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 322
Movies 319
TV Shows 3
Director 1
Music
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)
Movie
Music
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981)
Movie
5
Music
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979)
Movie
5
Music
How Bugs Bunny Won the West (1978)
Movie
Composer
Bugs Bunny's Easter Funnies (1977)
Movie
Composer
Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971)
Movie
Composer
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra (1971)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Rabbit, Run (1970)
Movie
Composer
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)
Movie
Composer
Injun Trouble (1969)
Movie
Composer
Bugged by a Bee (1969)
Movie
Composer
Shamrock and Roll (1969)
Movie
Composer
Rabbit Stew and Rabbits Too! (1969)
Movie
Composer
Fistic Mystic (1969)
Movie
Composer
The Great Carrot-Train Robbery (1969)
Movie
Composer
Bunny and Claude: We Rob Carrot Patches (1968)
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
See Ya Later Gladiator (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
Merlin the Magic Mouse (1967)
Movie
Music
Congratulations It's Pink (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
Music
Let's Kill Uncle (1966)
Movie
Composer
Chamber of Horrors (1966)
Movie
Composer
Cock-A-Doodle Deux Deux (1966)
Movie
Composer
Smile Pretty Say Pink (1966)
Movie
Composer
The Pink Blueprint (1966)
Movie
Composer
Snow Excuse (1966)
Movie
Composer
A-Haunting We Will Go (1966)
Movie
Composer
Vitamin Pink (1966)
Movie
Composer
Plastered in Paris (1966)
Movie
Composer
Pink Pistons (1966)
Movie
Composer
Clippety Clobbered (1966)
Movie
Composer
Cirrhosis of the Louvre (1966)
Movie
Composer
Mexican Mousepiece (1966)
Movie
Composer
Pink Punch (1966)
Movie
Composer
The Solid Tin Coyote (1966)
Movie
Composer
Napoleon Blown-Aparte (1966)
Movie
Composer
Reaux, Reaux, Reaux Your Boat (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
The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation (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
Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner (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
Music
Dial 'P' for Pink (1965)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Wild Chase (1965)
Movie
6
Music
We Give Pink Stamps (1965)
Movie
6
Composer
Cats and Bruises (1965)
Movie
Composer
It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House (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
Señorella and the Glass Huarache (1964)
Movie
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
Composer
Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare (1964)
Movie
6
Composer
Freudy Cat (1964)
Movie
Composer
Bartholomew Versus the Wheel (1964)
Movie
Composer
A Message to Gracias (1964)
Movie
Composer
Dumb Patrol (1964)
Movie
Composer
The Tattooed Police Horse (1964)
Movie
Original Music Composer
To Beep or Not to Beep (1963)
Movie
6
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
Original Music 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
Composer
Devil's Feud Cake (1963)
Movie
Composer
I Was a Teenage Thumb (1963)
Movie
Composer
Martian Through Georgia (1962)
Movie
5.69
Composer
Shishkabugs (1962)
Movie
Composer
Good Noose (1962)
Movie
Composer
Red Nightmare (1962)
Movie
Composer
The Horse with the Flying Tail (1960)
Movie
Composer
Seven Ways from Sundown (1960)
Movie
Composer
The Hound That Thought He Was a Raccoon (1960)
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Composer
Hell Bent for Leather (1960)
Movie
Music
The Twilight Zone (1959)
TV
8
Composer
Moochie of the Little League (1959)
Movie
Composer
Zorro, the Avenger (1959)
Movie
Music
Step Down to Terror (1958)
Movie
Composer
Flood Tide (1958)
Movie
Composer
The Horse of the West (1957)
Movie
Composer
The Best Doggoned Dog in the World (1957)
Movie
Composer
The Wetback Hound (1957)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Deadly Mantis (1957)
Movie
Music
The Girl in the Kremlin (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
So Your Wife Wants to Work (1956)
Movie
Composer
So You Want to Play the Piano (1956)
Movie
Composer
So You Want to Be Pretty (1956)
Movie
Composer
So You Think the Grass is Greener (1956)
Movie
Composer
The Littlest Outlaw (1955)
Movie
4
Composer
24 Hour Alert (1955)
Movie
Composer
So You Want to Be a Policeman (1955)
Movie
Composer
So You Want to Be a V.P. (1955)
Movie
Composer
So You Want a Model Railroad (1955)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Revenge of the Creature (1955)
Movie
5.21
Composer
So You Want to Be on a Jury (1955)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Cult of the Cobra (1955)
Movie
9
Composer
So You Want to Be a Gladiator (1955)
Movie
Music
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
Movie
6
Composer
So You Don't Trust Your Wife (1955)
Movie
Composer
Beauty and the Bull (1954)
Movie
Composer
So You Want to Know Your Relatives (1954)
Movie
Composer
So You're Taking in a Roomer (1954)
Movie
Composer
So You Want to Be a Banker (1954)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Saskatchewan (1954)
Movie
6
Composer
So You Want to Be Your Own Boss (1954)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Stormy, the Thoroughbred (1954)
Movie
Composer
So You're Having Neighbor Trouble (1954)
Movie
Composer
So You Want to Be an Heir (1953)
Movie
Composer
Winter Paradise (1953)
Movie
Composer
So You Think You Can't Sleep (1953)
Movie
Composer
So You Love Your Dog (1953)
Movie
Composer
So You Want a Television Set (1953)
Movie
Composer
Phantom from Space (1953)
Movie
Composer
So You Want to Learn to Dance (1953)
Movie
Composer
So You Want to Be a Musician (1953)
Movie
Composer
Thar She Blows! (1952)
Movie
Music
The Black Castle (1952)
Movie
3.5
Composer
So You Want to Wear the Pants (1952)
Movie
Composer
So You're Going to the Dentist (1952)
Movie
Composer
Cattle Town (1952)
Movie
Composer
So You Never Tell a Lie (1952)
Movie
Composer
So You Want to Go to a Convention (1952)
Movie
Composer
The Dog Snatcher (1952)
Movie
Composer
So You Want to Enjoy Life (1952)
Movie
Composer
Retreat, Hell! (1952)
Movie
Composer
So You Want to Get It Wholesale (1952)
Movie
Music
Continental Holiday (1952)
Movie
Composer
The Seeing Eye (1951)
Movie
Composer
So You Want to Be a Plumber (1951)
Movie
Composer
The Tanks Are Coming (1951)
Movie
Composer
Fuddy Duddy Buddy (1951)
Movie
Composer
So You Want to Be a Bachelor (1951)
Movie
Composer
So You Want to Buy a Used Car (1951)
Movie
Music
The Strange Door (1951)
Movie
4
Composer
So You Want to Be a Paper Hanger (1951)
Movie
Composer
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951)
Movie
Composer
I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951)
Movie
Music
Five (1951)
Movie
Composer
So You Want to Be a Cowboy (1951)
Movie
Music
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
Movie
4
Composer
So You Want to Be a Handyman (1951)
Movie
Composer
Man on the Land (1951)
Movie
Composer
So You're Going to Have an Operation (1950)
Movie
Composer
My Country 'Tis of Thee (1950)
Movie
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
Composer
The Great Jewel Robber (1950)
Movie
Composer
So You Want to Hold Your Husband (1950)
Movie
Composer
Fifty Years Before Your Eyes (1950)
Movie
Composer
This Side of the Law (1950)
Movie
Composer
Riviera Days (1950)
Movie
Composer
Colt .45 (1950)
Movie
Composer
So You Think You're Not Guilty (1950)
Movie
Composer
Barricade (1950)
Movie
Composer
So You Want to Throw a Party (1950)
Movie
Composer
The Grass Is Always Greener (1950)
Movie
Music
Mrs. Mike (1949)
Movie
Composer
So You Want to Be an Actor (1949)
Movie
Composer
So You Want to Get Rich Quick (1949)
Movie
Composer
The House Across the Street (1949)
Movie
Composer
So You Want to Be a Muscle Man (1949)
Movie
Composer
The Younger Brothers (1949)
Movie
Composer
Heart to Heart (1949)
Movie
Composer
Homicide (1949)
Movie
Music
The Adventure of the Speckled Band (1949)
Movie
Composer
So You Want to Be Popular (1949)
Movie
Composer
Flaxy Martin (1949)
Movie
Composer
So You Want to Be a Baby Sitter (1949)
Movie
Music
The Columbia: America's Greatest Power Stream (1949)
Movie
Composer
Moonrise (1948)
Movie
Composer
Embraceable You (1948)
Movie
Composer
So You Want to Be a Detective (1948)
Movie
Composer
The Big Punch (1948)
Movie
Composer
Calgary Stampede (1948)
Movie
Composer
So You Want to Build a House (1948)
Movie
Composer
Going to Blazes! (1948)
Movie
Music
Madonna of the Desert (1948)
Movie
Composer
So You Want to Be a Gambler (1948)
Movie
Composer
So You Want an Apartment (1948)
Movie
Composer
So You Want to Hold Your Wife (1947)
Movie
Composer
Power Behind the Nation (1947)
Movie
Composer
So You Want to Be a Salesman (1947)
Movie
Composer
So You're Going on a Vacation (1947)
Movie
Composer
Give Us the Earth! (1947)
Movie
Music
So You Want to Be in Pictures (1947)
Movie
Composer
So You're Going to Be a Father (1947)
Movie
Composer
So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck (1946)
Movie
Composer
A Boy and His Dog (1946)
Movie
Composer
So You Want to Keep Your Hair (1946)
Movie
Composer
Traffic with the Devil (1946)
Movie
Original Music Composer / Music Director
She-Wolf of London (1946)
Movie
5.5
Music
The Cat Creeps (1946)
Movie
Composer
Smart as a Fox (1946)
Movie
Composer
Hitler Lives (1945)
Movie
Original Music Composer
House of Dracula (1945)
Movie
5.64
Composer
So You Think You're Allergic (1945)
Movie
Music
Story of a Dog (1945)
Movie
Composer
Star in the Night (1945)
Movie
Composer
Shady Lady (1945)
Movie
Composer
America the Beautiful (1945)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Secret Agent X-9 (1945)
Movie
Music
The Jungle Captive (1945)
Movie
Composer
To the Shores of Iwo Jima (1945)
Movie
Additional Music
To Have and Have Not (1945)
Movie
2.67
Music
I Am an American (1944)
Movie
Music
The Mummy's Curse (1944)
Movie
5.36
Music
I Won't Play (1944)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Once Over Lightly (1944)
Movie
Music
Proudly We Serve (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
Music
Food and Magic (1943)
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
Music
Happy Times and Jolly Moments (1943)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Hidden Hand (1942)
Movie
Music
Busses Roar (1942)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Escape from Crime (1942)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Spy Ship (1942)
Movie
Original Music Composer
I Was Framed (1942)
Movie
Music
Steel Against the Sky (1941)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Law of the Tropics (1941)
Movie
Music
Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)
Movie
Composer
International Squadron (1941)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Highway West (1941)
Movie
Music
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
Music
Murder in the Air (1940)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Gangs of Chicago (1940)
Movie
Composer
The Courageous Dr. Christian (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
Composer
New Frontier (1939)
Movie
3.67
Composer
Wyoming Outlaw (1939)
Movie
4
Original Music Composer
Daredevils of the Red Circle (1939)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Mountain Rhythm (1939)
Movie
Composer
Three Texas Steers (1939)
Movie
3.5
Original Music Composer
Blue Montana Skies (1939)
Movie
Composer
The Night Riders (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
Hawk of the Wilderness (1938)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Western Jamboree (1938)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Come On, Rangers (1938)
Movie
Composer
Santa Fe Stampede (1938)
Movie
3.5
Music
Billy The Kid Returns (1938)
Movie
6.25
Original Music Composer
Tenth Avenue Kid (1938)
Movie
Music
Come On, Leathernecks! (1938)
Movie
Theme Song Performance
Corky and White Shadow
TV
Ratings
Average 5.41
Based on 267 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1938
1948
1955
1949
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Information
Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1911-03-18
Deathday1971-02-20 (59 years old)
Birth PlaceSaint Paul, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsWilliam B. Lava, Wm. Lava, Bill Lava
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