Biography
Maury Laws (December 6, 1923 – March 28, 2019) was an American television and film composer from Burlington, North Carolina. In his teens, Laws performed in local country, jazz and dance bands as a singer and guitarist in his home state of North Carolina. His career was put on hold during World War II, in which he served in the Army.
In 1964, he was hired as music director for the television production company Videocraft International (now known as Rankin/Bass), a post which he held for roughly 20 years. In this capacity, he conducted and scored music for a number of animated features, including The Hobbit, Jack Frost, The Flight of Dragons, The Daydreamer, The Wacky World of Mother Goose, Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town, and Frosty the Snowman. His most widely known work may be an adaptation of Johnny Marks' score for the well-known Christmas special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, first aired in 1964. Laws also did composing work on a 1967 Rankin/Bass theatrical feature, the Halloween-themed Mad Monster Party?.
Maury Laws died in Appleton, Wisconsin on March 28, 2019.
Filmography
all 38
Movies 37
Director 2
TV Shows 1
The Year Without a Santa Claus (2006)
The Wind in the Willows (1983)
The Popes and Their Art (1983)
The Flight of Dragons (1982)
The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold (1981)
The Bushido Blade (1981)
Pinocchio's Christmas (1980)
The Return of the King (1980)
The Ivory Ape (1980)
Jack Frost (1979)
The Bermuda Depths (1978)
Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (1977)
The Hobbit (1977)
The Last Dinosaur (1977)
The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town (1977)
The Little Drummer Boy Book II (1976)
Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1976)
Frosty's Winter Wonderland (1976)
The First Easter Rabbit (1976)
The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow (1975)
The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974)
Marco (1973)
That Girl in Wonderland (1973)
Jack O'Lantern (1972)
Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid (1972)
The Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters (1972)
The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes (1972)
Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971)
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970)
Tomfoolery (1970)
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians (1970)
Frosty the Snowman (1969)
The Little Drummer Boy (1968)
The Mouse on the Mayflower (1968)
Cricket on the Hearth (1967)
Mad Monster Party? (1967)
The Daydreamer (1966)
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GenderMale
Birthday1923-12-06
Deathday2019-03-28 (95 years old)
Birth PlaceBurlington, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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