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I’m trying something new this year during the holiday season. Instead of just taking a full break, I’m looking back at some of my favorite episodes from the past five years of The Tomorrow Society Podcast. A turning point for this show was my interview with composer Bruce Broughton on December 3, 2017. He was my first guest that worked directly on theme parks. His interest in talking with me and excitement to discuss his amazing career gave me inspiration to think bigger about future guests. If you didn’t catch this episode originally, it’s definitely worth the time now.
Broughton has written the music for many Disney attractions, especially at Epcot. His theme park work includes Ellen’s Energy Adventure; the current version of Spaceship Earth; Honey, I Shrunk the Audience!; Cinemagique; and The Timekeeper. He also re-tooled Jerry Goldsmith’s iconic score for the recent change to Soarin’ Around the World. Broughton has also scored countless movies and TV series, including Silverado, The Rescuers Down Under, Tombstone, and Tiny Toon Adventures.
Broughton’s first theme park project was The Making of Me in the Wonders of Life pavilion. That show was the start of regular work for Broughton with Disney in the ‘90s and beyond. Even if you aren’t familiar with his name, you’ve certainly heard Broughton’s music in parks and on the screen.
An Extensive Career
During this episode, Broughton and I discussed many topics, including these examples:
- How far back does Broughton’s connection to Disney’s theme parks go?
- What was it like to create different scores for The Timekeeper at Disneyland Paris and Walt Disney World?
- How did Broughton solve the challenge of composing music for different time periods in the small space of Spaceship Earth?
- What are the added obstacles when composing music for Circle-Vision films?
- How did Broughton pay tribute to Jerry Golsmith’s original score while creating new music for Soarin’ Around the World?
I loved the chance to speak with a composer that has been involved in some of my favorite theme park attractions. We barely scratched the surface of Broughton’s work in this 2017 episode. Even so, we still covered plenty of interesting material from his projects with Disney.
Show Notes: Bruce Broughton
Learn more about Bruce Broughton’s work by visiting his official site at brucebroughton.com.
Read the transcript of this Bruce Broughton interview at the post on the original episode.
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