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.
Filmography
all 333
Movies 330
TV Shows 3
Director 2
Original Music Composer

Rabbit, Run (1970)
Movie
Composer

Injun Trouble (1969)
Movie
Composer

Bugged by a Bee (1969)
Movie
Composer

Shamrock and Roll (1969)
Movie
Composer

Fistic Mystic (1969)
Movie
Composer

Chimp & Zee (1968)
Movie
Composer

Flying Circus (1968)
Movie
Composer

3 Ring Wing-Ding (1968)
Movie
Composer

In Enemy Country (1968)
Movie
Composer

Assignment to Kill (1968)
Movie
Composer

Chubasco (1968)
Movie
Composer

Hippydrome Tiger (1968)
Movie
Composer

Skyscraper Caper (1968)
Movie
Composer

Big Game Haunt (1968)
Movie
Composer

Norman Normal (1968)
Movie
Composer

Feud with a Dude (1968)
Movie
Composer

Hocus Pocus Powwow (1968)
Movie
Composer

Fiesta Fiasco (1967)
Movie
Composer

Cool Cat (1967)
Movie
Composer

Go Away Stowaway (1967)
Movie
Composer

Rodent to Stardom (1967)
Movie
Composer

Speedy Ghost to Town (1967)
Movie
Composer

The Spy Swatter (1967)
Movie
Composer

The Music Mice-Tro (1967)
Movie
Composer

Chamber of Horrors (1966)
Movie
Composer

The Pink Blueprint (1966)
Movie
Composer

Snow Excuse (1966)
Movie
Composer

Vitamin Pink (1966)
Movie
Composer

Plastered in Paris (1966)
Movie
Composer

Pink Pistons (1966)
Movie
Composer

Clippety Clobbered (1966)
Movie
Composer

Mexican Mousepiece (1966)
Movie
Composer

Pink Punch (1966)
Movie
Composer

The Solid Tin Coyote (1966)
Movie
Composer

Out and Out Rout (1966)
Movie
Composer

Shot and Bothered (1966)
Movie
Composer

The Astroduck (1966)
Movie
Composer

Chaser on the Rocks (1965)
Movie
Composer

Bully for Pink (1965)
Movie
Composer

Highway Runnery (1965)
Movie
Composer

Go Go Amigo (1965)
Movie
Composer

Reel Pink (1965)
Movie
Composer

Hairied and Hurried (1965)
Movie
Composer

Just Plane Beep (1965)
Movie
Composer

Chili Corn Corny (1965)
Movie
Composer

An Ounce of Pink (1965)
Movie
Composer

Boulder Wham! (1965)
Movie
Composer

Tired and Feathered (1965)
Movie
Composer

Pink Panzer (1965)
Movie
Composer

Tease for Two (1965)
Movie
Composer

The Pink Tail Fly (1965)
Movie
Composer

Rushing Roulette (1965)
Movie
6
Composer

Corn on the Cop (1965)
Movie
Composer

Suppressed Duck (1965)
Movie
Composer

Pink Ice (1965)
Movie
7
Composer

Well Worn Daffy (1965)
Movie
Composer

Shocking Pink (1965)
Movie
Composer

Pinkfinger (1965)
Movie
8
Composer

Pickled Pink (1965)
Movie
Composer

Assault and Peppered (1965)
Movie
Composer

Sink Pink (1965)
Movie
Composer

Moby Duck (1965)
Movie
Composer

Dial 'P' for Pink (1965)
Movie
Composer

The Wild Chase (1965)
Movie
6
Composer

We Give Pink Stamps (1965)
Movie
6
Composer

Cats and Bruises (1965)
Movie
Composer

Pink Pajamas (1964)
Movie
Composer

Road to Andalay (1964)
Movie
Composer

The Pink Phink (1964)
Movie
Composer

Pancho's Hideaway (1964)
Movie
1
Composer

False Hare (1964)
Movie
Composer

Hawaiian Aye Aye (1964)
Movie
Composer

War and Pieces (1964)
Movie
Composer

The Iceman Ducketh (1964)
Movie
Composer

Nuts and Volts (1964)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare (1964)
Movie
6
Composer

Freudy Cat (1964)
Movie
Composer

A Message to Gracias (1964)
Movie
Composer

Dumb Patrol (1964)
Movie
Composer

Transylvania 6-5000 (1963)
Movie
Composer

Claws in the Lease (1963)
Movie
Composer

Mad as a Mars Hare (1963)
Movie
Composer

Aqua Duck (1963)
Movie
Composer

The Unmentionables (1963)
Movie
Composer

Wall of Noise (1963)
Movie
Composer

Chili Weather (1963)
Movie
Composer

Banty Raids (1963)
Movie
Composer

PT 109 (1963)
Movie
Composer

Hare-Breadth Hurry (1963)
Movie
6
Composer

Woolen Under Where (1963)
Movie
Composer

Now Hear This (1963)
Movie
Composer

Mexican Cat Dance (1963)
Movie
Composer

The Million Hare (1963)
Movie
Composer

Fast Buck Duck (1963)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Devil's Feud Cake (1963)
Movie
Composer

Shishkabugs (1962)
Movie
Composer

Good Noose (1962)
Movie
Composer

Red Nightmare (1962)
Movie
Composer

Zorro, the Avenger (1959)
Movie
Composer

The Sign of Zorro (1958)
Movie
Music / Songs

Rusty and the Falcon (1958)
Movie
Composer

Flood Tide (1958)
Movie
Composer

The Wetback Hound (1957)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Deadly Mantis (1957)
Movie
Composer

Alaska Lifeboat (1956)
Movie
Composer

Cow Dog (1956)
Movie
Theme Song Performance

Adventure in Dairyland (1956)
TV
Original Music Composer

Pillars of the Sky (1956)
Movie
Composer

24 Hour Alert (1955)
Movie
Composer

The Littlest Outlaw (1955)
Movie
4
Original Music Composer

Revenge of the Creature (1955)
Movie
5.21
Original Music Composer

Cult of the Cobra (1955)
Movie
9
Music / Original Music Composer

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
Movie
6
Composer

Beauty and the Bull (1954)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Saskatchewan (1954)
Movie
6
Composer

Winter Paradise (1953)
Movie
Composer

So You Love Your Dog (1953)
Movie
Composer

Phantom from Space (1953)
Movie
Composer

Thar She Blows! (1952)
Movie
Composer

Cattle Town (1952)
Movie
Composer

The Dog Snatcher (1952)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Retreat, Hell! (1952)
Movie
Composer

The Seeing Eye (1951)
Movie
Composer

The Tanks Are Coming (1951)
Movie
Composer

Fuddy Duddy Buddy (1951)
Movie
Music

Five (1951)
Movie
Composer

Man on the Land (1951)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Highway 301 (1950)
Movie
Composer

Breakthrough (1950)
Movie
Composer

So You Want a Raise (1950)
Movie
Composer

Grandad of Races (1950)
Movie
Composer

So You Want to Move (1950)
Movie
Original Music Composer

This Side of the Law (1950)
Movie
Composer

Riviera Days (1950)
Movie
Music

Colt .45 (1950)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Barricade (1950)
Movie
Composer

The Younger Brothers (1949)
Movie
Composer

Heart to Heart (1949)
Movie
Composer

Homicide (1949)
Movie
Composer

Flaxy Martin (1949)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Moonrise (1948)
Movie
Composer

Embraceable You (1948)
Movie
Composer

The Big Punch (1948)
Movie
Composer

Calgary Stampede (1948)
Movie
Composer

Going to Blazes! (1948)
Movie
Composer

Give Us the Earth! (1947)
Movie
Composer

A Boy and His Dog (1946)
Movie
Original Music Composer / Music Director

She-Wolf of London (1946)
Movie
5.5
Composer

Smart as a Fox (1946)
Movie
Composer

Hitler Lives (1945)
Movie
Original Music Composer

House of Dracula (1945)
Movie
5.64
Composer

Star in the Night (1945)
Movie
Composer

Shady Lady (1945)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Secret Agent X-9 (1945)
Movie
Additional Music

To Have and Have Not (1945)
Movie
2.67
Original Music Composer

The Mummy's Curse (1944)
Movie
5.36
Original Music Composer

Once Over Lightly (1944)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Crime by Night (1944)
Movie
Additional Music

Make Your Own Bed (1944)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)
Movie
5.15
Composer

It's Your War Too (1944)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Women at War (1943)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Mysterious Doctor (1943)
Movie
6
Original Music Composer

Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer (1943)
Movie
2.5
Original Music Composer

The Hidden Hand (1942)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Escape from Crime (1942)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Spy Ship (1942)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Murder in the Big House (1942)
Movie
Original Music Composer

I Was Framed (1942)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Law of the Tropics (1941)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Highway West (1941)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Nurse's Secret (1941)
Movie
Original Music Composer

A Shot in the Dark (1941)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Melody Ranch (1940)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Adventures of Red Ryder (1940)
Movie
Original Music Composer

A Fugitive from Justice (1940)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Gangs of Chicago (1940)
Movie
Composer

Cowboys from Texas (1939)
Movie
Composer

The Kansas Terrors (1939)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939)
Movie
Original Music Composer

In Old Monterey (1939)
Movie
Music Director

New Frontier (1939)
Movie
3.67
Composer

Wyoming Outlaw (1939)
Movie
4
Original Music Composer

Mountain Rhythm (1939)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Three Texas Steers (1939)
Movie
3.5
Original Music Composer

Blue Montana Skies (1939)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Mexicali Rose (1939)
Movie
Original Music Composer

The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939)
Movie
Composer

Red River Range (1938)
Movie
4
Original Music Composer

Western Jamboree (1938)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Come On, Rangers (1938)
Movie
Original Music Composer

Tenth Avenue Kid (1938)
Movie
Theme Song Performance

Corky and White Shadow
TV
Information
Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1911-03-18
Deathday1971-02-20 (59 years old)
Birth PlaceSaint Paul, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsWilliam B. Lava, Wm. Lava, Bill Lava
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