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William Lava

Mar 18, 1911 - St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

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.

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