William Lava
Sound

William Lava

Born 18 March 1911 · St. Paul, Minnesota, USA · Died 20 February 1971

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.

Known for

The Twilight Zone
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
Revenge of the Creature
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
House of Dracula
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
The Deadly Mantis
The Mummy's Curse
Moonrise
She-Wolf of London
The Pink Phink
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 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
Reaux, Reaux, Reaux Your Boat
Napoleon Blown-Aparte
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
Rushing Roulette
Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner
Tired and Feathered
Go Go Amigo
Cats and Bruises
It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House
The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation
Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare
Dumb Patrol
False Hare
The Pink Phink
Pancho's Hideaway
Señorella and the Glass Huarache
Nuts and Volts
Bartholomew Versus the Wheel
A Message to Gracias
The Iceman Ducketh
Pink Pajamas
War and Pieces
Road to Andalay
To Beep or Not to Beep
Mad as a Mars Hare
Transylvania 6-5000
Wall of Noise
Chili Weather
The Million Hare
Now Hear This
Fast Buck Duck
PT 109
Hare-Breadth Hurry
Devil's Feud Cake
Banty Raids
The Unmentionables
Aqua Duck
Greta, the Misfit Greyhound
Martian Through Georgia
Hell Bent for Leather
Seven Ways from Sundown
Moochie of Pop Warner Football
Zorro, the Avenger
Flood Tide
Step Down to Terror
Rusty and the Falcon
The Horse of the West
The Deadly Mantis
The Best Doggoned Dog in the World
The Wetback Hound
Alaska Lifeboat
Pillars of the Sky
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure
So You Want to Be Pretty
Revenge of the Creature
Cult of the Cobra
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
24 Hour Alert
The Littlest Outlaw
Tennessee's Partner
Stormy, the Thoroughbred
Beauty and the Bull
Phantom from Space
The Black Castle
Continental Holiday
Retreat, Hell!
So You Never Tell a Lie
The Strange Door
The Tanks Are Coming
Five
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
Highway 301
This Side of the Law
So You Think You're Not Guilty
Colt .45
Barricade
My Country 'Tis of Thee
The Grass Is Always Greener
Grandad of Races
The House Across the Street
Flaxy Martin
Homicide
The Columbia: America's Greatest Power Stream
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
Mrs. Mike
Heart to Heart
So You Want to Be a Detective
Embraceable You
Calgary Stampede
Moonrise
The Big Punch
Madonna of the Desert
So You Want to Be a Gambler
So You're Going to Be a Father
She-Wolf of London
The Cat Creeps
Smart as a Fox
A Boy and His Dog
Secret Agent X-9
The Jungle Captive
House of Dracula
Star in the Night
Story of a Dog
Hitler Lives
Proudly We Serve
The Invisible Man's Revenge
Crime by Night
The Mummy's Curse
I Won't Play
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
Women at War
Food and Magic
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
The Mysterious Doctor
Escape from Crime
Busses Roar
Spy Ship
I Was Framed
Murder in the Big House
The Hidden Hand
Highway West
Law of the Tropics
A Shot in the Dark
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Steel Against the Sky
The Nurse's Secret
Gangs of Chicago
Adventures of Red Ryder
Murder in the Air
The Courageous Dr. Christian
A Fugitive from Justice
Melody Ranch
Mountain Rhythm
Blue Montana Skies
Mexicali Rose
The Night Riders
Three Texas Steers
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
Dick Tracy's G-Men
In Old Monterey
Daredevils of the Red Circle
Wyoming Outlaw
Come On, Rangers
Billy The Kid Returns
Santa Fe Stampede
Come On, Leathernecks!
Western Jamboree
Hawk of the Wilderness
Tenth Avenue Kid
Red River Range
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