About

Known credits:
205
Birthday:
1911-03-18
Place of birth:
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Website:
N/A

William Lava

Overview

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

Sound
1988 Daffy Duck's Quackbusters Sound Music 60
Fair
1981 The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie Sound Music 61
Fair
1979 The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie Sound Music 62
Fair
1978 How Bugs Bunny Won the West Sound Music 58
Average
1974 Stub, the Best Cow Dog in the West Sound Music N/A
N/A
1971 Dracula vs. Frankenstein Sound Original Music Composer 57
Average
1971 O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1970 Rabbit, Run Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1969 The Good Guys and the Bad Guys Sound Songs 58
Average
1969 The Good Guys and the Bad Guys Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1969 Bugged by a Bee Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1969 Shamrock and Roll Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1969 Rabbit Stew and Rabbits Too! Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1969 Fistic Mystic Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1969 The Great Carrot-Train Robbery Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1968 Bunny and Claude: We Rob Carrot Patches Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1968 Chimp & Zee Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1968 3 Ring Wing-Ding Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1968 In Enemy Country Sound Music 59
Average
1968 Chubasco Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1968 Big Game Haunt Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1968 Norman Normal Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1967 Congratulations It's Pink Sound Music 58
Average
1966 Let's Kill Uncle Sound Music 58
Average
1966 Chamber of Horrors Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1966 Smile Pretty, Say Pink Sound Music 58
Average
1966 The Pink Blueprint Sound Music 59
Average
1966 A-Haunting We Will Go Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1966 Vitamin Pink Sound Music 58
Average
1966 Pink Pistons Sound Music 58
Average
1966 Pink Punch Sound Music 58
Average
1965 Bully for Pink Sound Music 59
Average
1965 Reel Pink Sound Music 58
Average
1965 An Ounce of Pink Sound Music 59
Average
1965 Pink Panzer Sound Music 59
Average
1965 Tease for Two Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1965 The Pink Tail Fly Sound Music 59
Average
1965 Corn on the Cop Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1965 Pink Ice Sound Music 59
Average
1965 Pinkfinger Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1965 Shocking Pink Sound Music 59
Average
1965 Pickled Pink Sound Music 59
Average
1965 Sink Pink Sound Music 59
Average
1965 Dial 'P' for Pink Sound Music 59
Average
1965 The Wild Chase Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1965 We Give Pink Stamps Sound Music 59
Average
1964 Pink Pajamas Sound Music 59
Average
1964 The Pink Phink Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
1964 Pancho's Hideaway Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1964 Señorella and the Glass Huarache Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1964 False Hare Sound Music 58
Average
1964 The Iceman Ducketh Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1964 Nuts and Volts Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1964 Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1964 Bartholomew Versus the Wheel Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1964 A Message to Gracias Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1964 Dumb Patrol Sound Music 58
Average
1963 To Beep or Not to Beep Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1963 Transylvania 6-5000 Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1963 Mad as a Mars Hare Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1963 Wall of Noise Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1963 Chili Weather Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1963 PT 109 Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1963 Hare-Breadth Hurry Sound Music 58
Average
1963 Now Hear This Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1963 The Million Hare Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1963 Fast Buck Duck Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1963 Devil's Feud Cake Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1962 Martian Through Georgia Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1962 Sancho, the Homing Steer Sound Songs N/A
N/A
1960 Seven Ways from Sundown Sound Music 58
Average
1960 Hell Bent for Leather Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1959 Zorro, the Avenger Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1958 Rusty and the Falcon Sound Music N/A
N/A
1958 Rusty and the Falcon Sound Songs N/A
N/A
1958 Step Down to Terror Sound Music 58
Average
1958 Flood Tide Sound Music N/A
N/A
1957 The Horse of the West Sound Music N/A
N/A
1957 The Best Doggoned Dog in the World Sound Music 58
Average
1957 The Deadly Mantis Sound Original Music Composer 57
Average
1957 The Girl in the Kremlin Sound Music 58
Average
1956 Alaska Lifeboat Sound Music N/A
N/A
1956 Adventure in Dairyland Sound Theme Song Performance 70
Good
1956 Pillars of the Sky Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1956 So Your Wife Wants to Work Sound Music 59
Average
1956 So You Want to Be Pretty Sound Music 59
Average
1955 24 Hour Alert Sound Music 59
Average
1955 So You Want a Model Railroad Sound Music N/A
N/A
1955 Revenge of the Creature Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1955 Cult of the Cobra Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1955 Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1955 Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops Sound Music 59
Average
1954 So You Want to Know Your Relatives Sound Original Music Composer N/A
N/A
1954 Saskatchewan Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1954 Stormy, the Thoroughbred Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1953 Phantom from Space Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1952 The Black Castle Sound Music 59
Average
1952 So You Want to Wear the Pants Sound Music 59
Average
1952 So You Never Tell a Lie Sound Music 58
Average
1952 So You Want to Enjoy Life Sound Music 59
Average
1952 Retreat, Hell! Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1952 Continental Holiday Sound Music N/A
N/A
1951 So You Want to Be a Plumber Sound Music 59
Average
1951 The Tanks Are Coming Sound Music 59
Average
1951 The Strange Door Sound Music 59
Average
1951 Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1951 Five Sound Music 59
Average
1951 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man Sound Music 59
Average
1950 Highway 301 Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1950 My Country 'Tis of Thee Sound Music 58
Average
1950 So You Want a Raise Sound Music 59
Average
1950 Grandad of Races Sound Music 58
Average
1950 So You Want to Move Sound Music N/A
N/A
1950 So You Want to Hold Your Husband Sound Music N/A
N/A
1950 This Side of the Law Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1950 Colt .45 Sound Music 58
Average
1950 So You Think You're Not Guilty Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1950 Barricade Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1950 The Grass Is Always Greener Sound Music 58
Average
1949 Mrs. Mike Sound Music 58
Average
1949 The House Across the Street Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1949 Heart to Heart Sound Music 58
Average
1949 Homicide Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1949 The Adventure of the Speckled Band Sound Music N/A
N/A
1949 Flaxy Martin Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1949 The Columbia: America's Greatest Power Stream Sound Music N/A
N/A
1948 Moonrise Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1948 Embraceable You Sound Music 59
Average
1948 The Big Punch Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1948 So You Want to Be a Detective Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1948 Calgary Stampede Sound Music 58
Average
1948 So You Want to Build a House Sound Music 59
Average
1948 Madonna of the Desert Sound Music 59
Average
1948 So You Want to Be a Gambler Sound Music 59
Average
1948 So You Want an Apartment Sound Music 59
Average
1947 So You Want to Hold Your Wife Sound Music 59
Average
1947 So You Want to Be a Salesman Sound Music 59
Average
1947 So You're Going on a Vacation Sound Music 59
Average
1947 Give Us the Earth! Sound Music 58
Average
1947 So You Want to Be in Pictures Sound Music 59
Average
1947 So You're Going to Be a Father Sound Music 59
Average
1946 A Boy and His Dog Sound Music 58
Average
1946 She-Wolf of London Sound Music Director 58
Average
1946 The Cat Creeps Sound Music 58
Average
1946 She-Wolf of London Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1946 Smart as a Fox Sound Music 58
Average
1945 Hitler Lives Sound Music 58
Average
1945 House of Dracula Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1945 So You Think You're Allergic Sound Music 59
Average
1945 Story of a Dog Sound Music 58
Average
1945 Star in the Night Sound Music 59
Average
1945 Secret Agent X-9 Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1945 The Jungle Captive Sound Music 59
Average
1944 I Am an American Sound Music 58
Average
1944 The Mummy's Curse Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1944 I Won't Play Sound Music 59
Average
1944 Once Over Lightly Sound Original Music Composer N/A
N/A
1944 Proudly We Serve Sound Music N/A
N/A
1944 Crime by Night Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1944 The Invisible Man's Revenge Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1943 Food and Magic Sound Music 58
Average
1943 Women at War Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1943 The Mysterious Doctor Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1943 Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1943 Happy Times and Jolly Moments Sound Music N/A
N/A
1942 The Hidden Hand Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1942 Busses Roar Sound Music 59
Average
1942 Escape from Crime Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1942 Spy Ship Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1942 Murder in the Big House Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1942 I Was Framed Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1941 Steel Against the Sky Sound Music 58
Average
1941 Law of the Tropics Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1941 Nine Lives Are Not Enough Sound Music 59
Average
1941 Highway West Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1941 The Nurse's Secret Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1941 A Shot in the Dark Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1940 Melody Ranch Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1940 Adventures of Red Ryder Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1940 A Fugitive from Justice Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1940 Murder in the Air Sound Music 58
Average
1940 Gangs of Chicago Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1940 The Courageous Dr. Christian Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1939 Dick Tracy's G-Men Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1939 In Old Monterey Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1939 New Frontier Sound Music Director 58
Average
1939 Wyoming Outlaw Sound Music 59
Average
1939 Daredevils of the Red Circle Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1939 Mountain Rhythm Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1939 Three Texas Steers Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1939 Blue Montana Skies Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1939 The Night Riders Sound Music 58
Average
1939 Mexicali Rose Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1939 The Lone Ranger Rides Again Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1938 Hawk of the Wilderness Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1938 Western Jamboree Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1938 Come On, Rangers Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1938 Santa Fe Stampede Sound Music 58
Average
1938 Billy The Kid Returns Sound Music 58
Average
1938 Tenth Avenue Kid Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1938 Come On, Leathernecks! Sound Music 58
Average
Corky and White Shadow Sound Theme Song Performance N/A
N/A

Crew
1951 Hollywood Story Crew Additional Music 59
Average
1945 To Have and Have Not Crew Additional Music 67
Fair
1944 Make Your Own Bed Crew Additional Music 59
Average