William Lava(1911-1971)

Composer
Music Department
Soundtrack

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.

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Known for:

A Serious Man

7.0

Soundtrack("F-Troop Theme" from tt0058800)

2009

Man on the Moon

7.4

Soundtrack("Main and End Title from 'Lassie'")

1999

Moonrise

7.1

Composer

1948

The Twilight Zone

9.1

TV Series

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Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
- Composer (as Bill Lava)
- 1988
The Duxorcist
- Composer (uncredited)
- Short
- 1987
The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
- Composer (classic cartoons)
- TV Series
- 1986
The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour
- Composer
- TV Series
- 1985
Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island
- Composer (as Bill Lava)
- 1983
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
- Composer (as Bill Lava)
- 1982
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
- Composer (as Bill Lava)
- 1981
How Bugs Bunny Won the West
- Composer (as Bill Lava)
- TV Movie
- 1978
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
- Composer
- TV Series
- 1978
Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special
- Composer (as Bill Lava, classic cartoons)
- TV Movie
- 1977
Bugs Bunny's Easter Special
- Composer
- TV Special
- 1977
The Pink Panther Laugh and a Half Hour and a Half Show
- Composer
- TV Series
- 1976
The Sylvester & Tweety Show
- Composer
- TV Series
- 1976
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
- Composer
- TV Series
- 1971
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
- Composer
- 1971

Music Department

Feed Your Head! Lose Your Head! - Tens of Dozens of Reasons to Love 'Dracula vs. Frankenstein' A Visual Essay
- Music Department
- Video
- 2020
A Devilish Place
- Music Department
- Short
- 2019
The Drew Bromley Show
- composer: stock music
- TV Series
- 2019
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
- composer: stock music
- Video
- 2003
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- TV Special
- 1986
The Shining
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- 1980
Soup or Sonic
- composer: stock music
- TV Short
- 1980
Bugs Bunny in Space
- as Bill Lava
- TV Movie
- 1977
Therapeutic Pink
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- Short
- 1977
Pink Piper
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- Short
- 1976
Pink Campaign
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- Short
- 1975
Bobolink Pink
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- Short
- 1975
Keep Our Forests Pink
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- Short
- 1975
Pink Elephant
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- Short
- 1975
Forty Pink Winks
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- Short
- 1975

Soundtrack

Lost Boys: The Thirst
- writer: "Vampire At Bat"
- Video
- 2010
A Serious Man
- writer: "F-Troop Theme" from tt0058800
- 2009
Sicko
- music: "Attack Monster" (uncredited)
- 2007
Man on the Moon
- writer: "Main and End Title from 'Lassie'"
- 1999
MGM Sing-Alongs: Having Fun
- writer: "Super Six Theme"
- Video
- 1997
Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension
- writer: "The Looney Tunes Theme Song"
- Short
- 1996
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
- writer: "The Looney Tunes Theme Song"
- 1988
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
- music: "The Ballad of Marshal Flagg"
- 1969
Cool Cat
- music: "He's Just a Cool Cat"
- Short
- 1967
F Troop
- music: "F Troop"
- TV Series
- 1965
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
- music: "Documentary March" (uncredited)
- 1960
Zorro
- Soundtrack ("Bernardo's Theme")
- TV Series
- 1957
Lassie
- music: "Theme from 'The Courageous Dr. Christian'"
- TV Series
- 1954–1956
The Littlest Outlaw
- music: "The Littlest Outlaw"
- 1955
The Mickey Mouse Club
- music: "What I Want To Be"
- TV Series
- 1955

Personal details

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Alternative names
- Bill Lava
Born
- March 18, 1911
- St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Died
- February 20, 1971
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Other works
He edited the Northwestern Commerce Magazine, and was associate editor of the Purple Parrot.