Edward Holcomb "Ed" Plumb was an American film composer and orchestrator, best known for his work at Walt Disney Studios. He served as musical director of Fantasia and orchestrated and co-composed the score for Bambi, and also expanded and orchestrated the film's main composer Frank Churchill's simple but menacing three-note man-theme, which may have been an influence for the shark-theme in Jaws.
Plumb was born in Streator, Illinois. His grandfather, Colonel Ralph Plumb founded the city of Streator in 1866. In the 1930s, Plumb moved to California and began work as a composer and orchestrator in the film industry. In addition to his work for Disney, Plumb frequently worked on titles for other studios, including Republic, Paramount, and 20th Century Fox. In 1953, he wrote the music for Tom and Jerry short called The Missing Mouse. He orchestrated and composed for several films, like Angels in the Outfield, Road to Rio, Valley of the Zombies, That's My Boy, The Painted Hills, Father Is a Bachelor, Variety Girl, and Quebec.
Back at Disney, Plumb orchestrated the music for Dumbo, Make Mine Music, Song of the South, So Dear to My Heart, Peter Pan, and Lady and the Tramp. He also orchestrated a number of television programs for Walt Disney Presents, the Davy Crockett films, and on Westward Ho, the Wagons!, starring Fess Parker. His final film project for Disney was Johnny Tremain in 1957. Plumb died on April 18, 1958.
He received Academy Award nominations for Bambi, Victory Through Air Power, Saludos Amigos, and The Three Caballeros.
Filmography[]
| Year | Film | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1937 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Composer - uncredited |
| 1938 | Mother Goose Goes Hollywood | Composer - uncredited |
| 1940 | Pinocchio | Composer - "Whale Chase" uncredited |
| 1940 | Fantasia | Musical Director - uncredited |
| 1941 | Dumbo | Orchestrator |
| 1942 | Bambi | Composer |
| 1942 | Saludos Amigos | Composer |
| 1942 | South of the Border with Disney | Composer - uncredited |
| 1942 | Iceland | Orchestrator - uncredited |
| 1943 | The Grain That Built a Hemisphere | Composer - uncredited |
| 1943 | El Gaucho Goofy | Composer |
| 1943 | Victory Through Air Power | Composer |
| 1944 | The Three Caballeros | Music Director Composer |
| 1945 | Something You Didn't Eat | Composer - uncredited |
| 1945 | Donald's Crime | Composer |
| 1946 | Make Mine Music | Associate Music Director Orchestrator - uncredited "Blue Bayou" musical director "Peter and the Wolf" Composer |
| 1946 | Song of the South | Orchestrator |
| 1947 | Fun and Fancy Free | Orchestrator - uncredited |
| 1948 | So Dear to My Heart | Orchestrator |
| 1950 | Cinderella | Orchestrator - uncredited |
| 1951 | Alice in Wonderland | Orchestrator - uncredited |
| 1953 | How to Sleep | Composer |
| 1953 | The New Neighbor | Composer |
| 1953 | Peter Pan | Orchestrator |
| 1953 | The Living Desert | Orchestrator |
| 1954 | Donald's Diary | Composer |
| 1954-1964 | The Wonderful World of Disney | 4 episodes: Composer Special Orchestrator |
| 1954 | The Vanishing Prairie | Orchestrator |
| 1955 | Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier | Orchestrator |
| 1955 | Lady and the Tramp | Orchestrator |
| 1956 | Davy Crockett and the River Pirates | Orchestrator |
| 1956 | Secrets of Life | Orchestrator |
| 1956 | Westward Ho, the Wagons! | Orchestrator |
| 1957 | Johnny Tremain | Orchestrator |
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