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William Lava

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William Lava

EN, ES, NL cinema · 257 credits

Born

18 March 1911

Died

20 February 1971 (aged 59)

Birthplace

St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

Also known as William B. Lava · Wm. Lava · Bill Lava

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

Filmography

Daffy Duck's Quackbusters poster

Daffy Duck's Quackbusters

EN · 19886.8

Music

The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie poster

The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie

EN · 19817.4

Music

The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie poster

The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie

EN · 19797.4

Music

How Bugs Bunny Won the West poster

How Bugs Bunny Won the West

EN · 19786.6

Music

Stub, the Best Cow Dog in the West poster

Stub, the Best Cow Dog in the West

EN · 1974Not rated

Music

O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra poster

O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra

EN · 19719.0

Original Music Composer

Dracula vs. Frankenstein poster

Dracula vs. Frankenstein

EN · 19714.5

Original Music Composer

Rabbit, Run poster

Rabbit, Run

EN · 19704.6

Original Music Composer

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys poster

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

EN · 19695.5

Original Music Composer, Songs

The Great Carrot-Train Robbery poster

The Great Carrot-Train Robbery

EN · 19695.0

Original Music Composer

Fistic Mystic poster

Fistic Mystic

EN · 19695.0

Original Music Composer

Bugged by a Bee poster

Bugged by a Bee

EN · 19695.6

Original Music Composer

Shamrock and Roll poster

Shamrock and Roll

EN · 19695.0

Original Music Composer

Rabbit Stew and Rabbits Too! poster

Rabbit Stew and Rabbits Too!

EN · 19696.7

Original Music Composer

Chubasco poster

Chubasco

EN · 19684.5

Original Music Composer

In Enemy Country poster

In Enemy Country

EN · 19688.2

Music

Norman Normal poster

Norman Normal

EN · 19686.0

Original Music Composer

Bunny and Claude: We Rob Carrot Patches poster

Bunny and Claude: We Rob Carrot Patches

EN · 19685.4

Original Music Composer

Chimp & Zee poster

Chimp & Zee

EN · 19685.0

Original Music Composer

3 Ring Wing-Ding poster

3 Ring Wing-Ding

EN · 19684.2

Original Music Composer

Big Game Haunt poster

Big Game Haunt

EN · 19685.2

Original Music Composer

Brimstone, the Amish Horse poster

Brimstone, the Amish Horse

EN · 1968Not rated

Music

Feud with a Dude poster

Feud with a Dude

EN · 19686.0

Original Music Composer

See Ya Later Gladiator poster

See Ya Later Gladiator

EN · 19685.6

Original Music Composer

Hippydrome Tiger poster

Hippydrome Tiger

EN · 19686.3

Original Music Composer

Flying Circus poster

Flying Circus

EN · 19685.0

Original Music Composer

Skyscraper Caper poster

Skyscraper Caper

EN · 19686.0

Original Music Composer

Congratulations It's Pink poster

Congratulations It's Pink

EN · 19676.1

Music

Fiesta Fiasco poster

Fiesta Fiasco

EN · 19675.4

Original Music Composer

Go Away Stowaway poster

Go Away Stowaway

EN · 19675.8

Original Music Composer

Cool Cat poster

Cool Cat

EN · 19675.7

Original Music Composer

Merlin the Magic Mouse poster

Merlin the Magic Mouse

EN · 19674.4

Original Music Composer

The Music Mice-Tro poster

The Music Mice-Tro

EN · 19675.6

Original Music Composer

The Spy Swatter poster

The Spy Swatter

EN · 19676.5

Original Music Composer

Speedy Ghost to Town poster

Speedy Ghost to Town

EN · 19675.5

Original Music Composer

Rodent to Stardom poster

Rodent to Stardom

EN · 19675.7

Original Music Composer

Vitamin Pink poster

Vitamin Pink

EN · 19667.2

Music

A-Haunting We Will Go poster

A-Haunting We Will Go

EN · 19665.6

Original Music Composer

Let's Kill Uncle poster

Let's Kill Uncle

EN · 19665.5

Music

Chamber of Horrors poster

Chamber of Horrors

EN · 19665.5

Original Music Composer

Pink Punch poster

Pink Punch

EN · 19666.7

Music

The Pink Blueprint poster

The Pink Blueprint

EN · 19667.6

Music

Pink Pistons poster

Pink Pistons

EN · 19667.3

Music

Smile Pretty, Say Pink poster

Smile Pretty, Say Pink

EN · 19667.4

Music

The Astroduck poster

The Astroduck

EN · 19666.2

Original Music Composer

Mexican Mousepiece poster

Mexican Mousepiece

EN · 19666.5

Original Music Composer

Snow Excuse poster

Snow Excuse

EN · 19665.2

Original Music Composer

The Solid Tin Coyote poster

The Solid Tin Coyote

EN · 19666.8

Original Music Composer

Out and Out Rout poster

Out and Out Rout

EN · 19666.5

Original Music Composer

Shot and Bothered poster

Shot and Bothered

EN · 19665.8

Original Music Composer

Clippety Clobbered poster

Clippety Clobbered

EN · 19666.3

Original Music Composer

Reaux, Reaux, Reaux Your Boat poster

Reaux, Reaux, Reaux Your Boat

EN · 19668.4

Music

Napoleon Blown-Aparte poster

Napoleon Blown-Aparte

EN · 19667.3

Music

The Wild Chase poster

The Wild Chase

EN · 19656.1

Original Music Composer

Pickled Pink poster

Pickled Pink

EN · 19657.0

Music

Tease for Two poster

Tease for Two

EN · 19656.0

Original Music Composer

Pinkfinger poster

Pinkfinger

EN · 19656.7

Original Music Composer

We Give Pink Stamps poster

We Give Pink Stamps

EN · 19657.0

Music

Dial 'P' for Pink poster

Dial 'P' for Pink

EN · 19657.5

Music

Sink Pink poster

Sink Pink

EN · 19657.2

Music

Shocking Pink poster

Shocking Pink

EN · 19656.5

Music

Pink Ice poster

Pink Ice

EN · 19656.6

Music

The Pink Tail Fly poster

The Pink Tail Fly

EN · 19657.2

Music

An Ounce of Pink poster

An Ounce of Pink

EN · 19656.7

Music

Pink Panzer poster

Pink Panzer

EN · 19657.0

Music

Bully for Pink poster

Bully for Pink

EN · 19657.1

Music

Reel Pink poster

Reel Pink

EN · 19657.0

Music

Corn on the Cop poster

Corn on the Cop

EN · 19655.9

Original Music Composer

Chaser on the Rocks poster

Chaser on the Rocks

EN · 19656.4

Original Music Composer

Suppressed Duck poster

Suppressed Duck

EN · 19656.0

Original Music Composer

Well Worn Daffy poster

Well Worn Daffy

EN · 19656.0

Original Music Composer

Chili Corn Corny poster

Chili Corn Corny

EN · 19656.6

Original Music Composer

Boulder Wham! poster

Boulder Wham!

EN · 19656.4

Original Music Composer

Highway Runnery poster

Highway Runnery

EN · 19655.8

Original Music Composer

Hairied and Hurried poster

Hairied and Hurried

EN · 19656.1

Original Music Composer

Just Plane Beep poster

Just Plane Beep

EN · 19656.7

Original Music Composer

Moby Duck poster

Moby Duck

EN · 19655.5

Original Music Composer

Rushing Roulette poster

Rushing Roulette

EN · 19658.4

Original Music Composer

Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner poster

Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner

EN · 19657.3

Original Music Composer

Tired and Feathered poster

Tired and Feathered

EN · 19656.4

Original Music Composer

Go Go Amigo poster

Go Go Amigo

EN · 19657.0

Original Music Composer

Cats and Bruises poster

Cats and Bruises

EN · 19655.7

Original Music Composer

It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House poster

It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House

EN · 19655.6

Original Music Composer

The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation poster

The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation

EN · 19657.0

Music

Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare poster

Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare

EN · 19646.4

Original Music Composer

Dumb Patrol poster

Dumb Patrol

EN · 19645.7

Music

False Hare poster

False Hare

EN · 19646.0

Music

The Pink Phink poster

The Pink Phink

EN · 19647.3

Original Music Composer

Pancho's Hideaway poster

Pancho's Hideaway

EN · 19646.4

Original Music Composer

Señorella and the Glass Huarache poster

Señorella and the Glass Huarache

EN · 19645.9

Original Music Composer

Nuts and Volts poster

Nuts and Volts

EN · 19646.0

Original Music Composer

Bartholomew Versus the Wheel poster

Bartholomew Versus the Wheel

EN · 19645.0

Original Music Composer

A Message to Gracias poster

A Message to Gracias

EN · 19646.1

Original Music Composer

The Iceman Ducketh poster

The Iceman Ducketh

EN · 19646.1

Original Music Composer

Pink Pajamas poster

Pink Pajamas

EN · 19647.5

Music

War and Pieces poster

War and Pieces

EN · 19647.1

Music

Road to Andalay poster

Road to Andalay

EN · 19646.7

Original Music Composer

To Beep or Not to Beep poster

To Beep or Not to Beep

EN · 19637.1

Original Music Composer

Mad as a Mars Hare poster

Mad as a Mars Hare

EN · 19636.6

Original Music Composer

Transylvania 6-5000 poster

Transylvania 6-5000

EN · 19637.2

Original Music Composer

Wall of Noise poster

Wall of Noise

EN · 19634.1

Original Music Composer

Chili Weather poster

Chili Weather

EN · 19636.0

Original Music Composer

The Million Hare poster

The Million Hare

EN · 19636.3

Original Music Composer

Now Hear This poster

Now Hear This

EN · 19636.6

Original Music Composer

Fast Buck Duck poster

Fast Buck Duck

EN · 19636.5

Original Music Composer

PT 109 poster

PT 109

EN · 19636.1

Original Music Composer

Hare-Breadth Hurry poster

Hare-Breadth Hurry

EN · 19635.8

Music

Devil's Feud Cake poster

Devil's Feud Cake

EN · 19635.8

Original Music Composer

Banty Raids poster

Banty Raids

EN · 19636.3

Music

The Unmentionables poster

The Unmentionables

EN · 19636.3

Music

Aqua Duck poster

Aqua Duck

EN · 19636.1

Music

Greta, the Misfit Greyhound poster

Greta, the Misfit Greyhound

EN · 1963Not rated

Music

Martian Through Georgia poster

Martian Through Georgia

EN · 19625.8

Original Music Composer

Sancho, the Homing Steer poster

Sancho, the Homing Steer

EN · 1962Not rated

Songs

Hell Bent for Leather poster

Hell Bent for Leather

EN · 19606.3

Original Music Composer

Seven Ways from Sundown poster

Seven Ways from Sundown

EN · 19605.9

Music

Moochie of Pop Warner Football poster

Moochie of Pop Warner Football

ES · 19607.0

Music

Zorro, the Avenger poster

Zorro, the Avenger

EN · 19598.6

Original Music Composer

Flood Tide poster

Flood Tide

EN · 19589.0

Music

Step Down to Terror poster

Step Down to Terror

EN · 19585.8

Music

Rusty and the Falcon poster

Rusty and the Falcon

EN · 1958Not rated

Music, Songs

The Horse of the West poster

The Horse of the West

EN · 1957Not rated

Music

The Deadly Mantis poster

The Deadly Mantis

EN · 19575.0

Original Music Composer

The Best Doggoned Dog in the World poster

The Best Doggoned Dog in the World

EN · 19577.0

Music

The Wetback Hound poster

The Wetback Hound

EN · 19576.9

Music

Alaska Lifeboat poster

Alaska Lifeboat

EN · 19566.0

Music

Pillars of the Sky poster

Pillars of the Sky

EN · 19565.5

Original Music Composer

So Your Wife Wants to Work

1956

So Your Wife Wants to Work

EN · 19567.2

Music

The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure poster

The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure

EN · 19568.0

Music

So You Want to Be Pretty poster

So You Want to Be Pretty

EN · 19564.0

Music

Revenge of the Creature poster

Revenge of the Creature

EN · 19555.6

Original Music Composer

Cult of the Cobra poster

Cult of the Cobra

EN · 19556.0

Original Music Composer

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops poster

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

EN · 19556.2

Music, Original Music Composer

So You Want a Model Railroad

1955

So You Want a Model Railroad

EN · 19557.0

Music

24 Hour Alert poster

24 Hour Alert

EN · 19557.7

Music

The Littlest Outlaw poster

The Littlest Outlaw

EN · 19555.7

Music

Tennessee's Partner poster

Tennessee's Partner

EN · 19556.5

Original Music Composer

Stormy, the Thoroughbred poster

Stormy, the Thoroughbred

EN · 19548.5

Original Music Composer

So You Want to Know Your Relatives

1954

So You Want to Know Your Relatives

EN · 195410.0

Original Music Composer

Beauty and the Bull poster

Beauty and the Bull

EN · 19545.3

Original Music Composer

Phantom from Space poster

Phantom from Space

EN · 19534.5

Original Music Composer

So You Think You Can't Sleep

1953

So You Think You Can't Sleep

EN · 19536.5

Music

So You Want to Be a Musician

1953

So You Want to Be a Musician

EN · 19539.0

Music

So You Want to Learn to Dance

1953

So You Want to Learn to Dance

EN · 195310.0

Music

The Black Castle poster

The Black Castle

EN · 19526.4

Music

Continental Holiday poster

Continental Holiday

EN · 1952Not rated

Music

Retreat, Hell! poster

Retreat, Hell!

EN · 19526.5

Original Music Composer

So You Want to Enjoy Life

1952

So You Want to Enjoy Life

EN · 19526.3

Music

So You Want to Wear the Pants

1952

So You Want to Wear the Pants

EN · 19526.3

Music

So You Never Tell a Lie poster

So You Never Tell a Lie

EN · 19526.7

Music

So You Want to Go to a Convention

1952

So You Want to Go to a Convention

EN · 19529.0

Music

The Strange Door poster

The Strange Door

EN · 19516.2

Music

The Tanks Are Coming poster

The Tanks Are Coming

EN · 19518.2

Music

Five poster

Five

EN · 19516.6

Music

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man poster

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

EN · 19516.3

Music

Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison poster

Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison

EN · 19516.6

Original Music Composer

So You Want to Be a Plumber

1951

So You Want to Be a Plumber

EN · 19515.7

Music

Hollywood Story poster

Hollywood Story

EN · 19516.7

Additional Music

So You Want to Be a Cowboy

1951

So You Want to Be a Cowboy

EN · 19519.0

Sound

So You Want to Be a Paper Hanger

1951

So You Want to Be a Paper Hanger

EN · 19517.0

Music

Highway 301 poster

Highway 301

EN · 19506.4

Original Music Composer

This Side of the Law poster

This Side of the Law

EN · 19504.8

Original Music Composer

So You Think You're Not Guilty poster

So You Think You're Not Guilty

EN · 19506.1

Original Music Composer

Colt .45 poster

Colt .45

EN · 19506.6

Music

Barricade poster

Barricade

EN · 19506.4

Original Music Composer

So You Want a Raise

1950

So You Want a Raise

EN · 19507.0

Music

So You Want to Move

1950

So You Want to Move

EN · 19508.0

Music

So You Want to Hold Your Husband

1950

So You Want to Hold Your Husband

EN · 19509.0

Music

My Country 'Tis of Thee poster

My Country 'Tis of Thee

EN · 19505.3

Music

The Grass Is Always Greener poster

The Grass Is Always Greener

EN · 19505.3

Music

Grandad of Races poster

Grandad of Races

EN · 19505.7

Music

The House Across the Street poster

The House Across the Street

EN · 19494.8

Original Music Composer

Flaxy Martin poster

Flaxy Martin

EN · 19495.7

Original Music Composer

Homicide poster

Homicide

EN · 19495.7

Original Music Composer

The Columbia: America's Greatest Power Stream poster

The Columbia: America's Greatest Power Stream

EN · 1949Not rated

Music

The Adventure of the Speckled Band poster

The Adventure of the Speckled Band

EN · 1949Not rated

Music

Mrs. Mike poster

Mrs. Mike

EN · 19496.0

Music

Heart to Heart poster

Heart to Heart

EN · 19495.9

Music

So You Want to Be a Muscle Man

1949

So You Want to Be a Muscle Man

EN · 19498.0

Music

So You Want to Be an Actor

1949

So You Want to Be an Actor

EN · 194910.0

Music

So You Want to Be a Detective poster

So You Want to Be a Detective

EN · 19486.8

Original Music Composer

Embraceable You poster

Embraceable You

EN · 19486.0

Music

Calgary Stampede poster

Calgary Stampede

EN · 19485.9

Music

Moonrise poster

Moonrise

EN · 19486.4

Original Music Composer

The Big Punch poster

The Big Punch

EN · 19486.2

Original Music Composer

Madonna of the Desert poster

Madonna of the Desert

EN · 19488.0

Music

So You Want to Build a House

1948

So You Want to Build a House

EN · 19486.0

Music

So You Want an Apartment

1948

So You Want an Apartment

EN · 19485.9

Music

So You Want to Be a Gambler poster

So You Want to Be a Gambler

EN · 19485.6

Music

Give Us the Earth!

1947

Give Us the Earth!

EN · 19476.0

Music

So You're Going on a Vacation

1947

So You're Going on a Vacation

EN · 19477.2

Music

So You Want to Hold Your Wife

1947

So You Want to Hold Your Wife

EN · 19476.4

Music

So You're Going to Be a Father poster

So You're Going to Be a Father

EN · 19475.8

Music

So You Want to Be a Salesman

1947

So You Want to Be a Salesman

EN · 19476.2

Music

So You Want to Be in Pictures

1947

So You Want to Be in Pictures

EN · 19476.6

Music

She-Wolf of London poster

She-Wolf of London

EN · 19465.6

Original Music Composer, Music Director

The Cat Creeps poster

The Cat Creeps

EN · 19465.0

Music

Smart as a Fox poster

Smart as a Fox

EN · 19466.0

Music

A Boy and His Dog poster

A Boy and His Dog

EN · 19465.9

Music

Secret Agent X-9 poster

Secret Agent X-9

EN · 19456.2

Original Music Composer

To Have and Have Not poster

To Have and Have Not

EN · 19457.4

Additional Music

So You Think You're Allergic

1945

So You Think You're Allergic

EN · 19456.3

Music

The Jungle Captive poster

The Jungle Captive

EN · 19455.6

Music

House of Dracula poster

House of Dracula

EN · 19455.5

Original Music Composer

Star in the Night poster

Star in the Night

EN · 19457.5

Music

Story of a Dog poster

Story of a Dog

EN · 19456.2

Music

Hitler Lives poster

Hitler Lives

EN · 19455.3

Music

Proudly We Serve poster

Proudly We Serve

EN · 194410.0

Music

Once Over Lightly

1944

Once Over Lightly

EN · 1944Not rated

Original Music Composer

The Invisible Man's Revenge poster

The Invisible Man's Revenge

EN · 19445.6

Original Music Composer

Crime by Night poster

Crime by Night

EN · 19446.4

Original Music Composer

I Am an American

1944

I Am an American

EN · 19446.4

Music

The Mummy's Curse poster

The Mummy's Curse

EN · 19445.5

Original Music Composer

I Won't Play poster

I Won't Play

EN · 19446.4

Music

Make Your Own Bed poster

Make Your Own Bed

EN · 19446.0

Additional Music

Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer poster

Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer

EN · 19437.0

Original Music Composer

Women at War poster

Women at War

EN · 19436.8

Original Music Composer

Food and Magic poster

Food and Magic

EN · 19435.8

Music

Happy Times and Jolly Moments poster

Happy Times and Jolly Moments

EN · 19437.5

Music

The Mysterious Doctor poster

The Mysterious Doctor

EN · 19435.9

Original Music Composer

Escape from Crime poster

Escape from Crime

EN · 19425.5

Original Music Composer

Busses Roar poster

Busses Roar

EN · 19426.6

Music

Spy Ship poster

Spy Ship

EN · 19427.0

Original Music Composer

I Was Framed poster

I Was Framed

EN · 19425.0

Original Music Composer

Murder in the Big House poster

Murder in the Big House

EN · 19426.8

Original Music Composer

The Hidden Hand poster

The Hidden Hand

EN · 19426.7

Original Music Composer

Highway West poster

Highway West

EN · 19416.6

Original Music Composer

Law of the Tropics poster

Law of the Tropics

EN · 19417.0

Original Music Composer

A Shot in the Dark poster

A Shot in the Dark

EN · 19415.7

Original Music Composer

Nine Lives Are Not Enough poster

Nine Lives Are Not Enough

EN · 19415.4

Music

Steel Against the Sky poster

Steel Against the Sky

EN · 19415.4

Music

The Nurse's Secret poster

The Nurse's Secret

EN · 19415.6

Original Music Composer

Gangs of Chicago poster

Gangs of Chicago

EN · 19405.8

Original Music Composer

Adventures of Red Ryder poster

Adventures of Red Ryder

EN · 19406.7

Original Music Composer

Murder in the Air poster

Murder in the Air

EN · 19405.1

Music

The Courageous Dr. Christian poster

The Courageous Dr. Christian

EN · 19406.2

Original Music Composer

A Fugitive from Justice poster

A Fugitive from Justice

EN · 19405.7

Original Music Composer

Melody Ranch poster

Melody Ranch

EN · 19406.2

Original Music Composer

Mountain Rhythm poster

Mountain Rhythm

EN · 19396.0

Original Music Composer

Blue Montana Skies poster

Blue Montana Skies

EN · 19394.5

Original Music Composer

Mexicali Rose poster

Mexicali Rose

EN · 19397.0

Original Music Composer

The Night Riders poster

The Night Riders

EN · 19395.8

Music

New Frontier poster

New Frontier

EN · 19395.7

Music Director

Three Texas Steers poster

Three Texas Steers

EN · 19395.0

Original Music Composer

The Lone Ranger Rides Again poster

The Lone Ranger Rides Again

EN · 19397.3

Original Music Composer

Dick Tracy's G-Men poster

Dick Tracy's G-Men

EN · 19395.2

Original Music Composer

In Old Monterey poster

In Old Monterey

EN · 19396.2

Original Music Composer

Daredevils of the Red Circle poster

Daredevils of the Red Circle

EN · 19394.8

Original Music Composer

Wyoming Outlaw poster

Wyoming Outlaw

EN · 19395.8

Music

Come On, Rangers poster

Come On, Rangers

NL · 19388.0

Original Music Composer

Billy The Kid Returns poster

Billy The Kid Returns

EN · 19384.9

Music

Santa Fe Stampede poster

Santa Fe Stampede

EN · 19385.6

Music

Come On, Leathernecks! poster

Come On, Leathernecks!

EN · 19387.5

Music

Western Jamboree poster

Western Jamboree

EN · 19387.0

Original Music Composer

Hawk of the Wilderness poster

Hawk of the Wilderness

EN · 19387.0

Original Music Composer

Tenth Avenue Kid poster

Tenth Avenue Kid

EN · 19387.5

Original Music Composer

Red River Range poster

Red River Range

EN · 19385.2

Music