He wrote the scores for many early animated cartoons produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions for distribution by Warner Bros. Pictures.
[1] Barrier credits Brown with having the useful ability to approach people in power ("big shots") with the right mixture of deference and ease.
[1] Brown was supposedly responsible for Schlesinger hiring two of his friends, animator Tom Palmer and songwriter Norman Spencer.
Bernard Brown and Norman Spencer were responsible for the sound effects and the music of most animated films of the Schlesinger studio for a few years.
Brown eventually left, in order to start a new job as head of the sound department at Universal Studios.