Milt Franklyn was a musical composer and arranger who worked on the Warner Bros.' Looney Tunescartoons. He started work at Warner Bros. in 1950, arranging the scores produced by Carl Stalling, while beginning to compose in his own right in 1954. After Carl Stalling retired in 1958, Milt Franklyn became the sole musical composer for Warner Bros. Cartoons. A composer is a person who writes music. ... In popular music an arrangement is a setting of a piece of music, which may have been composed by the arranger or by someone else. ... Warner Bros. ... Looney Tunes is a Warner Brothers cartoon series that preceded the Merrie Melodies series, and is both WBs first animated theatrical series and the second longest continuous animated series in any medium. ... A cartoon is any of several forms of art, with varied meanings that evolved from one to another. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Carl W. Stalling (1888–1974) was the most famous composer and arranger of cartoon music. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Termite Terrace is the nickname for the old building in Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA where Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies were first created. ...
Milt Franklyn died in 1962 while part-way through the writing of the music for the Tweety cartoon The Jet Cage. The effect of this is made clear as Franklyn's music, similar to Stalling's in its incorporation of traditional tunes, was abruptly replaced by William Lava's music, which is very different in style. The starting credits on this cartoon do not credit William Lava. 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Tweety aka Tweety Pie or Tweety Bird is a fictional character in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated cartoons. ...