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Bruce Broughton Biography

Birth Name:Bruce Harold Broughton

Birth Place:Los Angeles, California, United States

Profession Composer, Music department, Actor

Awards

  • 1974Primetime Emmy-Best Music Composition - For a Series, a Single Program of a Series: nominated
  • 1980Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore): nominated
  • 1981Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore): winner
  • 1982Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore): nominated
  • 1982Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore): nominated
  • 1983Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore): winner
  • 1983Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore): nominated
  • 1983Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Achievement in Music and Lyrics: nominated
  • 1984Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore): winner
  • 1984Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore): winner
  • 1984Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Achievement in Music and Lyrics: nominated
  • 1986Oscar-Best Music, Original Score: nominated
  • 1986Saturn Award-Best Music: winner
  • 1988Saturn Award-Best Music: nominated
  • 1990Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Dramatic Underscore): nominated
  • 1991Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Original Song: winner
  • 1992Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Dramatic Underscore): winner
  • 1996Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Main Title Theme Music: nominated
  • 1997Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Dramatic Underscore): nominated
  • 1998FMCJ Award-Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction Film: nominated
  • 1998Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Movie (Dramatic Underscore): winner
  • 1999ASCAP Award-Top Box Office Films: winner
  • 1999OFTA Film Award-Best Music, Adapted Song: nominated
  • 2000ASCAP Award-Top TV Series: winner
  • 2002Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Main Title Theme Music: nominated
  • 2003ASCAP Award-Top TV Series: winner
  • 2003Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Dramatic Underscore): winner
  • 2004ASCAP Award-Top TV Series: winner
  • 2004IFMCA Award-Best New Release, Re-Release or Re-Recording of an Existing Score: nominated
  • 2004Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Dramatic Underscore): winner
  • 2005IFMCA Award-Best New Release, Re-Release or Re-Recording of an Existing Score: nominated
  • 2005IFMCA Award-Best Original Score for a Television Series: nominated
  • 2005OFTA Television Award-Best Music in a Motion Picture or Miniseries: nominated
  • 2005Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Dramatic Underscore): winner
  • 2006Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score): nominated
  • 2014Oscar-Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song: nominated
  • 2015HMMA Award-Main Title - TV Show / Digital Series: nominated
  • 2015Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music: nominated
  • 2016ASCAP Award-Most Performed Themes and Underscore: nominated
  • 2016IFMCA Award-Best Original Score for a Television Series: nominated
  • 2018IFMCA Award-Best Original Score for Television: winner
  • 2023IFMCA Award-Best Original Score for a Television Series: nominated