George Bruns

George Edward Bruns (July 3, 1914 - May 23, 1983) was an American composer and conductor.
Early life.
Bruns was born in Sandy, Oregon to Edward Bruns and Augusta Weyer. His father is German and his mother is Russian Jewish.
Influences.
Bruns stated composers like Alfred Newman, Oliver Wallace, Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline, Paul Smith, Carl W. Stalling, Franz Waxman, Miklós Róza, Raymond Scott, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Bernard Herrmann, Alex North, Dimitri Tiomkin and Henry Mancini as influences.