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William Lava (1911–1971)

He was an extremely prolific and capable film composer, educated at Northwestern University. He studied conducting with Albert Coates, and came to Hollywood in 1936. His chief collaborators were Harry Tobias, Stan Jones, Max Steiner, Sammy Cahn, Franz Waxman, Henry Mancini, Ray Heindorf, and Frank Skinner. See full bio »

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Filmography

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1988 Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (as Bill Lava)
 
1986 The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show (TV series) (1986 / classic cartoons)
 
1983 Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island (as Bill Lava)
 
1979 The Bugs Bunny/Road-Runner Movie (archive footage)
 
1978 How Bugs Bunny Won the West (TV short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1978 Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special (TV short) (classic cartoons / as Bill Lava)
 
1978 The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show (TV series)
 
1977 Bugs Bunny's Easter Special (TV special)
 
1976 The Sylvester & Tweety Show (TV series)
 
1971 O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (TV series)
 
1970 Rabbit, Run (uncredited)
 
1969 Injun Trouble (short)
 
1969 The Pink Panther Show (TV series)
Dial P for Pink (1969)
Pickled Pink (1969)
Pinkfinger (1969) (music)
Pink Ice (1969) (music)
Shocking Pink (1969) (music)
 
1969 Bugged by a Bee (short)
 
1969 Shamrock and Roll (short)
 
1969 Fistic Mystic (short)
 
1968 Chimp & Zee (short)
 
1968 Flying Circus (short)
 
1968 3 Ring Wing-Ding (short)
 
1968 See Ya Later Gladiator (short)
 
1968 Feud with a Dude (short)
 
1968 Hippydrome Tiger (short)
 
1968 Skyscraper Caper (short)
 
1968 Big Game Haunt (short)
 
1968 Norman Normal (short)
 
1968 Hocus Pocus Powwow (short)
 
1967 Fiesta Fiasco (short)
 
1967 Merlin the Magic Mouse (short)
 
1967 Cool Cat (short)
 
1967 Go Away Stowaway (short)
 
1967 Rodent to Stardom (short)
 
1967 Speedy Ghost to Town (short)
 
1967 Chubasco
 
1967 The Spy Swatter (short)
 
1967 The Music Mice-Tro (short)
 
1966 The Super 6 (TV series) (as Bill Lava)
 
1966 The Road Runner Show (TV series)
 
1966 Cock-a-Doodle Deux-Deux (short)
 
1966 Smile Pretty, Say Pink (short)
 
1966 The Pink Blueprint (short)
 
1966 Snow Excuse (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1966 A-Haunting We Will Go (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1966 Vitamin Pink (short)
 
1966 Plastered in Paris (short)
 
1966 Pink Pistons (short)
 
1966 Clippety Clobbered (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1966 Cirrhosis of the Louvre (short)
 
1966 Mexican Mousepiece (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1966 Pink Punch (short)
 
1966 The Solid Tin Coyote (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1966 Napoleon Blown-Aparte (short)
 
1966 Out and Out Rout (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1966 Shot and Bothered (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1966 The Astroduck (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1965 Chaser on the Rocks (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1965 Bully for Pink (short)
 
1965 Highway Runnery (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1965 Go Go Amigo (short)
 
1965 Reel Pink (short)
 
1965 Hairied and Hurried (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1965 Just Plane Beep (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1965 Chili Corn Corny (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1965 An Ounce of Pink (short)
 
1965 Boulder Wham! (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1965 Tired and Feathered (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1965 Pink Panzer (short)
 
1965 Tease for Two (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1965 The Pink Tail Fly (short)
 
1965 Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1965 Rushing Roulette (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1965 Corn on the Cop (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1965 Suppressed Duck (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1965 Pink Ice (short)
 
1965 Well Worn Daffy (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1965 Shocking Pink (short)
 
1965 Pinkfinger (short)
 
1965 Pickled Pink (short)
 
1965 Assault and Peppered (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1965 Sink Pink (short)
 
1965 Moby Duck (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1965 Dial 'P' for Pink (short)
 
1965 The Wild Chase (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1965 We Give Pink Stamps (short)
 
1965 Cats and Bruises (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1965 It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1964 Road to Andalay (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1964 Pink Pajamas (short)
 
1964 The Pink Phink (short)
 
1964 Pancho's Hideaway (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1964 Señorella and the Glass Huarache (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1964 False Hare (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1964 Hawaiian Aye Aye (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1964 War and Pieces (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1964 The Iceman Ducketh (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1964 Nuts and Volts (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1964 Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1964 Freudy Cat (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1964 Bartholomew Versus the Wheel (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1964 A Message to Gracias (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1964 Dumb Patrol (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1964 Suspense Account (short)
 
1963 To Beep or Not to Beep (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1963 Transylvania 6-5000 (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1963 Claws in the Lease (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1963 77 Sunset Strip (TV series)
88 Bars (1963)
5: The Conclusion (1963)
5: Part 4 (1963)
 
1963 Mad as a Mars Hare (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1963 Aqua Duck (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1963 The Unmentionables (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1963 Wall of Noise
 
1963 Chili Weather (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1963 Banty Raids (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1963 PT 109
 
1963 Hare-Breadth Hurry (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1963 Woolen Under Where (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1963 Mexican Cat Dance (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1963 The Million Hare (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1963 Fast Buck Duck (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1963 Devil's Feud Cake (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1963 I Was a Teenage Thumb (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1962 Martian Through Georgia (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1962 Shishkabugs (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1962 Good Noose (short)
 
1962 The Jet Cage (short) (uncredited)
 
1960-1962 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
Jonah and the Trout (1962)
The Race (1961)
 
1962 Thriller (TV series)
The Hollow Watcher (1962)
 
1962 Now Hear This (short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1962 Red Nightmare (short)
 
1961 Twilight Zone (TV series)
Once Upon a Time (1961)
 
1961 Marines, Let's Go (uncredited)
 
1961 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Little Girl (1961)
 
1960 The Horse with the Flying Tail (documentary)
 
1957-1960 Zorro (TV series)
Adios, El Cuchillo (1960)
El Bandido (1960)
Finders Keepers (1959) (music by)
Señor China Boy (1959) (music by)
The Fortune Teller (1959) (music by)
 
1960 The Millionaire (TV series)
 
1958 Flood Tide
 
1957 The Wetback Hound (short)
 
1957 The Deadly Mantis (uncredited)
 
1955-1963 Cheyenne (TV series)
Big Ghost Basin (1957)
Land Beyond the Law (1957)
The Iron Trail (1957)
The Trap (1956)
Lone Gun (1956)
 
1957 Tales of the Black Forest (documentary short)
 
1956 Pillars of the Sky (uncredited)
 
1956 Walk the Proud Land (uncredited)
 
1956 Crossroads of the World (documentary)
 
1956 So Your Wife Wants to Work (short)
 
1956 Raw Edge (uncredited)
 
1956 So You Want to Be Pretty (short)
 
1956 Cow Dog (short)
 
1956 The Wonders of Araby (documentary short)
 
1956 Alaska Lifeboat (documentary short) (as William B. Lava)
 
1955 24 Hour Alert (short)
 
1955 So You Want to Be a V.P. (short)
 
1955 The Mickey Mouse Club (TV series)
Episode #1.5 (1955) (as Bill Lava)
Episode #1.4 (1955) (as Bill Lava)
Episode #1.3 (1955) (as Bill Lava)
Episode #1.2 (1955) (as Bill Lava)
Episode #1.1 (1955) (as Bill Lava)
 
1955 Tennessee's Partner (uncredited)
 
1955 Pearl of the South Pacific (uncredited)
 
1955 To Hell and Back (uncredited)
 
1955 Francis in the Navy (uncredited)
 
1955 The Private War of Major Benson (uncredited)
 
1955 Cult of the Cobra (uncredited)
 
1955 So You Want to Be on a Jury (short)
 
1955 The Man from Bitter Ridge (uncredited)
 
1955 Smoke Signal (uncredited)
 
1955 Revenge of the Creature (uncredited)
 
1955 Silver Blades (short)
 
1954 Beauty and the Bull (short)
 
1954 Rodeo Roundup (documentary short)
 
1954 Cattle Queen of Montana (uncredited)
 
1954 Ricochet Romance (uncredited)
 
1954 Sea Sports of Tahiti (documentary short)
 
1954 In Fourteen Hundred and Ninety Two (documentary short)
 
1954 Royal Mounties (documentary short)
 
1954 So You Want to Be a Banker (short)
 
1954 Black Horse Canyon (uncredited)
 
1954 Off to the Races! (documentary short)
 
1954 Tanganyika (uncredited)
 
1954 Fireman Save My Child (uncredited)
 
1954 Continental Holiday (documentary short)
 
1954 Yankee Pasha (uncredited)
 
1954 Saskatchewan (uncredited)
 
1954 Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (uncredited)
 
1954 Border River (uncredited)
 
1953 Winter Paradise (documentary short)
 
1953 War Arrow (uncredited)
 
1953 So You Want to Be an Heir (short)
 
1953 Don't Forget to Write (documentary short)
 
1953 Black Fury (short) (uncredited)
 
1953 The All American (uncredited)
 
1953 So You Love Your Dog (short)
 
1953 Danish Sport Delights (documentary short)
 
1953 Where the Trade Winds Play (documentary short)
 
1953 Cheyenne Days (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1953 Birthplace of Hockey (documentary short)
 
1953 Sporting Courage (documentary short)
 
1953 Three Lives (short) (uncredited)
 
1953 Mystery Lake
 
1952 Thar She Blows! (short)
 
1952 Fiesta for Sports (documentary short)
 
1952 Unfamiliar Sports (documentary short)
 
1952 Warner Bros. Sports Parade: Just for Sports (documentary short)
 
1952 Cattle Town
 
1952 So You Never Tell a Lie (short)
 
1952 Snow Frolics (short)
 
1952 Open Up That Golden Gate (documentary short)
 
1952 Land of the Trembling Earth (documentary short)
 
1952 Centennial Sports (documentary short)
 
1952 The Dog Snatcher (short)
 
1952 So You Want to Enjoy Life (short)
 
1952 Emperor's Horses (documentary short)
 
1952 Retreat, Hell!
 
1951 The Seeing Eye (documentary short)
 
1951 A Laugh a Day (short)
 
1951 So You Want to Be a Plumber (short)
 
1951 Fuddy Duddy Buddy (short)
 
1951 Art of Archery (short)
 
1951 Five (uncredited)
 
1951 So You Want to Be a Cowboy (short)
 
1951 The Neighbor Next Door (documentary short)
 
1951 The Will to Win (short)
 
1951 Ace of Clubs (short)
 
1950 My Country 'Tis of Thee (documentary short)
 
1950 Highway 301
 
1950 Breakthrough
 
1950 So You Want a Raise (short)
 
1950 Grandad of Races (documentary short)
 
1950 So You Want to Move (short)
 
1950 Just for Fun (short)
 
1950 Fifty Years Before Your Eyes (documentary)
 
1950 Riviera Days (documentary short)
 
1950 Colt .45
 
1950 Danger Is My Business (documentary short)
 
1950 Barricade
 
1950 That's Bully (documentary short)
 
1950 Hands Tell the Story (short)
 
1950 Let's Go Boating (short)
 
1950 The Grass Is Always Greener (short)
 
1949 Mrs. Mike (uncredited)
 
1949 Happy Holidays (short)
 
1949 So You Want to Be an Actor (short)
 
1949 King of the Rockies (documentary short)
 
1949 Jungle Terror (documentary short)
 
1949 Hunting the Fox (short)
 
1949 Sports Old and New (documentary short)
 
1949 Down the Nile (documentary short)
 
1949 Cradle of the Republic (documentary short)
 
1949 Heart to Heart (documentary short) (as William B. Lava)
 
1949 Drums of India (documentary short)
 
1949 The Adventure of the Speckled Band (TV short) (uncredited)
 
1949 Homicide
 
1949 Heart of Paris (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1949 So You Want to Be Popular (short)
 
1949 Flaxy Martin
 
1949 Circus Town (documentary short)
 
1948 Princely India (documentary short)
 
1948 Pie in the Eye (short)
 
1948 Sportsmen of the Far East (documentary short)
 
1948 Jungle Man Killers (documentary short)
 
1948 My Own United States (documentary short)
 
1948 Gauchos of the Pampas (documentary short)
 
1948 Moonrise
 
1948 Mysterious Ceylon (documentary short)
 
1948 The Man from New Orleans (documentary short)
 
1948 Embraceable You
 
1948 The Big Punch
 
1948 Calgary Stampede (short)
 
1948 Fighting Athletes (documentary short)
 
1948 Rhythm of a Big City (documentary short)
 
1948 So You Want to Be a Gambler (short)
 
1948 So You Want an Apartment (short)
 
1948 Going to Blazes! (documentary short) (as William B. Lava)
 
1947 Dad Minds the Baby (short)
 
1947 Soap Box Derby (documentary short)
 
1947 Power Behind the Nation (documentary short)
 
1947 Give Us the Earth! (documentary short)
 
1947 So You Want to Be in Pictures (short) (uncredited)
 
1947 So You're Going to Be a Father (short) (music by)
 
1947 Harness Racing (short)
 
1947 American Sports Album (short)
 
1946 A Boy and His Dog (short)
 
1946 Star Spangled City (documentary short)
 
1946 Traffic with the Devil (short)
 
1946 Men of Tomorrow (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1946 The Time of Their Lives (uncredited)
 
1946 She-Wolf of London (uncredited)
 
1946 Smart as a Fox (short)
 
1946 Sunset in the Pacific (documentary short)
 
1945 Hitler Lives (documentary short)
 
1945 House of Dracula (uncredited)
 
1945 All Star Musical Revue (short) (uncredited)
 
1945 Story of a Dog (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1945 Star in the Night (short)
 
1945 Shady Lady
 
1945 America the Beautiful (short)
 
1945 To the Shores of Iwo Jima (documentary short) (as Bill Lava)
 
1945 That's the Spirit (uncredited)
 
1945 It Happened in Springfield (short) (uncredited)
 
1945 Overseas Roundup (documentary short)
 
1945 Navy Nurse (short) (uncredited)
 
1945 Beachhead to Berlin (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1944 The Mummy's Curse (uncredited)
 
1944 I Won't Play (short) (uncredited)
 
1944 Murder in the Blue Room (uncredited)
 
1944 Once Over Lightly (short) (uncredited)
 
1944 The Last Ride (uncredited)
 
1944 Proudly We Serve (short) (uncredited)
 
1944 The Battle for the Marianas (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1944 Crime by Night (uncredited)
 
1944 Junior Jive Bombers (short) (uncredited)
 
1944 Filipino Sports Parade (short) (uncredited)
 
1944 The Invisible Man's Revenge (uncredited)
 
1944 Our Frontier in Italy (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1944 It's Your War Too (documentary short)
 
1944 America's Hidden Weapon (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1944 With the Marines at Tarawa (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1944 Dogie Roundup (short) (uncredited)
 
1944 Devil Boats (short) (uncredited)
 
1944 I Am an American (short) (uncredited)
 
1943 Tropical Sportland (short) (uncredited)
 
1943 Women at War (short) (uncredited)
 
1943 Good Old Corn (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1943 The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler (uncredited)
 
1943 Mechanized Patrolling (short) (uncredited)
 
1943 Snow Sports (short) (uncredited)
 
1943 Pledge to Bataan (documentary)
 
1943 Champions Training Champions (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1943 Grey, White and Blue (short) (uncredited)
 
1943 Rover's Rangers (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1943 Young and Beautiful (short) (uncredited)
 
1943 The Mysterious Doctor (uncredited)
 
1943 Women in Sports (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1943 This Is Your Enemy (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1943 The Gorilla Man (uncredited)
 
1943 The Battle of Britain (documentary) (uncredited)
 
1943 Divide and Conquer (documentary) (uncredited)
 
1943 Baptism of Fire (uncredited)
 
1942 The Hidden Hand (uncredited)
 
1942 The Right Timing (short) (uncredited)
 
1942 Secret Enemies (uncredited)
 
1942 Busses Roar (uncredited)
 
1942 Sniffer Soldiers (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1942 Escape from Crime (uncredited)
 
1942 Spy Ship (uncredited)
 
1942 The Pacific Frontier (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1942 There Ain't No Such Animal (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1942 Murder in the Big House (uncredited)
 
1942 Shoot Yourself Some Golf (short) (uncredited)
 
1942 I Was Framed (uncredited)
 
1942 Lady Gangster (uncredited)
 
1942 Bullet Scars (uncredited)
 
1942 Hunting Dogs at Work (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1942 A Ship Is Born (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1942 Little Isles of Freedom (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1941 Dangerously They Live (uncredited)
 
1941 White Sails (short)
 
1941 Water Sports (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1941 Perils of the Jungle (short) (uncredited)
 
1941 Passage from Hong Kong (uncredited)
 
1941 Nine Lives Are Not Enough (uncredited)
 
1941 Highway West (uncredited)
 
1941 It Happens on Rollers (short) (uncredited)
 
1941 Big Bill Tilden (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1941 Strange Alibi (uncredited)
 
1941 Pals of the Pecos (uncredited)
 
1941 A Shot in the Dark (uncredited)
 
1941 West of the Rockies (short) (uncredited)
 
1941 Wyoming Wildcat (uncredited)
 
1940 Melody Ranch (uncredited)
 
1940 Who Killed Aunt Maggie? (uncredited)
 
1940 Melody and Moonlight (uncredited)
 
1940 Barnyard Follies (uncredited)
 
1940 Under Texas Skies (uncredited)
 
1940 King of the Royal Mounted (uncredited)
 
1940 Girl from Havana (uncredited)
 
1940 Earl of Puddlestone (uncredited)
 
1940 Oklahoma Renegades (uncredited)
 
1940 Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot (uncredited)
 
1940 Girl from God's Country (uncredited)
 
1940 Scatterbrain (uncredited)
 
1940 Adventures of Red Ryder (uncredited)
 
1940 Grand Ole Opry (uncredited)
 
1940 Wagons Westward (uncredited)
 
1940 A Fugitive from Justice (uncredited)
 
1940 Gangs of Chicago (uncredited)
 
1940 The Crooked Road (uncredited)
 
1940 Covered Wagon Days (uncredited)
 
1940 In Old Missouri (uncredited)
 
1940 Grandpa Goes to Town (uncredited)
 
1940 King of the Lumberjacks (uncredited)
 
1940 Drums of Fu Manchu (uncredited)
 
1940 Village Barn Dance (uncredited)
 
1940 Wolf of New York (uncredited)
 
1940 Heroes of the Saddle (uncredited)
 
1939 Days of Jesse James (uncredited)
 
1939 Zorro's Fighting Legion (uncredited)
 
1939 The Covered Trailer (uncredited)
 
1939 Main Street Lawyer (uncredited)
 
1939/I Jeepers Creepers (uncredited)
 
1939 Sabotage (uncredited)
 
1939 The Arizona Kid (uncredited)
 
1939 Calling All Marines (uncredited)
 
1939 Dick Tracy's G-Men (uncredited)
 
1939 Flight at Midnight (uncredited)
 
1939 Smuggled Cargo (uncredited)
 
1939 In Old Monterey (uncredited)
 
1939 New Frontier (uncredited)
 
1939 Should Husbands Work? (uncredited)
 
1939 She Married a Cop (uncredited)
 
1939 Mickey the Kid (uncredited)
 
1939 Wyoming Outlaw (musical score)
 
1939 Mountain Rhythm (uncredited)
 
1939 S.O.S. Tidal Wave (uncredited)
 
1939 The Zero Hour (uncredited)
 
1939 My Wife's Relatives (uncredited)
 
1939 Three Texas Steers (music score)
 
1939 Blue Montana Skies (uncredited)
 
1939 Street of Missing Men (uncredited)
 
1939 Forged Passport (uncredited)
 
1939 The Night Riders (musical score)
 
1939 Mexicali Rose (uncredited)
 
1939 I Was a Convict (uncredited)
 
1939 The Lone Ranger Rides Again (uncredited)
 
1939 Woman Doctor (uncredited)
 
1939 Pride of the Navy (uncredited)
 
1939 The Mysterious Miss X (uncredited)
 
1939 Fighting Thoroughbreds (uncredited)
 
1938 Red River Range (as Wm. Lava)
 
1938 Orphans of the Street (uncredited)
 
1938 Western Jamboree (uncredited)
 
1938 Santa Fe Stampede (musical score / as Wm. Lava)
 
1938 Come On, Rangers (uncredited)
 
1938 Storm Over Bengal (uncredited)
 
1938 Rhythm of the Saddle (uncredited)
 
1938 I Stand Accused (uncredited)
 
1938 The Night Hawk (uncredited)
 
1938 Billy the Kid Returns (uncredited)
 
1938 Come On, Leathernecks! (uncredited)
 
1938 A Desperate Adventure (uncredited)
 
1938 Heroes of the Hills (uncredited)
 
1938 The Higgins Family (uncredited)
 
1937 Zorro Rides Again (uncredited)
 
1937 Tenth Avenue Kid (uncredited)
 
1928 Noah's Ark (1957 reissue - uncredited)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (238 titles)
2003 Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes (video documentary) (composer: stock music)
 
1980 The Shining (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1980 Soup or Sonic (TV short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1971-1972 O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (TV series) (composer: theme music - 22 episodes)
Operation: Smokescreen (1972) (composer: theme music)
Operation: Good Citizen (1972) (composer: theme music)
Operation: Mr. Felix (1972) (composer: theme music)
Operation: Rake-Off (1972) (composer: theme music)
Operation: Dorias (1972) (composer: theme music)
 
1971 Dracula vs. Frankenstein (conductor)
 
1969 Slink Pink (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1967 Congratulations It's Pink (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1967 Quacker Tracker (short) (music supervisor)
 
F Troop (TV series) (composer: theme song - 34 episodes, 1965-1966) (composer: theme music - 31 episodes, 1966-1967)
Is This Fort Really Necessary? (1967) (composer: theme music)
Our Brave in F Troop (1967) (composer: theme music)
The Majority of Wilton (1967) (composer: theme music)
Carpetbagging, Anyone? (1967) (composer: theme music)
Marriage, Fort Courage Style (1967) (composer: theme music)
 
1966 Gunpoint (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1966 Lost Island of Kioga (TV movie) (musical director)
 
Bonanza (TV series) (music supervisor - 66 episodes, 1963-1965) (composer: theme music - 1 episode, 1960)
Patchwork Man (1965) (music supervisor)
The Spotlight (1965) (music supervisor)
The Jonah (1965) (music supervisor)
The Return (1965) (music supervisor)
To Own the World (1965) (music supervisor)
 
1965 The Sword of Ali Baba (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo (TV series) (composer: additional music - 4 episodes, 1964-1965) (composer: stock music - 3 episodes, 1965)
Mr. Magoo's King Arthur (1965) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
Mr. Magoo's Captain Kidd (1965) (composer: additional music - uncredited)
Mr. Magoo's Don Quixote de la Mancha: Part 2 (1965) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
Mr. Magoo's Doctor Frankenstein (1965) (composer: additional music - uncredited)
Mr. Magoo's The Count of Monte Cristo (1965) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1965 The World of Abbott and Costello (documentary) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1964 Bullet for a Badman (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1964 Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare (short) (musical director)
 
1963 The Unmentionables (short) (musical director)
 
1963 PT 109 (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
1963 77 Sunset Strip (TV series) (music by - 1 episode)
Flight 307 (1963) (music by)
 
1962 Six Black Horses (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1961 Posse from Hell (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1961 Gunsmoke (TV series) (conductor - 1 episode)
Little Girl (1961) (conductor)
 
1958 Monster on the Campus (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1958 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series) (composer: songs - 1 episode)
The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca (1958) (composer: songs)
 
1957 The Monolith Monsters (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1957 Cheyenne (TV series) (composer: theme music - 2 episodes)
The Conspirators (1957) (composer: theme music)
Big Ghost Basin (1957) (composer: theme music)
 
1957 The Girl in the Kremlin (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1957 Kelly and Me (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1956 East Is East (documentary short) (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1954 Tobor the Great (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1954 Johnny Dark (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1954 So You Want to Go to a Night Club (short) (musical director)
 
1953 Down Laredo Way (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1953 The Lone Hand (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1953 The Lawless Breed (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1952 The Black Castle (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1952 Sports Parade: Glamour in Tennis (documentary short) (musical director)
 
1951 The Strange Door (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1951 Cave of Outlaws (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1951 Rodeo King and the Senorita (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1951 Hollywood Story (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1951 Air Cadet (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1951 Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1950 The Breaking Point (musical arrangement - uncredited)
 
1950 Western Courage (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1950 Colt .45 (conductor - uncredited)
 
1950 The Arizona Cowboy (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1950 Borderline (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1949 So You're Having In-Law Trouble (short) (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
1949 The Girl from Jones Beach (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1949 Warner Bros. Sports Parade 5507: English Outings (short) (musical director)
 
1949 The Adventure of the Speckled Band (TV short) (music supervisor)
 
1949 Your Show Time (TV series) (music supervisor - 1 episode)
The Adventure of the Speckled Band (1949) (music supervisor)
 
1948 Whiplash (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1948 Homicide for Three (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1948 Bannister's Bantering Babies (documentary short) (musical director)
 
1948 Madonna of the Desert (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1947 A Day at Hollywood Park (short) (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
1947 That's My Man (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1947 Homesteaders of Paradise Valley (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1947 Big Time Revue (short) (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
1947 Battle of Champs (short) (musical director)
 
1947 Let's Go Swimming (short) (musical director)
 
1946 Stagecoach to Denver (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1946 Heldorado (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1946 So You Want to Play the Horses (short) (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
1946 The Brute Man (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1946 Okay for Sound (documentary short) (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
1946 The Invisible Informer (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1946 Two Guys from Milwaukee (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1946 The Mysterious Mr. M (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1946 Danger Woman (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1946 Inside Job (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1946 Dressed to Kill (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1946 She-Wolf of London (musical director)
 
1946 The Cat Creeps (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1946 Her Kind of Man (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1946 Home on the Range (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1946 Blonde Alibi (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1946 House of Horrors (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1946 Terror by Night (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1946 The Scarlet Horseman (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1945 Saratoga Trunk (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1945 The Royal Mounted Rides Again (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1945 River Gang (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1945 Secret Agent X-9 (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1945 The Jungle Captive (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1945 The Woman in Green (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1945 Renegades of the Rio Grande (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1945 The Frozen Ghost (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1945 The Horn Blows at Midnight (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1945 Corpus Christi Bandits (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1945 Great Stagecoach Robbery (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 The Big Bonanza (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 Firebrands of Arizona (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 Zorro's Black Whip (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 To Have and Have Not (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1944 The Last Ride (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
1944 The Pearl of Death (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 Since You Went Away (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1944 Make Your Own Bed (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1944 The Laramie Trail (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 Hidden Valley Outlaws (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 Beneath Western Skies (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 Pride of the Plains (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 Destination Tokyo (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1943 Overland Mail Robbery (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 Food and Magic (documentary short) (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
1943 Wagon Tracks West (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 The Man from Thunder River (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 Action in the North Atlantic (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1943 Calling Wild Bill Elliott (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 G-men vs. the Black Dragon (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 Mountain Rhythm (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 Happy Times and Jolly Moments (short) (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
1942 The Traitor Within (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Heart of the Golden West (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Beyond the Line of Duty (short) (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
1942 King of the Mounties (music arranger - uncredited)
 
1942 Sunset Serenade (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Shadows on the Sage (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Men of the Sky (short) (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
1942 Sons of the Pioneers (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 The Phantom Plainsmen (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 The Cyclone Kid (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Stardust on the Sage (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Romance on the Range (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Home in Wyomin' (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Larceny, Inc. (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1942 Sunset on the Desert (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Shepherd of the Ozarks (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 This Was Paris (composer: stock music (US release - uncredited)
 
1942 Yokel Boy (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Heart of the Rio Grande (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Stagecoach Express (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 South of Santa Fe (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Soldiers in White (short) (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
1942 Code of the Outlaw (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Pardon My Stripes (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Man from Cheyenne (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 West of Cimarron (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Steel Against the Sky (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
1941 Red River Valley (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Tuxedo Junction (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Jesse James at Bay (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Down Mexico Way (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 The Tanks Are Coming (short) (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
1941 Law of the Tropics (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1941 Death Valley Outlaws (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Outlaws of Cherokee Trail (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 The Smiling Ghost (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
1941 Rags to Riches (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Sunset in Wyoming (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Mountain Moonlight (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Gangs of Sonora (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Kansas Cyclone (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Nevada City (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 The Nurse's Secret (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
1941 Desert Bandit (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Sheriff of Tombstone (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Country Fair (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 The Singing Hill (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Lady from Louisiana (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Two Gun Sheriff (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 In Old Cheyenne (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 The Great Train Robbery (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Prairie Pioneers (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 The Great Mr. Nobody (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1941 The Phantom Cowboy (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Petticoat Politics (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Ridin' on a Rainbow (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Robin Hood of the Pecos (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 Lone Star Raiders (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 Mysterious Doctor Satan (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 The Border Legion (composer: title music - uncredited)
 
1940 Meet the Missus (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1940 Texas Terrors (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 Friendly Neighbors (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 South of Suez (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1940 The Trail Blazers (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 Young Bill Hickok (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 Hit Parade of 1941 (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 Barnyard Follies (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1940 Colorado (composer: main and end title music - uncredited)
 
1940 The Tulsa Kid (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 The Ranger and the Lady (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 Carolina Moon (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 The Carson City Kid (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 Murder in the Air (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
1940 Rocky Mountain Rangers (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1940 Young Buffalo Bill (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 Hi-Yo Silver (composer: stock music - archive footage - uncredited)
 
1940 Ghost Valley Raiders (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 Rancho Grande (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1940 Pioneers of the West (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Money to Burn (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 South of the Border (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Saga of Death Valley (composer: title music - uncredited)
 
1939 Rovin' Tumbleweeds (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 The Kansas Terrors (musical director - uncredited)
 
1939 New Frontier (musical director)
 
1939 Wall Street Cowboy (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1939 Colorado Sunset (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 In Old Caliente (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Blue Montana Skies (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Frontier Pony Express (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Southward Ho (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Rough Riders' Round-up (composer: title music - uncredited)
 
1939 The Lone Ranger Rides Again (composer: stock music - uncredited, musical director)
 
1939 Home on the Prairie (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1938 Down in 'Arkansaw' (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1938 Prairie Moon (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Overland Stage Raiders (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Pals of the Saddle (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Dick Tracy Returns (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 The Fighting Devil Dogs (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1938 Under Western Stars (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 The Lone Ranger (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Outside of Paradise (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1938 The Old Barn Dance (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 The Purple Vigilantes (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Wild Horse Rodeo (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Springtime in the Rockies (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 The Trigger Trio (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Boots and Saddles (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Escape by Night (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1937 SOS Coast Guard (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Public Cowboy No. 1 (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Sea Racketeers (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1937 Range Defenders (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Rhythm in the Clouds (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1937 Dangerous Holiday (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1937 The Painted Stallion (composer: title music - uncredited)
 
1937 Michael O'Halloran (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1937 The Hit Parade (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1937 The Riders of the Whistling Skull (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1935 Double Exposure (short) (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (19 titles)
2010 Lost Boys: The Thirst (video) (writer: "Vampire At Bat")
 
2009 A Serious Man (writer: "F-Troop Theme" from tt0058800)
 
1999 Man on the Moon (writer: "Main and End Title from 'Lassie'" 1940)
 
1997 MGM Sing-Alongs: Having Fun (video short) (writer: "Super Six Theme")
 
1969 The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (music: "The Ballad of Marshal Flagg")
 
1967 Cool Cat (short) (music: "He's Just a Cool Cat")
 
1965 F Troop (TV series)
 
1960 The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (music: "Documentary March" - uncredited)
 
1955 The Littlest Outlaw (music: "The Littlest Outlaw")
 
1955 The Mickey Mouse Club (TV series)
Episode #1.10 (1955) (music: "What I Want To Be")
Episode #1.9 (1955) (music: "What I Want To Be")
Episode #1.8 (1955) (music: "What I Want To Be")
Episode #1.7 (1955) (music: "What I Want To Be")
Episode #1.6 (1955) (music: "What I Want To Be")
 
1948 Moonrise (music: "The Moonrise Song It Just Dawned On Me", "Lonesome")
 
1944 The Singing Sheriff (writer: "Who's Next?")
 
1944 San Fernando Valley (writer: "I Drottled a Drit-Drit")
 
1940 Girl from Havana (music: "Midnight Tango" - uncredited)
 
1939 My Wife's Relatives (music: "Over the Hill to the Poorhouse", "Daddy Dear, We Love You" / as Bill Lava)
 
1939 Street of Missing Men (music: "I Wanna Sing")
 
1938 Orphans of the Street (music: "Yo-Ho-Ho" / as Bill Lava)
 
1937 Sea Racketeers (writer: "Just Between You and Me Whadda Ya Say?" - uncredited)
 
1937 Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge (music: "Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge")
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1980/I Ram Balram (production assistant)
 

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