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name: "William Lava"
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roles: ["Composer"]
born: "18 March 1911"
died: "20 February 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T15:41:58.531631+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# William Lava

Composer. Born 18 March 1911 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. Died 20 February 1971.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 18 March 1911, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
- **Died:** 20 February 1971
- **Also known as:** William B. Lava, Wm. Lava, Bill Lava

## Biography

William Lava (also credited as William B. Lava, Wm. Lava or Bill Lava) was an American composer and arranger. He was born on 18 March 1911 in St. Paul, Minnesota, and died on 20 February 1971 in Los Angeles. He studied at Northwestern University and later conducting with Albert Coates, before moving to Hollywood in 1936.

Lava composed music for feature films and television, including *The Twilight Zone* (1959). He is noted for his work on Warner Bros. *Looney Tunes* and *Merrie Melodies* cartoons from 1962 to 1969, succeeding Milt Franklyn as the final composer in the studio's classic era. His credits also include scores for *House of Dracula* (1945), *The Mummy's Curse* (1944), *Moonrise* (1948), *Revenge of the Creature* (1955) and series such as *F Troop*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), Fi1m 84, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)

## Also known for

- *The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie* (1979), Music
- *Revenge of the Creature* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie* (1981), Music
- *Daffy Duck's Quackbusters* (1988), Music
- *House of Dracula* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man* (1951), Music
- *The Mummy's Curse* (1944), Original Music Composer
- *The Deadly Mantis* (1957), Original Music Composer

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