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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Awards
- 1 nomination total

Known for

A Serious Man

7.0

Soundtrack

2009

Man on the Moon

7.4

Soundtrack

1999

Moonrise

7.0

Composer

1948

Captain Celluloid vs. the Film Pirates

6.6

Music Department

1966

Credits

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Composer

The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
7.8
TV Series
- segment composer
- classic cartoons
- 1992–1999
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
7.0
- Composer (as Bill Lava)
- 1988
The Duxorcist
6.8
Short
- Composer (uncredited)
- 1987
The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour
8.3
TV Series
- Composer
- 1985–1986
Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island
6.9
- Composer (as Bill Lava)
- 1983
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
7.0
- Composer (as Bill Lava)
- 1982
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
7.1
- Composer (as Bill Lava)
- 1981
How Bugs Bunny Won the West
7.1
TV Movie
- Composer (as Bill Lava)
- 1978
The Daffy Duck Show
7.5
TV Series
- Composer
- 1978
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
8.3
TV Series
- Composer
- 1978–1985
Bugs Bunny in Space
7.0
TV Movie
- classic cartoons (as Bill Lava)
- 1977
Bugs Bunny's Easter Special
6.7
TV Special
- Composer
- 1977
The Pink Panther Laugh and a Half Hour and a Half Show
7.4
TV Series
- Composer
- 1976
The Sylvester & Tweety Show
7.3
TV Series
- Composer
- 1976
The Merrie Melodies Show
TV Series
- Composer (as Wm. Lava)
- 1972

Music Department

Feed Your Head! Lose Your Head! - Tens of Dozens of Reasons to Love 'Dracula vs. Frankenstein' A Visual Essay
5.8
Video
- Music Department
- 2020
A Devilish Place
Short
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- 2019
The Night Shift
6.4
Short
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- 2019
Night of The Robber!
Short
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- 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
Bugs Bunny: All American Hero
7.4
TV Movie
- composer: classic cartoons (as Bill Lava)
- 1981
The Shining
8.4
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- 1980
Soup or Sonic
6.8
TV Short
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- 1980
The Pink Panther
7.7
TV Series
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- 1969–1977
Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special
6.8
TV Movie
- composer: classic cartoons (as Bill Lava)
- 1977
Therapeutic Pink
5.7
Short
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- 1977

Soundtrack

Ctrl+alt+delusion
Short
- music: "Glen or Glenda Themes" (as Bill Lava)
- 2025
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
6.6
Video
- writer: "Super Six Theme"
- 1997
Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension
5.8
Short
- writer: "The Looney Tunes Theme Song"
- 1996
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
7.0
- writer: "The Looney Tunes Theme Song"
- 1988
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
6.1
- music: "The Ballad of Marshal Flagg"
- 1969
Cool Cat
4.9
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
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
6.7
- music: "Documentary March" (uncredited)
- 1960
Zorro
8.2
TV Series
- Soundtrack ("Bernardo's Theme")
- 1957–1959
Lassie
6.6
TV Series
- music: "Theme from 'The Courageous Dr. Christian'"
- 1954–1956
The Littlest Outlaw
6.0
- music: "The Littlest Outlaw"
- 1955

Personal details

Alternative names
- Bill Lava
Born
- March 18, 1911
- St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Died
- February 20, 1971
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Spouse
- Lenore GoldmanDecember 31, 1932 - February 20, 1971 (his death, 2 children)
Other works
He edited the Northwestern Commerce Magazine, and was associate editor of the Purple Parrot.