the two-day event, with Broughton playing a major role in all formats: a round table discussion on the art of commerce, examining the value of film music vs. traditional classical music; a special session featuring Broughton's body of work from "Silverado" to Disney, with Q&A from the audience; and finally a workshop, where six Viennese student composers will present their pieces in open critique headed by Broughton.

From there, Broughton continues onward to the Vienna Concert Hall stage, where he will conduct the Radio-Symphony Orchestra Vienna performing his "Silverado" in "Hollywood in Vienna," a gala concert of film music to take place on October 14. He will also announce the three winning students from the Symposium's workshop series.

Check out the Vienna scrapbook!

August 28, 2009

VARIATIONS ON A THEME FOR BEYOND ALL BOUNDARIES

Award-winning Hollywood composer Bruce Broughton's music for The National WWII Museum's new attraction scores an emotional direct hit

NEW ORLEANS (May 7, 2009) – For Bruce Broughton, World War II begins with Big Bands, not a big bang. The veteran Hollywood composer, who wrote the musical themes for The National World War II Museum's 4-D cinematic journey, Beyond All Boundaries, produced an emotional, resonant score. The production is an immersive journey, following America's Greatest Generation from pre-Pearl-Harbor naiveté to America's final victory in the War That Changed the World.

The 35-minute extravaganza will debut November 6 in the Solomon Victory Theater, the Museum's $60 million addition built specifically to house Beyond All Boundaries. Equipped with a 120-foot-wide screen, a series of gigantic props and a computerized projection system worth millions of dollars, the theater features the very highest in high technology. Broughton's concern, however, was purely artistic – how to convey a story of epic proportions and global sweep with music. Read entire article...

April 27, 2009

BRUCE BROUGHTON'S "HORNWORKS FOR 5 HORNS AND TUBA" TO BE PREMIERED BY THE UCLA BRUIN HORN CLUB

Bruce Broughton's Hornworks for 5 horns and tuba is to be premiered by the UCLA Bruin Horn Club at Schoenberg Auditorium, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music on Monday, May 4th. The piece was composed as a tribute to horn maker Jim Patterson of Patterson Hornworks, hence the title. Patterson recently commissioned Broughton to compose a set of theme and variations to be used on the Hornworks website, a unique use of music and image. The Hornworks piece which will be premiered was composed as an initial "test" for the combination of instruments, which consists of two descant horns, three horns and tuba.

The concert is a retrospective look at significant works composed or arranged for Los Angeles horn ensembles since 1960.

The UCLA Bruin Horn Club was formed by UCLA Adjunct Associate Horn Professor Brian O'Connor in 2002 and first performed in 2003. Bruin Horn Club consists of current and former UCLA Horn Students.

For more information, please contact Lisa Edmondson.

April 27, 2009

HALLMARK CHANNEL ORIGINAL MOVIE "SAFE HARBOR" FEATURES ORIGINAL BRUCE BROUGHTON SCORE

A true story about a unique maritime boot camp-turned-foster-parent program is both relevant and inspirational, as is the accompanying original score by Bruce Broughton, who brings depth, personality, tenderness and toughness to this story about overcoming odds and discovering unexpected riches. Directed by Jerry Jameson and starring Treat Williams and Nancy Travis, this is a must-see and a must-listen.

"Safe Harbor" premieres Saturday, May 30 (9/8c) on the Hallmark Channel.

For more information, please contact Lisa Edmondson.

January 23, 2009

2009 ALL ENGLAND MASTERS INTERNATIONAL

Richard Franklin and Philip Biggs are delighted to confirm that plans are well advanced for the 2009 All England Masters International Brass Band Championship and Gala Evening Concert which takes place at the Corn Exchange, Cambridge on Sunday 24th May. The test-piece, as previously announced, is "Masters of Space and Time" by Emmy Award-winning TV and film composer Bruce Broughton.

The bands who have so far entered the Championship are as follows:

• 1st Old Boys Association Silver Band
• Aveley & Newham Band
• BTM (PHS) Band
• Brassband Buizingen
• Brass Band Willebroek
• Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band
• Desford Colliery Band
• Fairey Band
• Fodens Richardson Band
• Jaguar (Coventry) Band
• Kirkintilloch Band
• Metropole Brass Band
• Redbridge Brass
• Reg Vardy Band
• Rothwell Temperance Band
• Sovereign Brass
• Virtuosi GUS
• Wingates Band
• Yorkshire Imperial Urquhart Travel Band

To mark the twentieth anniversary of the All England Masters a special concert following the Championship will be staged. Details will be released shortly regarding this.

Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased by telephoning the Corn Exchange Box Office on 01223 234090. From the United States: 011 44 1223 234090.

The dates for the 2010 and 2011 All England Masters International are 30th May and 29th, respectively.

For more information, please contact Lisa Edmondson.

April 2, 2009

BRUCE BROUGHTON'S "GEORGE WASHINGTON II: THE FORGING OF A NATION" AVAILABLE FOR FIRST TIME ON CD

Well-versed in scoring historical miniseries for television, Bruce Broughton was an ideal choice for this very human portrait of the first president of the United States. With a score that captures the authenticity of the time, Broughton employs a measured blend of stateliness and charm to imbue the notably stiff persona of the first commander-in-chief with warmth and thoughtful intellect.

Presented in stereo from Broughton's own 1/4-inch two-track tapes (as the original multi-track masters are long-gone), this Intrada Signature Edition release is made possibly largely through the courtesy of MGM and includes more than several chamber pieces composed and adapted by the composer, among which is a captivating treatment of the familiar "Chester" melody.

For track listing, to hear audio samples from the CD, or to purchase, please visit the the Intrada website. This release is limited to 1000 copies!

For more information, please contact Lisa Edmondson.

March 27, 2009

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN RESIDENCY

Bruce Broughton will be spending a week in residence at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Music from March 30-April 3, 2009. Highlights of his residency will include a presentation to the combined Undergraduate Convocation, Graduate Convocation, and Doctoral Colloquium on the Evolving Life of the 21st Century Professional Musician, a performance of his Brass Quintet Three American Portraits by the UNL Faculty Brass Quintet, private lessons with all graduate- and selected Undergraduate composition students, and a presentation to the Carson School film students on what every film maker should know about music in film.

For more information, please contact Lisa Edmondson.