William Lava (I) (1911–1971)

Composer | Music Department | Soundtrack

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He was an extremely prolific and capable film composer, educated at Northwestern University. He ...

Born: March 18, 1911
Died: February 20, 1971 (age 59)

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Filmography

• Known For
  
  A Serious Man Soundtrack (2009)
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  Man on the Moon Soundtrack (1999)
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  Moonrise Composer (1948)
• Known For
  
  Zorro Composer (1957-1960)
• Soundtrack
  
  Lost Boys: The Thirst (2010)
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  A Serious Man (2009)
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  Sicko (2007)
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  Man on the Moon (1999)
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  MGM Sing-Alongs: Having Fun (1997)
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  The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)
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  Cool Cat (1967)
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  F Troop (1965)
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  The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960)
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  Zorro (1957)
• Lassie (1954-1956)
• The Littlest Outlaw (1955)
• The Mickey Mouse Club (1955)
• The Colgate Comedy Hour (1954)
• Glen or Glenda (1953)
• Moonrise (1948)
• The Singing Sheriff (1944)
• San Fernando Valley (1944)
• Girl from Havana (1940)
• Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939)
• My Wife's Relatives (1939)
• Street of Missing Men (1939)
• Orphans of the Street (1938)
• Sea Racketeers (1937)
• Soundtrack
  Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge (1937)
• Composer
  Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)
• The Duxorcist (1987)
• The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show (1986)
• The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour (1985)
• Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island (1983)
• Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982)
• The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981)
• The Bugs Bunny/Road-Runner Movie (1979)
• How Bugs Bunny Won the West (1978)
• The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show (1978)
• Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special (1977)
• Bugs Bunny's Easter Special (1977)
• The Pink Panther Laugh and a Half Hour and a Half Show (1976)
• The Sylvester & Tweety Show (1976)
• O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971)
• Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971)
• The Road Runner Show (1971)
• Rabbit, Run (1970)
• Review Drug Effects (1969)
• The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)
• Injun Trouble (1969)
• The Pink Panther (1969)
• The Pink Panther Show (1969)
• Bugged by a Bee (1969)
• Shamrock and Roll (1969)
• Rabbit Stew and Rabbits Too! (1969)
• Fistic Mystic (1969)
• The Great Carrot-Train Robbery (1969)
• Bunny and Claude: We Rob Carrot Patches (1968)
• Chimp & Zee (1968)
• Flying Circus (1968)
• 3 Ring Wing-Ding (1968)
• In Enemy Country (1968)
• See Ya Later Gladiator (1968)
• Assignment to Kill (1968)
• Feud with a Dude (1968)
• Chubasco (1968)
• Hippydrome Tiger (1968)
• Skyscraper Caper (1968)
• Big Game Haunt (1968)
• Norman Normal (1968)
• Hocus Pocus Powwow (1968)
• Fiesta Fiasco (1967)
• Merlin the Magic Mouse (1967)
• Cool Cat (1967)
• Go Away Stowaway (1967)
• Rodent to Stardom (1967)
• Vacation Playhouse (1967)
• Speedy Ghost to Town (1967)
• The Spy Swatter (1967)
• The Music Mice-Tro (1967)
• F Troop (1965-1967)
• Lost Island of Kioga (1966)
• Chamber of Horrors (1966)
• The Super 6 (1966)
• Cock-a-Doodle Deux-Deux (1966)
• Smile Pretty, Say Pink (1966)
• The Pink Blueprint (1966)
• Snow Excuse (1966)
• A-Haunting We Will Go (1966)
• Vitamin Pink (1966)
• Plastered in Paris (1966)
• Pink Pistons (1966)
• Clippety Clobbered (1966)
• Cirrhosis of the Louvre (1966)
• Mexican Mousepiece (1966)
• Pink Punch (1966)
• The Solid Tin Coyote (1966)
• Napoleon Blown-Aparte (1966)
• Reaux, Reaux, Reaux Your Boat (1966)
• Out and Out Rout (1966)
• Shot and Bothered (1966)
• The Astroduck (1966)
• Chaser on the Rocks (1965)
• The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation (1965)
• Bully for Pink (1965)
• Highway Runnery (1965)
• Go Go Amigo (1965)
• Reel Pink (1965)
• Hairied and Hurried (1965)
• Just Plane Beep (1965)
• Chili Corn Corny (1965)
• An Ounce of Pink (1965)
• Boulder Wham! (1965)
• Tired and Feathered (1965)
• Pink Panzer (1965)
• Tease for Two (1965)
• The Pink Tail Fly (1965)
• Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner (1965)
• Rushing Roulette (1965)
• Corn on the Cop (1965)
• Suppressed Duck (1965)
• Pink Ice (1965)
• Wendy and Me (1965)
• Well Worn Daffy (1965)
• Shocking Pink (1965)
• Pinkfinger (1965)
• Pickled Pink (1965)
• Assault and Peppered (1965)
• Sink Pink (1965)
• Moby Duck (1965)
• Dial 'P' for Pink (1965)
• The Wild Chase (1965)
• Dr. Kildare (1964-1965)
• Cats and Bruises (1965)
• It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House (1965)
• The Pink Phink (1964)
• Road to Andalay (1964)
• We Give Pink Stamps (1964)
• Pink Pajamas (1964)
• Valentine's Day (1964)
• Pancho's Hideaway (1964)
• Señorella and the Glass Huarache (1964)
• False Hare (1964)
• Hawaiian Aye Aye (1964)
• War and Pieces (1964)
• The Iceman Ducketh (1964)
• Nuts and Volts (1964)
• The Tattooed Police Horse (1964)
• Gold, Glory and Custer (1964)
• Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare (1964)
• Freudy Cat (1964)
• Bartholomew Versus the Wheel (1964)
• A Message to Gracias (1964)
• 77 Sunset Strip (1963-1964)
• Dumb Patrol (1964)
• To Beep or Not to Beep (1963)
• Transylvania 6-5000 (1963)
• Claws in the Lease (1963)
• Mad as a Mars Hare (1963)
• Aqua Duck (1963)
• The Unmentionables (1963)
• Wall of Noise (1963)
• Chili Weather (1963)
• Banty Raids (1963)
• PT 109 (1963)
• Hare-Breadth Hurry (1963)
• The Dakotas (1963)
• Woolen Under Where (1963)
• Mexican Cat Dance (1963)
• The Million Hare (1963)
• The Magical World of Disney (1955-1963)
• Fast Buck Duck (1963)
• Devil's Feud Cake (1963)
• I Was a Teenage Thumb (1963)
• Now Hear This (1962)
• Red Nightmare (1962)
• Martian Through Georgia (1962)
• Shishkabugs (1962)
• Good Noose (1962)
• The Jet Cage (1962)
• Have Gun - Will Travel (1960-1962)
• Wagon Train (1962)
• Thriller (1962)
• The Twilight Zone (1961)
• Marines, Let's Go (1961)
• Gunsmoke (1961)
• The Jim Backus Show (1961)
• The Horse with the Flying Tail (1960)
• Zorro (1957-1960)
• Seven Ways from Sundown (1960)
• The Hound That Thought He Was a Raccoon (1960)
• Hotel de Paree (1960)
• Hell Bent for Leather (1960)
• The Millionaire (1960)
• Zorro, the Avenger (1959)
• The Sign of Zorro (1958)
• Flood Tide (1958)
• Tales of the Black Forest (1957)
• The Wetback Hound (1957)
• Cheyenne (1955-1957)
• The Deadly Mantis (1957)
• The Wonders of Araby (1956)
• Alaska Lifeboat (1956)
• The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure (1956)
• Crossroads of the World (1956)
• Pillars of the Sky (1956)
• Walk the Proud Land (1956)
• So Your Wife Wants to Work (1956)
• So You Want to Play the Piano (1956)
• Raw Edge (1956)
• So You Want to Be Pretty (1956)
• So You Think the Grass Is Greener (1956)
• Cow Dog (1956)
• The Littlest Outlaw (1955)
• 24 Hour Alert (1955)
• So You Want to Be a Policeman (1955)
• So You Want to Be a V.P. (1955)
• The Mickey Mouse Club (1955)
• Tennessee's Partner (1955)
• So You Want a Model Railroad (1955)
• To Hell and Back (1955)
• Francis in the Navy (1955)
• The Private War of Major Benson (1955)
• Pearl of the South Pacific (1955)
• So You Want to Be on a Jury (1955)
• The Man from Bitter Ridge (1955)
• Smoke Signal (1955)
• Revenge of the Creature (1955)
• Cult of the Cobra (1955)
• So You Want to Be a Gladiator (1955)
• Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
• So You Don't Trust Your Wife (1955)
• Silver Blades (1955)
• Beauty and the Bull (1954)
• So You Want to Know Your Relatives (1954)
• Rodeo Roundup (1954)
• Cattle Queen of Montana (1954)
• Ricochet Romance (1954)
• So You're Taking in a Roomer (1954)
• Sea Sports of Tahiti (1954)
• In Fourteen Hundred and Ninety Two (1954)
• Studio 57 (1954)
• Royal Mounties (1954)
• So You Want to Be a Banker (1954)
• Black Horse Canyon (1954)
• Off to the Races! (1954)
• Tanganyika (1954)
• Fireman Save My Child (1954)
• Continental Holiday (1954)
• Yankee Pasha (1954)
• So You Want to Be Your Own Boss (1954)
• Stormy, the Thoroughbred (1954)
• Saskatchewan (1954)
• Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)
• So You're Having Neighbor Trouble (1954)
• Border River (1954)
• Three Lives (1953)
• Winter Paradise (1953)
• War Arrow (1953)
• Mystery Lake (1953)
• So You Want to Be an Heir (1953)
• Don't Forget to Write (1953)
• So You Think You Can't Sleep (1953)
• Black Fury (1953)
• All American (1953)
• So You Love Your Dog (1953)
• Danish Sport Delights (1953)
• Where the Trade Winds Play (1953)
• So You Want a Television Set (1953)
• Phantom from Space (1953)
• Cheyenne Days (1953)
• So You Want to Learn to Dance (1953)
• Birthplace of Hockey (1953)
• Sporting Courage (1953)
• So You Want to Be a Musician (1953)
• Thar She Blows! (1952)
• Fiesta for Sports (1952)
• So You Want to Wear the Pants (1952)
• Unfamiliar Sports (1952)
• Warner Bros. Sports Parade: Just for Sports (1952)
• So You're Going to the Dentist (1952)
• Cattle Town (1952)
• So You Never Tell a Lie (1952)
• Snow Frolics (1952)
• Open Up That Golden Gate (1952)
• Land of the Trembling Earth (1952)
• Centennial Sports (1952)
• So You Want to Go to a Convention (1952)
• The Dog Snatcher (1952)
• So You Want to Enjoy Life (1952)
• Emperor's Horses (1952)
• Retreat, Hell! (1952)
• So You Want to Get It Wholesale (1952)
• Man on the Land (1951)
• The Seeing Eye (1951)
• A Laugh a Day (1951)
• So You Want to Be a Plumber (1951)
• The Tanks Are Coming (1951)
• Stop! Look and Laugh (1951)
• Fuddy Duddy Buddy (1951)
• Art of Archery (1951)
• So You Want to Be a Bachelor (1951)
• So You Want to Buy a Used Car (1951)
• So You Want to Be a Paper Hanger (1951)
• Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951)
• I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. (1951)
• Five (1951)
• So You Want to Be a Cowboy (1951)
• The Neighbor Next Door (1951)
• The Will to Win (1951)
• Ace of Clubs (1951)
• So You Want to Be a Handy Man (1951)
• My Country 'Tis of Thee (1950)
• So You're Going to Have an Operation (1950)
• Highway 301 (1950)
• Breakthrough (1950)
• So You Want a Raise (1950)
• Grandad of Races (1950)
• So You Want to Move (1950)
• Just for Fun (1950)
• The Great Jewel Robber (1950)
• So You Want to Hold Your Husband (1950)
• Fifty Years Before Your Eyes (1950)
• This Side of the Law (1950)
• Riviera Days (1950)
• Colt .45 (1950)
• So You Think You're Not Guilty (1950)
• Danger Is My Business (1950)
• Barricade (1950)
• That's Bully (1950)
• Hands Tell the Story (1950)
• So You Want to Throw a Party (1950)
• Let's Go Boating (1950)
• The Grass Is Always Greener (1950)
• Mrs. Mike (1949)
• Happy Holidays (1949)
• So You Want to Be an Actor (1949)
• King of the Rockies (1949)
• Jungle Terror (1949)
• So You Want to Get Rich Quick (1949)
• The House Across the Street (1949)
• Hunting the Fox (1949)
• So You're Having In-Law Trouble (1949)
• Sports Old and New (1949)
• Down the Nile (1949)
• So You Want to Be a Muscle Man (1949)
• Cradle of the Republic (1949)
• The Younger Brothers (1949)
• Heart to Heart (1949)
• Drums of India (1949)
• Homicide (1949)
• Your Show Time (1949)
• Heart of Paris (1949)
• So You Want to Be Popular (1949)
• Flaxy Martin (1949)
• Circus Town (1949)
• So You Want to Be a Baby Sitter (1949)
• Royal Duck Shoot (with the Maharajah of Bharatpur) (1948)
• Princely India (1948)
• Pie in the Eye (1948)
• Sportsmen of the Far East (1948)
• Jungle Man Killers (1948)
• My Own United States (1948)
• Gauchos of the Pampas (1948)
• Mysterious Ceylon (1948)
• Moonrise (1948)
• The Man from New Orleans (1948)
• Embraceable You (1948)
• So You Want to Be a Detective (1948)
• The Big Punch (1948)
• Calgary Stampede (1948)
• So You Want to Build a House (1948)
• Fighting Athletes (1948)
• Going to Blazes! (1948)
• Rhythm of a Big City (1948)
• So You Want to Be a Gambler (1948)
• So You Want an Apartment (1948)
• Dad Minds the Baby (1947)
• So You Want to Hold Your Wife (1947)
• Power Behind the Nation (1947)
• So You Want to Be a Salesman (1947)
• Soap Box Derby (1947)
• So You're Going on a Vacation (1947)
• Give Us the Earth! (1947)
• A Day at Hollywood Park (1947)
• So You Want to Be in Pictures (1947)
• So You're Going to Be a Father (1947)
• Harness Racing (1947)
• American Sports Album (1947)
• Big Time Revue (1947)
• Sunset in the Pacific (1946)
• So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck (1946)
• A Boy and His Dog (1946)
• So You Want to Keep Your Hair (1946)
• Star Spangled City (1946)
• So You Want to Play the Horses (1946)
• Okay for Sound (1946)
• Traffic with the Devil (1946)
• Men of Tomorrow (1946)
• The Time of Their Lives (1946)
• She-Wolf of London (1946)
• Smart as a Fox (1946)
• Gem of the Ocean (1946)
• Hitler Lives (1945)
• House of Dracula (1945)
• So You Think You're Allergic (1945)
• All Star Musical Revue (1945)
• Story of a Dog (1945)
• Star in the Night (1945)
• Shady Lady (1945)
• America the Beautiful (1945)
• Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
• To the Shores of Iwo Jima (1945)
• That's the Spirit (1945)
• It Happened in Springfield (1945)
• Overseas Roundup (1945)
• Navy Nurse (1945)
• Beachhead to Berlin (1945)
• I Am an American (1944)
• The Mummy's Curse (1944)
• The Battle of Britain (1944)
• I Won't Play (1944)
• Murder in the Blue Room (1944)
• Once Over Lightly (1944)
• The Last Ride (1944)
• Proudly We Serve (1944)
• The Battle for the Marianas (1944)
• Crime by Night (1944)
• Devil Boats (1944)
• Junior Jive Bombers (1944)
• Filipino Sports Parade (1944)
• The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)
• Our Frontier in Italy (1944)
• It's Your War Too (1944)
• America's Hidden Weapon (1944)
• With the Marines at Tarawa (1944)
• Dogie Roundup (1944)
• Divide and Conquer (1943)
• Happy Times and Jolly Moments (1943)
• Baptism of Fire (1943)
• Food and Magic (1943)
• Tropical Sportland (1943)
• Good Old Corn (1943)
• The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler (1943)
• Mechanized Patrolling (1943)
• Snow Sports (1943)
• Pledge to Bataan (1943)
• Champions Training Champions (1943)
• Grey, White and Blue (1943)
• Rover's Rangers (1943)
• Stars on Horseback (1943)
• Young and Beautiful (1943)
• The Mysterious Doctor (1943)
• Women in Sports (1943)
• Little Isles of Freedom (1943)
• This Is Your Enemy (1943)
• The Gorilla Man (1943)
• The Hidden Hand (1942)
• Beyond the Line of Duty (1942)
• The Right Timing (1942)
• A Ship Is Born (1942)
• Divide and Conquer (1942)
• Secret Enemies (1942)
• Busses Roar (1942)
• Sniffer Soldiers (1942)
• Men of the Sky (1942)
• Escape from Crime (1942)
• Spy Ship (1942)
• The Pacific Frontier (1942)
• There Ain't No Such Animal (1942)
• Murder in the Big House (1942)
• Shoot Yourself Some Golf (1942)
• I Was Framed (1942)
• Lady Gangster (1942)
• Bullet Scars (1942)
• Hunting Dogs at Work (1942)
• Soldiers in White (1942)
• Dangerously They Live (1941)
• Steel Against the Sky (1941)
• West of the Rockies (1941)
• White Sails (1941)
• Water Sports (1941)
• Perils of the Jungle (1941)
• Passage from Hong Kong (1941)
• Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)
• International Squadron (1941)
• Highway West (1941)
• It Happens on Rollers (1941)
• Big Bill Tilden (1941)
• The Nurse's Secret (1941)
• Strange Alibi (1941)
• Pals of the Pecos (1941)
• A Shot in the Dark (1941)
• Wyoming Wildcat (1941)
• Melody Ranch (1940)
• Who Killed Aunt Maggie? (1940)
• Melody and Moonlight (1940)
• Barnyard Follies (1940)
• Under Texas Skies (1940)
• King of the Royal Mounted (1940)
• Girl from Havana (1940)
• Earl of Puddlestone (1940)
• Oklahoma Renegades (1940)
• Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot (1940)
• Girl from God's Country (1940)
• Scatterbrain (1940)
• Adventures of Red Ryder (1940)
• Grand Ole Opry (1940)
• Wagons Westward (1940)
• A Fugitive from Justice (1940)
• Murder in the Air (1940)
• Gangs of Chicago (1940)
• The Crooked Road (1940)
• Covered Wagon Days (1940)
• In Old Missouri (1940)
• Grandpa Goes to Town (1940)
• King of the Lumberjacks (1940)
• The Courageous Dr. Christian (1940)
• Drums of Fu Manchu (1940)
• Village Barn Dance (1940)
• Wolf of New York (1940)
• Heroes of the Saddle (1940)