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

Le fils du pendu

7.0

Composer

1948

Captain Celluloid vs. the Film Pirates

6.6

Music Department(stock music)

1966

Credits

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Composer

The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
7.8
TV Series
- segment composer
- 1992–1999
S.O.S. Daffy Duck
7.0
- Composer (as Bill Lava)
- 1988
The Duxorcist
6.7
Short
- Composer (uncredited)
- 1987
The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour
8.3
TV Series
- Composer
- 1985–1986
L'Île fantastique de Daffy Duck
6.9
- Composer (as Bill Lava)
- 1983
Les 1001 Contes de Bugs Bunny
7.0
- Composer (as Bill Lava)
- 1982
Le Monde fou, fou, fou de Bugs Bunny
7.1
- Composer (as Bill Lava)
- 1981
Bugs Bunny: All American Hero
7.6
TV Movie
- Composer (as Bill Lava, classic cartoons)
- 1981
How Bugs Bunny Won the West
7.2
TV Movie
- Composer (as Bill Lava)
- 1978
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
8.3
TV Series
- Composer
- 1978–1985
Bugs Bunny: La fête des sorcières
6.8
TV Movie
- Composer (as Bill Lava, classic cartoons)
- 1977
Bugs Bunny's Easter Special
6.8
TV Special
- Composer
- 1977
The Pink Panther Laugh and a Half Hour and a Half Show
7.4
TV Series
- Composer
- 1976
Sylvester & Tweety
7.3
TV Series
- Composer
- 1976
O'Hara United States Treasury
7.3
TV Series
- Composer
- 1971

Music Department

Feed Your Head! Lose Your Head! - Tens of Dozens of Reasons to Love 'Dracula vs. Frankenstein' A Visual Essay
Video
- Music Department
- 2020
A Devilish Place
Short
- Music Department
- 2019
The Drew Bromley Show
TV Series
- composer: stock music
- 2019
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
7.7
Video
- composer: stock music
- 2003
The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
7.8
TV Series
- segment composer
- 1987–2000
Troldspejlet
8.8
TV Series
- composer: stock music
- 1999
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
7.2
TV Special
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- 1986
Shining
8.4
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- 1980
Soup or Sonic
6.8
TV Short
- composer: stock music
- 1980
Bugs Bunny in Space
7.0
TV Movie
- as Bill Lava
- 1977
Therapeutic Pink
5.6
Short
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- 1977
Pink Piper
5.2
Short
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- 1976
The Scarlet Pinkernel
5.7
Short
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- 1975
Pink Campaign
6.4
Short
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- 1975
Bobolink Pink
6.1
Short
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- 1975

Soundtrack

A Serious Man
7.0
- writer: "F-Troop Theme" from tt0058800
- 2009
Sicko
8.0
- music: "Attack Monster" (uncredited)
- 2007
Man on the Moon
7.4
- writer: "Main and End Title from 'Lassie'"
- 1999
MGM Sing-Alongs: Having Fun
7.1
Video
- writer: "Super Six Theme"
- 1997
Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension
5.8
Short
- writer: "The Looney Tunes Theme Song"
- 1996
S.O.S. Daffy Duck
7.0
- writer: "The Looney Tunes Theme Song"
- 1988
Un homme fait la loi
6.1
- music: "The Ballad of Marshal Flagg"
- 1969
Cool Cat
4.7
Short
- music: "He's Just a Cool Cat"
- 1967
F Troop
7.4
TV Series
- music: "F Troop"
- 1965–1967
Isi neraka
8.3
- writer: "Winged Death (from 'The Deadly Mantis')" (uncredited)
- 1960
La chute d'un caïd
6.7
- music: "Documentary March" (uncredited)
- 1960
Zorro
8.2
TV Series
- Soundtrack ("Bernardo's Theme")
- 1957–1959
Lassie
6.5
TV Series
- music: "Theme from 'The Courageous Dr. Christian'"
- 1954–1956
La revanche de Pablito
6.1
- music: "The Littlest Outlaw"
- 1955
Le Club Mickey
7.6
TV Series
- music: "What I Want To Be"
- 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.