Record label Sono Luminus | ||
Occupation(s) Composer, arranger, producer Music director The Wacky World of Mother Goose Albums Courcelle, F.: Missa Ave Maris Stella / Missa Exultabunt Sancti In Gloria Genres Film score, Contemporary classical music Similar Gary Hoey, Randy Newman, Johnny Mercer, Jules Bass | ||
George Wilkins is an American amusement park, film, and television soundtrack composer who has created several noteworthy scores and songs for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.
Career
Wilkins got his start in the music industry as a backup vocalist and vocal arranger for Patti Page during the 1950s. In the 1960s, he also co-founded the vocal group the Doodletown Pipers. By this time, Wilkins broke out as a composer for film and television with his work on the Rankin/Bass productions of Return to Oz (1964) and The Wacky World of Mother Goose (1967).
In 1979, Wilkins joined The Walt Disney Company as a protégé to composer Buddy Baker. Throughout his time at Disney, Wilkins acted as both a "Composer in Residence " at Walt Disney Productions as well as the Director of Music for Walt Disney Imagineering.