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Will Schaefer (1928–2007)

Composer | Music Department | Soundtrack

An Emmy Award and Pulitzer Prize nominee composer, conductor, and arranger, Will Schaefer was educated at Mary D. Bradford High School in Kenosha (Distinguished Alumni Award), De Paul University (BM, Distinguished Alumni Award), and Northwestern University (MA and graduate work extending into study for a Doctor of Music degree)... See full bio »

Born:

Willis H. Schaefer
in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA

Died:

(age 78) in Cathedral City, California, USA
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1990 Forgotten Heroes
 
1980 Foods and Fun: A Nutrition Adventure (short) (as Will Schaffer)
 
1980 Barnaby Jones (TV series)
– The Killin' Cousin (1980)
 
1964-1979 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
– Sky Trap (1979)
– Mickey's 50 (1978)
– The Mystery of Edward Sims: Part 2 (1968) (as Willis Schaefer)
– The Mystery of Edward Sims: Part 1 (1968) (as Willis Schaefer)
– Gallegher Goes West: Trial by Terror (1967) (as Willis Schaefer)
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1978 Mickey's 50 (documentary)
 
1978 Godzilla (TV series)
 
1973 Super Friends (TV series)
 
1969 Scooby Doo, Where Are You! (TV series)
 
1967 The Flying Nun (TV series)
 
1965 I Dream of Jeannie (TV series)
 
1965 Hogan's Heroes (TV series)
 
1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
 
1961 Straightaway (TV series)
 
1961 The Yogi Bear Show (TV series)
 
1960 The Flintstones (TV series)
 
1960 Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks with a Circus
 
1957 Old Yeller (uncredited)
 
1957 Mr. Adams and Eve (TV series)
 
1954 The Blue Angel (TV series)
 
1952 The Linkletter Show (TV series)
 
1950 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
 
1950 American Cowboy (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1948 Lamp Unto My Feet (TV series)
 
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1979 10 (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1979 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series) (conductor)
 
1973 Barnaby Jones (TV series) (conductor)
 
1967 The Flying Nun (TV series) (conductor)
 
1966 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV series) (orchestrator)
 
1963 The Sid Caesar Show (TV series) (orchestrator)
 
1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series) (orchestrator)
 
1960 Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks with a Circus (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1959 The Phil Silvers Pontiac Special: Keep in Step (TV movie) (orchestrator)
 
1958/I Sid Caesar Invites You (TV series) (orchestrator)
 
1955 The Great Waltz (TV movie) (orchestrator)
 
1955 Max Liebman Presents: Naughty Marietta (TV movie) (orchestrator)
 
1948 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series) (orchestrator)
 
1948 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series) (orchestrator)
 
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2012 Silver Linings Playbook (writer: "Willie Willie")
 
2011 Win Win (writer: "Fight! Fight! Fight! A")
 
2004 The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie ("Now That We're Men")
 
2004 Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (writer: "Legal Eagle")
 
2004 Saved! (arranger: "Jolly Old St. Nicholas")
 
2002 SpongeBob SquarePants (TV series)
– Mermaidman and Barnacleboy IV/Doing Time (2002) (music: "Hail to the Chief a" - uncredited)
 
2000 Men of Honor (arranger: "Anchors Aweigh", "Stars and Stripes Forever")
 
1975 Smile (arranger: "Pageant Music" 1975)
 
1958 The Diplomatic Corpse (music: "The Everglades" - uncredited)
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Conducting credits include the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra (in a Disney concert featuring his orchestrations), the Sun Valley Summer Symphony, the Grant Park Orchestra of Chicago, the Kenosha Symphony Orchestra, the Racine Symphony Orchestra, the Denver Symphony Orchestra (now the Colorado Symphony), the Disney... See more »

Alternate Names:

Willis Schaefer | Will Schaffer
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Trivia:

He received an Emmy nomination (Best Musical Score) for Sky Trap. See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius