His work is heard in many Disney cartoons and featurettes, including Donald in Mathmagic Land, which was nominated for a 1959 Academy Award (Best Documentary - Short Subjects). He stayed on at the Disney studio, and eventually became its music director, as well as chief composer for Disneyland and other Disney theme parks.īaker was nominated for an Academy Award for his score for the 1972 film Napoleon and Samantha. Īt about this time, his friend George Bruns asked him to compose music for the Disney television show Davy Crockett and the River Pirates. Among his early students were film composer Jerry Goldsmith and jazz drummer Louis Bellson, with whom he composed and arranged Journey Into Love (Norgran, 1954).
One of Baker's first hits as a big band arranger was "And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine" for the Stan Kenton Orchestra. He moved to the West Coast in the 1930s to arrange music scores for radio, and became the musical director for Bob Hope's radio show. Lincoln and The Haunted Mansion.īaker was born and raised in Springfield, Missouri, and got his degree in music from Southwest Baptist College. He also composed scores for Disney theme park attractions, including Great Moments with Mr. in 1976, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh in 1977, and The Fox and the Hound in 1981. Norman Dale " Buddy" Baker (Janu– July 26, 2002) was an American composer who scored many Disney films, including The Apple Dumpling Gang in 1975, The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again in 1979, The Shaggy D.A.
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