Glen brunman biography
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‘Promise’ offers a rare look at Springsteen
If you’re any kind of music fan at all, you’ll want to see “The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town.” This film gives us a fascinating glimpse of Bruce Springsteen in 1977, when he was in the midst of making the pivotal, post-“Born to Run” album that established him as more than just a one-hit Time and Newsweek cover boy wonder. The documentary, made by Thom Zimny, will debut on HBO on Oct. 7. I got a chance to see it the other night at Sony Music, which is housed in CAA’s old Beverly Hills headquarters.
Half the fun was seeing all the old Springsteen fans on hand, including the likes of New Line chief Toby Emmerich, who got his start working at Atlantic Records, and my old pal, longtime Sony soundtracks guru Glen Brunman, who took me backstage to meet Springsteen when I was a college kid.
I’m no longer a starry-eyed Springsteen fan, having been underwhelmed by much of his recent work. But he was at the top of his game when he was making “Darkness on the Edge of Town,” which as the documentary makes clear, was the work of an artist determined to make his mark. Or as Springsteen says of his youthful self in a present-day interview in the film: “More than being rich or famous or happy, I wanted to be great.”
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Major Label PR in representation ’70s: Draw in Insider View
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Glen Brunman
American music executive
Glen Brunman (New York) is an American music executive. Noted as an "architect of the soundtrack landscape,"[1] Brunman’s credits include more than 200 soundtrack releases which have cumulatively sold in excess of 150 million albums worldwide. In various capacities, he has been associated with releases which have won 21 Grammys and nine Academy Awards.[2][3][4]
Early life and education
[edit]Brunman was born and raised in Forest Hills, Queens. He was educated in the New York City public school system, and attended Queens College, where he became a leading student activist.[5][6]
He served as student body president in 1968–69, and was a member of the National Supervisory Board of the United States National Student Association from 1967 to 1970.[7] Following his graduation, Brunman served as a statewide student coordinator for New York Senator Charles Goodell's 1970 re-election campaign.[8]
Career
[edit]In early 1973, after a series of odd jobs, Brunman was hired as a political reporter and music critic for Good Times, an alternative newspaper based on Long Island. He was promoted to managing editor in the summer of 1973; in that position, he inc