Person
William Lava
Sound · 1911–1971 · St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Biography
William "Bill" Benjamin Lava (March 18, 1911 – February 20, 1971) was a composer and arranger who composed and conducted music for feature films as well as that for the Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies animated cartoons from 1962 to 1969, replacing the deceased Milt Franklyn, making him the last composer and arranger in the classic era of Warner Bros. Cartoons.
Known for
The Twilight Zone
Music
The Inspector
Compositor
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
Music
House of Dracula
Original Music Composer
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
Music
Corky and White Shadow
Theme Song Performance
Saskatchewan
Original Music Composer
Cult of the Cobra
Original Music Composer
To Have and Have Not
Additional Music
Chamber of Horrors
Original Music Composer
Filmography
- 1988Daffy Duck's QuackbustersMusic
- 1981The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny MovieMusic
- 1979The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner MovieMusic
- 1978How Bugs Bunny Won the WestMusic
- 1974Stub, the Best Cow Dog in the WestMusic
- 1971Dracula vs. FrankensteinOriginal Music Composer
- 1971O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation CobraOriginal Music Composer
- 1970Rabbit, RunOriginal Music Composer
- 1969The Good Guys and the Bad GuysOriginal Music Composer
- 1969Bugged by a BeeOriginal Music Composer
- 1969Shamrock and RollOriginal Music Composer
- 1969Rabbit Stew and Rabbits Too!Original Music Composer
- 1969Fistic MysticOriginal Music Composer
- 1969The Great Carrot-Train RobberyOriginal Music Composer
- 1968Bunny and Claude: We Rob Carrot PatchesOriginal Music Composer
- 1968Brimstone, the Amish HorseMusic
- 1968Chimp & ZeeOriginal Music Composer
- 1968Flying CircusOriginal Music Composer
- 19683 Ring Wing-DingOriginal Music Composer
- 1968In Enemy CountryMusic
- 1968See Ya Later GladiatorOriginal Music Composer
- 1968ChubascoOriginal Music Composer
- 1968Hippydrome TigerOriginal Music Composer
- 1968Skyscraper CaperOriginal Music Composer
- 1968Big Game HauntOriginal Music Composer
- 1968Norman NormalOriginal Music Composer
- 1968Feud with a DudeOriginal Music Composer
- 1967Fiesta FiascoOriginal Music Composer
- 1967Merlin the Magic MouseOriginal Music Composer
- 1967Congratulations It's PinkMusic
- 1967Cool CatOriginal Music Composer
- 1967Go Away StowawayOriginal Music Composer
- 1967Rodent to StardomOriginal Music Composer
- 1967Speedy Ghost to TownOriginal Music Composer
- 1967The Spy SwatterOriginal Music Composer
- 1967The Music Mice-TroOriginal Music Composer
- 1966Let's Kill UncleMusic
- 1966Chamber of HorrorsOriginal Music Composer
- 1966Smile Pretty, Say PinkMusic
- 1966The Pink BlueprintMusic
- 1966Snow ExcuseOriginal Music Composer
- 1966A-Haunting We Will GoOriginal Music Composer
- 1966Vitamin PinkMusic
- 1966Pink PistonsMusic
- 1966Clippety ClobberedOriginal Music Composer
- 1966Mexican MousepieceOriginal Music Composer
- 1966Pink PunchMusic
- 1966The Solid Tin CoyoteOriginal Music Composer
- 1966Napoleon Blown-AparteMusic
- 1966Reaux, Reaux, Reaux Your BoatMusic
- 1966Out and Out RoutOriginal Music Composer
- 1966Shot and BotheredOriginal Music Composer
- 1966The AstroduckOriginal Music Composer
- 1965Chaser on the RocksOriginal Music Composer
- 1965The Great De Gaulle Stone OperationMusic
- 1965The InspectorCompositor
- 1965Bully for PinkMusic
- 1965Highway RunneryOriginal Music Composer
- 1965Go Go AmigoOriginal Music Composer
- 1965Reel PinkMusic
- 1965Hairied and HurriedOriginal Music Composer
- 1965Just Plane BeepOriginal Music Composer
- 1965Chili Corn CornyOriginal Music Composer
- 1965An Ounce of PinkMusic
- 1965Boulder Wham!Original Music Composer
- 1965Tired and FeatheredOriginal Music Composer
- 1965Pink PanzerMusic
- 1965Tease for TwoOriginal Music Composer
- 1965The Pink Tail FlyMusic
- 1965Run, Run, Sweet Road RunnerOriginal Music Composer
- 1965Rushing RouletteOriginal Music Composer
- 1965Corn on the CopOriginal Music Composer
- 1965Suppressed DuckOriginal Music Composer
- 1965Pink IceMusic
- 1965Well Worn DaffyOriginal Music Composer
- 1965PinkfingerOriginal Music Composer
- 1965Shocking PinkMusic
- 1965Pickled PinkMusic
- 1965Sink PinkMusic
- 1965Moby DuckOriginal Music Composer
- 1965Dial 'P' for PinkMusic
- 1965The Wild ChaseOriginal Music Composer
- 1965We Give Pink StampsMusic
- 1965Cats and BruisesOriginal Music Composer
- 1965It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the HouseOriginal Music Composer
- 1964Pink PajamasMusic
- 1964Road to AndalayOriginal Music Composer
- 1964The Pink PhinkOriginal Music Composer
- 1964Pancho's HideawayOriginal Music Composer
- 1964Señorella and the Glass HuaracheOriginal Music Composer
- 1964False HareMusic
- 1964War and PiecesMusic
- 1964The Iceman DuckethOriginal Music Composer
- 1964Nuts and VoltsOriginal Music Composer
- 1964Dr. Devil and Mr. HareOriginal Music Composer
- 1964Bartholomew Versus the WheelOriginal Music Composer
- 1964A Message to GraciasOriginal Music Composer
- 1964Dumb PatrolMusic
- 1963To Beep or Not to BeepOriginal Music Composer
- 1963Transylvania 6-5000Original Music Composer
- 1963Mad as a Mars HareOriginal Music Composer
- 1963Aqua DuckMusic
- 1963The UnmentionablesMusic
- 1963Wall of NoiseOriginal Music Composer
- 1963Chili WeatherOriginal Music Composer
- 1963Banty RaidsMusic
- 1963PT 109Original Music Composer
- 1963Hare-Breadth HurryMusic
- 1963Now Hear ThisOriginal Music Composer
- 1963The Million HareOriginal Music Composer
- 1963Fast Buck DuckOriginal Music Composer
- 1963Devil's Feud CakeOriginal Music Composer
- 1963Greta, the Misfit GreyhoundMusic
- 1962Martian Through GeorgiaOriginal Music Composer
- 1962Sancho, the Homing SteerSongs
- 1960Moochie of Pop Warner FootballMusic
- 1960Seven Ways from SundownMusic
- 1960Hell Bent for LeatherOriginal Music Composer
- 1959The Twilight ZoneMusic
- 1959Zorro, the AvengerOriginal Music Composer
- 1958Rusty and the FalconMusic
- 1958Step Down to TerrorMusic
- 1958Flood TideMusic
- 1957The Horse of the WestMusic
- 1957The Best Doggoned Dog in the WorldMusic
- 1957The Wetback HoundMusic
- 1957The Deadly MantisOriginal Music Composer
- 1957The Girl in the KremlinMusic
- 1956Alaska LifeboatMusic
- 1956Adventure in DairylandTheme Song Performance
- 1956The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate TreasureMusic
- 1956Pillars of the SkyOriginal Music Composer
- 1956So Your Wife Wants to WorkMusic
- 1956So You Want to Be PrettyMusic
- 1956Corky and White ShadowTheme Song Performance
- 195524 Hour AlertMusic
- 1955The Littlest OutlawMusic
- 1955Tennessee's PartnerOriginal Music Composer
- 1955So You Want a Model RailroadMusic
- 1955Cult of the CobraOriginal Music Composer
- 1955Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone KopsMusic
- 1955Revenge of the CreatureOriginal Music Composer
- 1954Beauty and the BullOriginal Music Composer
- 1954So You Want to Know Your RelativesOriginal Music Composer
- 1954SaskatchewanOriginal Music Composer
- 1954Stormy, the ThoroughbredOriginal Music Composer
- 1953So You Think You Can't SleepMusic
- 1953Phantom from SpaceOriginal Music Composer
- 1953So You Want to Learn to DanceMusic
- 1953So You Want to Be a MusicianMusic
- 1952So You Want to Wear the PantsMusic
- 1952The Black CastleMusic
- 1952So You Never Tell a LieMusic
- 1952So You Want to Go to a ConventionMusic
- 1952So You Want to Enjoy LifeMusic
- 1952Retreat, Hell!Original Music Composer
- 1952Continental HolidayMusic
- 1951So You Want to Be a PlumberMusic
- 1951The Strange DoorMusic
- 1951The Tanks Are ComingMusic
- 1951So You Want to Be a Paper HangerMusic
- 1951Hollywood StoryAdditional Music
- 1951Inside the Walls of Folsom PrisonOriginal Music Composer
- 1951FiveMusic
- 1951So You Want to Be a CowboySound
- 1951Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible ManMusic
- 1950Highway 301Original Music Composer
- 1950My Country 'Tis of TheeMusic
- 1950So You Want a RaiseMusic
- 1950Grandad of RacesMusic
- 1950So You Want to MoveMusic
- 1950So You Want to Hold Your HusbandMusic
- 1950This Side of the LawOriginal Music Composer
- 1950Colt .45Music
- 1950So You Think You're Not GuiltyOriginal Music Composer
- 1950BarricadeOriginal Music Composer
- 1950The Grass Is Always GreenerMusic
- 1949Mrs. MikeMusic
- 1949So You Want to Be an ActorMusic
- 1949The House Across the StreetOriginal Music Composer
- 1949So You Want to Be a Muscle ManMusic
- 1949Heart to HeartMusic
- 1949HomicideOriginal Music Composer
- 1949The Adventure of the Speckled BandMusic
- 1949Flaxy MartinOriginal Music Composer
- 1949The Columbia: America's Greatest Power StreamMusic
- 1948MoonriseOriginal Music Composer
- 1948Embraceable YouMusic
- 1948So You Want to Be a DetectiveOriginal Music Composer
- 1948The Big PunchOriginal Music Composer
- 1948Calgary StampedeMusic
- 1948So You Want to Build a HouseMusic
- 1948Madonna of the DesertMusic
- 1948So You Want to Be a GamblerMusic
- 1948So You Want an ApartmentMusic
- 1947So You Want to Hold Your WifeMusic
- 1947So You Want to Be a SalesmanMusic
- 1947So You're Going on a VacationMusic
- 1947Give Us the Earth!Music
- 1947So You Want to Be in PicturesMusic
- 1947So You're Going to Be a FatherMusic
- 1946A Boy and His DogMusic
- 1946She-Wolf of LondonOriginal Music Composer
- 1946The Cat CreepsMusic
- 1946Smart as a FoxMusic
- 1945Hitler LivesMusic
- 1945House of DraculaOriginal Music Composer
- 1945So You Think You're AllergicMusic
- 1945Story of a DogMusic
- 1945Star in the NightMusic
- 1945Secret Agent X-9Original Music Composer
- 1945The Jungle CaptiveMusic
- 1945To Have and Have NotAdditional Music
- 1944I Am an AmericanMusic
- 1944The Mummy's CurseOriginal Music Composer
- 1944I Won't PlayMusic
- 1944Once Over LightlyOriginal Music Composer
- 1944Proudly We ServeMusic
- 1944Crime by NightOriginal Music Composer
- 1944Make Your Own BedAdditional Music
- 1944The Invisible Man's RevengeOriginal Music Composer
- 1943Food and MagicMusic
- 1943Women at WarOriginal Music Composer
- 1943The Mysterious DoctorOriginal Music Composer
- 1943Why We Fight: Divide and ConquerOriginal Music Composer
- 1943Happy Times and Jolly MomentsMusic
- 1942The Hidden HandOriginal Music Composer
- 1942Busses RoarMusic
- 1942Escape from CrimeOriginal Music Composer
- 1942Spy ShipOriginal Music Composer
- 1942Murder in the Big HouseOriginal Music Composer
- 1942I Was FramedOriginal Music Composer
- 1941Steel Against the SkyMusic
- 1941Law of the TropicsOriginal Music Composer
- 1941Nine Lives Are Not EnoughMusic
- 1941Highway WestOriginal Music Composer
- 1941The Nurse's SecretOriginal Music Composer
- 1941A Shot in the DarkOriginal Music Composer
- 1940Melody RanchOriginal Music Composer
- 1940Adventures of Red RyderOriginal Music Composer
- 1940A Fugitive from JusticeOriginal Music Composer
- 1940Murder in the AirMusic
- 1940Gangs of ChicagoOriginal Music Composer
- 1940The Courageous Dr. ChristianOriginal Music Composer
- 1939Dick Tracy's G-MenOriginal Music Composer
- 1939In Old MontereyOriginal Music Composer
- 1939New FrontierMusic Director
- 1939Wyoming OutlawMusic
- 1939Daredevils of the Red CircleOriginal Music Composer
- 1939Mountain RhythmOriginal Music Composer
- 1939Three Texas SteersOriginal Music Composer
- 1939Blue Montana SkiesOriginal Music Composer
- 1939The Night RidersMusic
- 1939Mexicali RoseOriginal Music Composer
- 1939The Lone Ranger Rides AgainOriginal Music Composer
- 1938Red River RangeMusic
- 1938Hawk of the WildernessOriginal Music Composer
- 1938Western JamboreeOriginal Music Composer
- 1938Come On, RangersOriginal Music Composer
- 1938Santa Fe StampedeMusic
- 1938Billy The Kid ReturnsMusic
- 1938Tenth Avenue KidOriginal Music Composer
- 1938Come On, Leathernecks!Music
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