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.

October 31, 2008

"MASTERS OF SPACE AND TIME" CD NOW AVAILABLE

A joint commission by the American Brass Band Association and the British Open Brass Band Championship in 2001, "Masters of Space and Time" is among Bruce Broughton's consummate works for brass band, and has been selected as the test-piece for the 2009 All England Masters International Championship, scheduled to take place at the Cambridge Corn Exchange on Sunday 24th May 2009.

Says Broughton, "I am genuinely thrilled to find that my "Masters of Space and Time" has been chosen as the 2009 All England Masters International Championship test piece. Having spent a career primarily in film music, it's a special pleasure to be able to have a piece with no visual image to distract performed by such excellent musicians in such circumstances. British banding has always been the apex of brass performance for me since I was a boy; it's quite exciting to think of hearing a piece of mine played at that level. Besides which, I like "Masters" and look forward to hearing it played really well next year."

The CD release features Bramwell Tovey conducting the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain, and is available for purchase through the 4barsrest.com.

For more information, please contact Lisa Edmondson.

October 29, 2008

BROUGHTONS' BEL-AIR HOUSE CONCERT

Third in chamber music series
hosted by esteemed composer and violinist spouse-team

by Jon Burlingame

LOS ANGELES—The three Bs of music used to be Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. But on Saturday, Oct. 18, a chamber-music evening featured three more modern Bs – Britten, Bernstein and Broughton – with performances that were decidedly A level.

There's nothing like live chamber music in an intimate setting, with food and wine and friends. Bruce and Belinda Broughton hosted the third in their series of "Bel-Air House Concerts" that mixed a wonderful informality with some first-rate music-making. Read entire article...

October 28, 2008

INTRADA ANNOUNCES PREMIERE RELEASE OF "FIRST OLYMPICS: ATHENS 1896"

Bruce Broughton's Emmy Award-winning score for the 5-hour TV miniseries chronicling the origin of the modern Olympics has been made available for the first time thanks to Intrada Records.

This spectacular 2-CD set features the full score on CD 1 and a plethora of bonus tracks on CD 2 that include original source music, marches, bugle calls, a string trio, and a special "producer's demo" with unique mixes of seven cues made from the 24-track elements.

A true master of fanfares and sweeping themes, Broughton creates a memorable and dramatic backdrop for the acclaimed miniseries starring David Ogden Stiers and David Caruso. Both CDs are presented in dynamic stereo from the original Sony Pictures masters of Bruce Broughton conducting the Sinfonia of London.

For more information, to hear audio samples from the CD, or to purchase, please visit the Intrada website. This release is limited to 2000 copies!

For more information, please contact Lisa Edmondson.

October 14, 2008

BROUGHTON NAMED COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE
FOR 2008-2009 SEASON OF SANTA BARBARA SYMPHONY

To inaugurate its new season at the Granada Theatre, the Santa Barbara Symphony promises a spectacular venue, opening with Bruce Broughton's "Fanfares: Mosaic for Orchestra," an original work commissioned specifically for this historic concert by the Santa Barbara Symphony.

Broughton's Fanfares will be followed by Beethoven's rich and elegant Triple Concerto featuring the Perlman-Schmidt-Bailey Trio and Mahler's haunting and transcendent First Symphony, "Titan." Nir Kabaretti will conduct the program.

Grand Opening Concert dates are October 25 & 26, 2008. To purchase single tickets or a subscription, please visit the Santa Barbara Symphony website.

For more information, please contact Lisa Edmondson.

October 13, 2008

"SHORT STORIES" FOR MARIMBA AND PIANO

Bruce Broughton's Short Stories for Marimba and Piano was commissioned by marimbist Brenton Dunnington and consists of five descriptive pieces inspired by the short stories of Jorge Luis Borges. This is the obligatory piece for the 2010 Classical Marimba League Marimba Artist Competition, and it is now available for purchase at C. Alan Publications.

For more information, please contact Lisa Edmondson.

September 25, 2008

THE DEFINITIVE "SILVERADO"

Finally! The definitive, long-awaited transcription of "Silverado" for concert band, arranged by Randol Bass and published by Alfred Music.

For all of those who have asked for years about how and where to find such an arrangement, it's here in this first-class, Broughton-approved treatment by Bass.

Visit the Alfred Publishing website to purchase or to hear select audio samples.

For more information, please contact Lisa Edmondson.

June 13, 2008

BRUCE BROUGHTON HONORARY PRESIDENT
IV INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC CONFERENCE IN ÚBEDA, SPAIN

Bruce Broughton is Honorary President of this year's Úbeda Film Music Conference which will once again gather a stellar cast of guests in one of Spain's most distinctive World Heritage sites.

From July 9-13, the International Film Music Conference in the south of Spain is preparing an unforgettable film music conference. Composers Patrick Doyle, Alberto Iglesias, Roque Baños, Joel McNeely, John Scott, Fernando Velázquez and director J.A. Bayona (The Orphanage), join Bruce Broughton and Artistic Director Robert Townson, together for the first time for another historic event!

Fascinating seminars from all the guests, recitals, film music workshops, CD signing sessions, screenings and much more fill the days leading up to the spectacular concert at the XVI century courtyard of the beautiful Hospital de Santiago.

Organized by The BSOSpirit Society, it has the support of the City Hall of Úbeda and other sponsors. To this date, the symposium has become one of the most memorable gatherings for film music enthusiasts around the world.

As with the previous years, hundreds of fans, composers and journalists are expected to gather in Úbeda this summer to enjoy the many panel discussions scheduled, as well as the highlight symphonic concert of film music selections.

To learn more about the Conference and register: http://congreso.bsospirit.com

For more information, please contact Lisa Edmondson.

May 30, 2008

INTRADA ANNOUNCES PREMIERE RELEASE OF "THE ICE PIRATES"

Somewhere between Star Wars and Spaceballs there's The Ice Pirates, a satirical sci-fi adventure/love story with a cast as quirky as it is stellar—Anjelica Houston shares costar credit with Bruce Vilanch!

And Bruce Broughton's score adroitly accompanies this wild ride with pumped-up '80s rock percussion and keyboard, a hauntingly melodic electronic love theme, and compelling action sequences with brass and woodwinds. It's a tour-de-force on a limited budget—and now it's a limited release: only 3,000 copies available.

Produced by Douglass Fake of Intrada from the composer's personal elements (the studio masters have long-since vanished), the complete chronological score is presented in stereo sound, and includes in the liner notes new comments by Bruce Broughton.

For more details, to hear audio samples from the CD, or to purchase, please visit the Screen Archives website.

For more information, please contact Lisa Edmondson.

May 16, 2008

BRUCE'S BACK YARD

A casual sit-down with Film Score Monthly

For anyone who hasn't had the pleasure of listening to Bruce Broughton speak, it's well worth the small subscription fee to Film Score Monthly to partake. How Broughton came to be a composer—which was not what he had set out to be, how he got his chops working in television, and how he came to be a master of his craft, are among the many valuable topics covered in this fluid and engaging series of conversations that took place in Bruce's own back yard.

This is the first installment of a three-issue, video-interview series by Tim Curran and Saul Pincus. Enjoy!

April 30, 2008

A MUST-READ—BAMBI II

"The Great Prince of Bambi II's Music," as he is heralded, discusses the musical history of the 1942 classic through the making of the contemporary "midquel" in an interview by Jérémie Noyer for Animated Views.

March 27, 2008 Composer Bruce Broughton will be teaching an Orchestration seminar at UCLA during the Spring 2008 semester beginning in April. A three-hour weekly class, the seminar will cover advanced orchestration for large ensembles, as well as for specific combinations, and will include analysis of orchestral literature drawn from both concert and commercial sources. The program is classified as a special topic in composition and theory. Not a general education class, enrollment is limited to music graduate students.

For more information, please contact Lisa Edmondson.

March 26, 2008

INTRADA ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF "THIS GIRL FOR HIRE"

Intrada's latest Signature Edition release features Bruce Broughton's score to the 1983 TV-movie This Girl for Hire. Boasting an all star supporting cast, including Jose Ferrer, Celeste Holm, Scott Brady, Howard Duff, Roddy McDowall, and Bess Armstrong in the lead, the film spoofed the 1940s film noir private eye genre. Two elements of the film became the focus for Broughton's score – the 1940s atmosphere of the story and the sexy, seductive appearance of the main character (although the character in the movie was a bit klutzy, Broughton chose to play her musically straight). "The main theme was composed in a harmonically rich melodic style, the sort associated with film themes from the 40s," comments Broughton. "The score itself was performed by a uniquely specific combination of musicians. The right instrumental combination is often the path to the right dramatic score. The overall sound of the orchestra is feminine, sophisticated, colorful, and energetic." But it's not all smoky, 40s detective noir, for it has its share of suspense and action music, in the familiar style that makes Bruce Broughton a composer everyone cherishes.

This small gem from Bruce Broughton's wealthy body of work comes courtesy of MGM, from the 1/4" stereo mixes in the composer's own collection, preserved in perfect sound. This release is limited to 1000 copies.

INTRADA Signature Editions ISE 1020
Composed and Conducted by BRUCE BROUGHTON
IN STOCK NOW

For more details, to hear audio samples from the CD, or to purchase, please visit the Intrada website.

For more information, please contact Lisa Edmondson.

February 20, 2008

PACIFIC SERENADES CONTINUES 22ND SEASON WITH WORLD PREMIERE OF NEW WORK FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO BY VERSATILE COMPOSER BRUCE BROUGHTON

Saturday, March 1, 8 pm, at a private home in Brentwood
Sunday, March 2, 4 pm, at The Neighborhood Church in Pasadena
Tuesday, March 4, 8 pm, at The UCLA Faculty Center

Pacific Serenades, one of the West Coast's leading chamber ensembles, continues its 22nd season with its 88th world premiere, Bruce Broughton's Sonata for Violin and Piano. Broughton wrote the piece for his wife, violinist Belinda Broughton, who performs it with pianist Joanne Pearce Martin in concerts on March 1, 2 and 4.

Pacific Serenades founder and artistic director Mark Carlson describes the new work by multiple Emmy winner and Grammy and Oscar nominee Bruce Broughton as rousing in the fast movements, with a lyrical and moving slow movement. "It displays perfectly Belinda's virtuosic skills," he said.

In addition to the Broughton world premiere, the concert program, titled "Mavericks and Magicians," features Debussy's Sonata for cello and piano (1915), one of the last three pieces he wrote, and Mendelssohn's rarely performed Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 66, featuring cellist David Speltz with Belinda Broughton and Joanne Pearce Martin.

Pacific Serenades, led by Founder and Artistic Director Mark Carlson, presents four world premieres during its 2008 season. By the end of the season, the ensemble will have commissioned and presented 90 world premieres by 48 different composers since its inception, more than any other organization of its kind in the country.

Pacific Serenades concerts are supported in part by the Los Angeles County Arts Commission and by The James Irvine Foundation, Los Angeles Center Studios and Keyboard Concepts.

Tickets are $55 (home concert) and $32 (Neighborhood Church and UCLA Faculty Center concerts). Student rush tickets are available for $5 (at the door only) for programs held at the Neighborhood Church in Pasadena and the UCLA Faculty Center. To purchase tickets, more information, or to request a brochure, call (213) 534-3434 or visit the Pacific Serenades website.

Additionally, Mr. Broughton will be promoting the Pacific Serenades concerts in a series of upcoming radio interviews:

KCSN 88.5 FM—"Arts & Roots Forum," hosted by Martin Perlich
Monday, February 25, 4 p.m. (live)

KUSC 91.5 FM—"Evening Concert," hosted by Jim Svejda
Thursday, February 28, 10:00 p.m.

KUSC 91.5 FM—"Arts Alive"
Saturday, February 23, 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

For more information, please contact Lisa Edmondson.

February 14, 2008

INTRADA ANNOUNCES LIMITED RELEASE OF "THE BLUE AND THE GRAY"

1982 was a turning point for composer Bruce Broughton. Prior to 1982 he had delivered world class compositions for such TV series as Hawaii 5-0, Buck Rogers, Dallas, and the Emmy-nominated TV movie Killjoy. The Blue & the Gray heralded Broughton from working in television, to working in motion pictures when he made the leap to the big screen just the following year. Miniseries were enjoying a surge in popularity and one inside source claimed that The Blue & the Gray was "the most ambitions project [CBS] had undertaken."

While the epic Civil War story touches upon spectacle and grand military strategy, most of story is told from viewpoint of the lowly perspective of ordinary men and women. Broughton's approach was to highlight the personal sense of the characters as they experience the war. The main theme and the most of the secondary themes are built, in Broughton's words, "around more of a traditional 19th century song style, not unlike Stephen Foster or George F. Root, two popular song writers of the time." The main title is big, sweeping and grand, featuring full orchestra and lays out the main theme that is heard in many guises throughout the lengthy score. The score is in many ways a precursor to SILVERADO, with action and adventure coming through in key moments. For the more personal moments, focusing on these farm men and women, Broughton augments the orchestra with folk instruments like guitar, fiddle, harmonica, Jew's harp and dulcimer. The cumulative effect is to give the score a powerful element of rural authenticity.

The score to THE BLUE AND THE GRAY is done with the cooperation of Sony Pictures and is presented complete on a 2-CD set from the original stereo session masters. This release is limited to 2000 albums.

INTRADA Special Collection – Volume 57
Composed and Conducted by BRUCE BROUGHTON
IN STOCK NOW

For more details, to hear audio samples from the CD, or to purchase, please visit the Intrada website.

For more information, please contact Lisa Edmondson.

January 23, 2008

BRUCE BROUGHTON "IN RESIDENCE" AT UNLV

Film Scoring Symposium in Las Vegas will give students first-hand experience

From January 31 – February 3, 2008, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, will host the second edition of N.E.O.N. (Nevada Encounters of New Music), a symposium and festival for composers that includes concerts, lectures, private lessons with featured faculty members, and master classes. The intensive four-day program combines active learning with concentrated exposure to new music and its conception, creation, and construction.

Bruce Broughton is a valuable addition to this year's faculty panel, bringing a prolific, Oscar- and Emmy-award winning career in film and television—as well as the concert stage—to UNLV's College of Fine Arts' Music Department. Eight select students will have the opportunity to receive private lessons by the composer, who will be giving seminars both on his own music and on the craft of writing for film and television.

Mr. Broughton will also participate in a roundtable discussion on new music, attend and supervise the rehearsals and final concert of his students' music—including introducing their piece to the audience—and serve on the composition competition jury, which will determine the eight students whose works will be included in the program of four concerts. Two of the participating eight will be awarded commissions.

View the PDF (1.5MB) for more information on this upcoming event.

For more information, please contact Lisa Edmondson.

January 20, 2008

SPECTACULAR SCENES SURROUND EPCOT AUDIENCES IN CANADIAN FILM

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.—Walt Disney World guests get a glimpse of today's Canada in a newly enhanced 14-minute motion picture, scored by award-winning composer Bruce Broughton, and presented in Circle-Vision 360° as a major feature, of the Canada pavilion in Epcot World Showcase.

Titled "O Canada!," the film includes spectacular scenes that highlight Canada's natural beauty, cosmopolitan cities and diverse people who call Canada home. In addition to new, updated scenes, the film is hosted by Canadian actor Martin Short.

Walt Disney Imagineers collaborated with the Canadian Tourism Commission to update the film, including new orchestration and images. "Our goal was to strike the right balance between the vibrant cosmopolitan cities and the natural beauty that characterize Canada," according to Imagineer David Katzman. "We look forward to showcasing all its beauty and splendor to guests visiting the Canada pavilion at Epcot".

Circle-Vision 360° is a film technique that uses nine cameras for projection onto nine large screens arranged in a circle, usually above head level. By using an odd number of screens, and a small space between them, a projector may be placed in each gap, projecting across the space to a screen.

The motion picture takes guests from the far eastern shores of New Brunswick's Bay of Fundy by railroad to the western beauty and tranquility of Butchart Gardens in British Columbia. Canada's natural beauty is majestically displayed throughout the film, including new and classic scenes from the 800-year-old redwood trees of Cathedral Grove to the astounding splendor of Horseshoe Falls to the snowy Mountains of Kananaskis Valley.

For more information, please contact Lisa Edmondson.