William Lava

male

Born on March 18, 1911 (114 years old)

Passed Away on February 20, 1971

From St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

Known for Sound

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.

Cast Credits

No credits available

Crew Credits

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

William Lava

Biography

Cast Credits

Crew Credits

Daffy Duck's Quackbusters

The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie

The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie

How Bugs Bunny Won the West

Stub, the Best Cow Dog in the West

O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra

Dracula vs. Frankenstein

Rabbit, Run

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

The Great Carrot-Train Robbery

Fistic Mystic

Bugged by a Bee

Shamrock and Roll

Rabbit Stew and Rabbits Too!

Chubasco

In Enemy Country

Norman Normal

Bunny and Claude: We Rob Carrot Patches

Chimp & Zee

3 Ring Wing-Ding

Big Game Haunt

Brimstone, the Amish Horse

Feud with a Dude

See Ya Later Gladiator

Hippydrome Tiger

Flying Circus

Skyscraper Caper

Congratulations It's Pink

Fiesta Fiasco

Go Away Stowaway

Cool Cat

Merlin the Magic Mouse

The Music Mice-Tro

The Spy Swatter

Speedy Ghost to Town

Rodent to Stardom

Vitamin Pink

A-Haunting We Will Go

Let's Kill Uncle

Chamber of Horrors

Pink Punch

The Pink Blueprint

Pink Pistons

Smile Pretty, Say Pink

The Astroduck

Mexican Mousepiece

Snow Excuse

The Solid Tin Coyote

Out and Out Rout

Shot and Bothered

Clippety Clobbered

The Wild Chase

Pickled Pink

Tease for Two

Pinkfinger

We Give Pink Stamps

Dial 'P' for Pink

Sink Pink

Shocking Pink

Pink Ice

The Pink Tail Fly

An Ounce of Pink

Pink Panzer

Bully for Pink

Reel Pink

Corn on the Cop

Chaser on the Rocks

Suppressed Duck

Well Worn Daffy

Chili Corn Corny

Boulder Wham!

Highway Runnery

Hairied and Hurried

Just Plane Beep

Moby Duck