William Loose

William Loose (born June 5, 1910 in Michigan , † June 22, 1991 in Burbank , California ) was an American composer for film , television and production music . His active period was from the 1950s to the 1970s. Using his film score for the animated series Ren & Stimpy also earned him fans in the 1990s.

Life

His career began as arranger for a radio station in Omaha , Nebraska . During World War II he was director of the United States Armed Forces orchestra in New York.

In the 1950s, Capitol Records managed a number of production music archives . In 1955 they decided to open their own archive, but Nelson Riddle refused to take care of the cues and arrangements as the composer . So Loose and his colleague John Seely were hired. As early as 1957, Looses music was used in more than 24 different television programs, including some western series. He composed the production music for, among others, The Ruff & Reddy Show , The Texaner , Hucky , Yogibär , Mutter ist der der Bestebesten , Merciless City and Dennis, a rascal story . He was often not mentioned in the opening or closing credits of the film or series. From 1968 to 1969 he was musical director of The Doris Day Show .

His most productive period was in the 1950s and 1960s, in the 1970s, he participated in the soundtrack of some cult - B-movies like Rebel Riders (1970), The Big Bird Cage (1972), The Wrestler (1974), football match and sweet Girls (1974), Little Devils (1974) and Mako the Beast (1976). He also became known for the musical design of various Russ Meyer films , including Ohne Gnade - Schätze (1968), Drüber, und und drauf (1976) and In the deep valley of the super witches (1983), some of which were also released on LP.

His last scores appeared in the 1980s, including for Nostradamus (1981) and Spuk im Herrenhaus (1983).

In 1986 he won a Golden Eagle (CINE) for The Living Machine episode of the documentary series The Infinite Voyage .

In 1991 Loose died of a heart attack . Shortly thereafter, his music became known to a whole new generation through the animated series Ren & Stimpy .

Filmography (selection)

Movies

1958: The Treasure of the Hanged (The Law and Jake Wade)
1960: The longer, the better (Tall Story)
1961: Blond, sweet and very naive (Love in a Goldfish Bowl)
1962: Invasion of the Star Creatures
1963: Lassie's Great Adventure
1963: City without a Sheriff (The Gun Hawk)
1964: Kitten with a Whip
1965: John F. Kennedy - A Life for Freedom (John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums)
1965: Black spores (Black Spurs)
1967: Tarzan and the Great River
1968: Tarzan and the Jungle Boy
1968: Zero Zero Sex (Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers!)
1968: Without Mercy - Sweetheart (Vixen)
1968: Night of the Living Dead (Night of the Living Dead)
1970: Porn trip to the sex goddess (Trader Hornee)
1970: Flowers without fragrance (Beyond the Valley of the Dolls)
1972: Rabbits (Night of the Lepus)
1972: Zorro and his lustful girls (The Erotic Adventures of Zorro)
1974: Kesse Mary - Crazy Larry (Dirty Mary Crazy Larry)
1974: The Wrestler
1974: Little Devils (Peopletoys)
1975: The Giant Spider Invasion (The Giant Spider Invasion)
1975: Supervixens - Eruption (Supervixens)
1976: Over, under and on (Up!)
1976: Mako the Beast (Mako: The Jaws of Death)
1982: The Weird Witching Hour (Creepshow)
1988: Angel III: The Final Chapter

TV Shows

1956: The Sheriff of Cochise (credits)
1957–1958: trackdown
1957-1960: The Ruff & Reddy Show
1958: This Is Alice (Theme)
1958-1960: The Texan (The Texan)
1958-1960: Hucky
1958–1961: Josh (Wanted: Dead or Alive)
1959: Chicago 1930 (The Untouchables)
1959-1960: Quick Draw McGraw
1959-1961: The Lawless Years
1959–1963: Dennis, Tales of a Rascal (Dennis the Menace)
1959-1972: Davey and Goliath
1960: Happy (Theme)
1960: Tate (Theme)
1960–1961: The Best of the Post
1960–1962: Vilma and King (National Velvet)
1960–1962: Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse
1961: Yogibär (The Yogi Bear Show)
1961–1962: Merciless City (Naked City)
1962–1963: Mother is the very best (The Donna Reed Show)
1968–1969: Doris Day in ... (The Doris Day Show) (musical director)
1992–1996: Ren & Stimpy (The Ren & Stimpy Show) (archive material)

Discography (selection)

1968: Great Instrumental Christmas Music by the Hollywood Pops Orchestra, compiled by William Loose (Capitol Records)
1969: Cherry ... & Harry & Raquel (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Beverly Hills)
1969: Russ Meyer's Vixen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Beverly Hills)
1976: Soul Action / Activity (together with Edgar Redmond, Emil Ascher Library)
1985: Captain Dynamo (And His Mission to Save the Universe) (with Paul Ruhland , Amphonic Music)
1987: The World About Us (Amphonic Music)

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Obituary. In: Variety . March 4th 1991.
^ Daniel Goldmark, Yuval Taylor: The Cartoon Music Book . A. Cappella Books, Chicago, Illinois 2002, ISBN 1-55652-473-0 , p. 273.
↑ Alvin H. Marill: Television Westerns: Six Decades of Sagebrush Sheriffs, Scalawags, and Sidewinders . Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland 2011, ISBN 978-0-8108-8132-7 , p. 56.

personal data
SURNAME	Loose, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Loose, Bill (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American composer for film, television and production music
DATE OF BIRTH	June 5, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH	Michigan
DATE OF DEATH	June 22, 1991
Place of death	Burbank

[1] Obituary. In: Variety . March 4th 1991.

[2] Daniel Goldmark, Yuval Taylor: The Cartoon Music Book . A. Cappella Books, Chicago, Illinois 2002, ISBN 1-55652-473-0 , p. 273.

[3] Alvin H. Marill: Television Westerns: Six Decades of Sagebrush Sheriffs, Scalawags, and Sidewinders . Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland 2011, ISBN 978-0-8108-8132-7 , p. 56.