Billy May (I) (1916–2004)

Music Department | Composer | Soundtrack

Distinguished multiple Grammy-winning trumpeter, arranger, conductor and songwriter whose ...

Born: November 10, 1916
Died: January 22, 2004 (age 87)

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Filmography

Known For

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 Soundtrack (2003)
Taxi Soundtrack (2004)
21 Jump Street Soundtrack (2012)
Known For

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Soundtrack (2002)
Soundtrack

Golden Youth (2019)
Ben Is Back (2018)
Ladies (2017)
My Internship in Canada (2015)
BBC Proms (2015)
Dear Sidewalk (2013)
The Look of Love (2013)
21 Jump Street (2012)
I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat (2011)
The Green Hornet (2011)
Bad Day to Go Fishing (2009)
Romaine 30° Below (2009)
Pride and Glory (2008)
A West Texas Children's Story (2007)
Mad Men (2007)
Ugly Betty (2006)
Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland (2006)
Just Friends (2005)
Rebound (2005)
Taxi (2004)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
The O.C. (2003)
The In-Laws (2003)
Two Weeks Notice (2002)
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
Death to Smoochy (2002)
Further Tales of the City (2001)
Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000)
The Bachelor (1999)
Soft Fruit (1999)
The Dogwalker (1999)
Happy, Texas (1999)
Vegas Vacation (1997)
The Critic (1995)
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1993)
The Setting Sun (1992)
The Magic of David Copperfield: China (1986)
Morons from Outer Space (1985)
All of Me (1984)
The Turning Point (1977)
Tony Rome (1967)
Batman (1967)
Bandstand (1967)
The Newlywed Game (1966)
Teenage Millionaire (1961)
Naked City (1958)
Bernardine (1957)
Billy May and His Orchestra (1952)
The Woody Woodpecker Polka (1951)
Orchestra Wives (1942)
Soundtrack

Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
Actor

Orchestra Wives Band Member (1942)
Sun Valley Serenade Orchestra Member (1941)
Traveling Saleslady Announcer (1935)
Actor

Free and Easy Billy May (1930)
Writer

Daffy's Rhapsody (2012)
I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat (2011)
Writer

The Woody Woodpecker Polka (1951)
Music Department

The Green Hornet (2011)
Beyond the Sea (2004)
The Stan Freberg Commercials (1999)
For the Boys (1991)
The Rocketeer (1991)
Once Around (1991)
Field of Dreams (1989)
Cocoon: The Return (1988)
*batteries not included (1987)
Cocoon (1985)
All of Me (1984)
Swing Shift (1984)
Racing with the Moon (1984)
Foul-Ups, Bleeps & Blunders (1984)
AfterMASH (1983)
The Star Chamber (1983)
Stan Freberg Federal Budget Review (1982)
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
Pennies from Heaven (1981)
Taps (1981)
Airplane! (1980)
The Cheap Detective (1978)
The Carpenters at Christmas (1977)
The Greatest (1977)
Tail Gunner Joe (1977)
The Front Page (1974)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Mitzi's 2nd Special (1969)
Lady in Cement (1968)
Batman (1967-1968)
Tony Rome (1967)
The Green Hornet (1966)
A Fine Madness (1966)
Barney (1965)
The Pleasure Seekers (1964)
Johnny Cool (1963)
Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown (1958-1962)
Naked City (1960-1962)
Acapulco (1961)
Bobby Darin and Friends (1961)
The Milton Berle Show (1958-1959)
Colgate Theatre (1958)
St. Louis Blues (1958)
Bernardine (1957)
This Could Be the Night (1957)
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown (1957)
Nightmare (1956)
A Kiss Before Dying (1956)
Screen Directors Playhouse (1956)
Climax! (1955)
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
The Woody Woodpecker Polka (1951)
Music Department

Home, Sweet Homicide (1946)
Meet Miss Bobby Socks (1944)
Composer

L'Oeil du cyclone (1993)
Yma Sumac - Hollywoods Inkaprinzessin (1991)
Pennies from Heaven (1981)
The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies (1981)
Little Mo (1978)
Sam (1978)
CHiPs (1978)
Emergency! (1973-1978)
M*A*S*H (1978)
American Reunion (1976)
Fury of the Dragon (1976)
The Specialists (1975)
The Green Hornet (1974)
Mod Squad (1968-1971)
The Ballad of Andy Crocker (1969)
The Pigeon (1969)
The Secret Life of an American Wife (1968)
Batman (1967-1968)
Dick Tracy (1967)
Tony Rome (1967)
The Green Hornet (1966-1967)
Rawhide (1965)
Sally and Sam (1965)
Young Men in a Hurry (1963)
Johnny Cool (1963)
Sergeants 3 (1962)
Naked City (1960-1962)
Mel-O-Toons (1960)
Dan Raven (1960)
Colgate Theatre (1958)
Love That Jill (1958)
Bernardine (1957)
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown (1957)
The Jaywalker (1956)
Composer

Tara the Stone Cutter (1955)

Awards

2 wins & 6 nominations.

Did You Know

Composed, orchestrated and conducted the score for "Stan Freberg Presents: The United States Of America", a "Stage Musical" written by Freberg specifically to be listened to in stereo. Part 1 was released in 1961, but Part 2 didn't make its first ...