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An Emmy Award and Pulitzer Prize nominee composer, conductor, and arranger... more
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Received a Pulitzer Prize for his concert piece "The Sound of America"... more
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(2 articles)
Interview with Dead Space composer Jason Graves
(From Fangoria. 13 November 2008, 6:46 PM, PST)
'Flintstones' Composer Shaeffer Dies
(From WENN. 6 July 2007)
Alternate Names:
Willis Schaefer
Filmography
Composer
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1. | Forgotten Heroes (1990) | 1990 | - | 5.1 (21) | |
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2. | "Disneyland" (1954) | (10 episodes, 1964-1979) | 1979 | - | 8.4 (277) |
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3. | The Sky Trap (1979) (TV) | 1979 | - | 4.0 (10) | |
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4. | Mickey's 50 (1978) | 1978 | - | 9.3 (5) | |
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5. | "Godzilla" (1978) | (unknown episodes) | 1978 | - | 7.0 (106) |
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6. | "Super Friends" (1973) | (unknown episodes) | 1973 | - | 6.8 (211) |
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7. | "Scooby Doo, Where Are You!" (1969) | (unknown episodes) | 1969 | - | 8.2 (2,066) |
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8. | "The Flying Nun" (1967) | (unknown episodes) | 1967 | - | 6.4 (220) |
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9. | "I Dream of Jeannie" (1965) | (unknown episodes) | 1965 | - | 7.6 (1,575) |
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10. | "Hogan's Heroes" (1965) | (unknown episodes) | 1965 | - | 8.0 (1,512) |
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11. | "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962) | (unknown episodes) | 1962 | - | 8.3 (464) |
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12. | "Straightaway" (1961) | (unknown episodes) | 1961 | - | 7.5 (11) |
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13. | "The Yogi Bear Show" (1961) | (unknown episodes) | 1961 | - | 7.1 (306) |
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14. | "The Flintstones" (1960) | (unknown episodes) | 1960 | - | 8.0 (2,152) |
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15. | Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks with a Circus (1960) | 1960 | - | 6.9 (304) | |
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16. | Old Yeller (1957) | (uncredited) | 1957 | - | 7.3 (3,479) |
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17. | "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) | (unknown episodes) | 1957 | - | 6.5 (6) |
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18. | "The Blue Angel" (1954) | 1954 | - | - | |
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19. | "House Party" (1952) | (unknown episodes) | 1952 | - | 7.0 (24) |
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20. | "Armstrong Circle Theatre" (1950) | (unknown episodes) | 1950 | - | 8.0 (20) |
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21. | American Cowboy (1950) | (uncredited) | 1950 | - | - |
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22. | "Lamp Unto My Feet" (1948) | (unknown episodes) | 1948 | - | - |
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Music Department
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1. | 10 (1979) | (orchestrator) (uncredited) | 1979 | - | 5.8 (6,102) |
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2. | "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" (1979) | conductor (unknown episodes) | 1979 | - | 6.9 (870) |
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3. | "Barnaby Jones" (1973) | conductor (unknown episodes) | 1973 | - | 6.9 (240) |
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4. | "The Flying Nun" (1967) | conductor (unknown episodes) | 1967 | - | 6.4 (220) |
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5. | "The Jackie Gleason Show" (1966) | orchestrator (unknown episodes) | 1966 | - | 8.4 (65) |
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6. | "The Sid Caesar Show" (1963) | (orchestrator) | 1963 | - | 6.5 (21) |
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7. | "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962) | orchestrator (unknown episodes) | 1962 | - | 8.3 (464) |
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8. | The Phil Silvers Pontiac Special: Keep in Step (1959) (TV) | (orchestrator) | 1959 | - | - |
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9. | "Sid Caesar Invites You" (1958/I) | (orchestrator) | 1958 | - | - |
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10. | The Great Waltz (1955) (TV) | (orchestrator) | 1955 | - | - |
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11. | Max Liebman Presents: Naughty Marietta (1955) (TV) | (orchestrator) | 1955 | - | - |
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12. | "Studio One" (1948) | orchestrator (unknown episodes) | 1948 | - | 8.5 (51) |
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13. | "Toast of the Town" (1948) | orchestrator (unknown episodes) | 1948 | - | 8.4 (100) |
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Soundtrack
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1. | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) | ("Now That We're Men") | 2004 | $126M | 6.9 (13,390) |
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2. | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) | (writer: "Legal Eagle") | 2004 | $144M | 6.6 (60,091) |
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3. | Saved! (2004) | (arranger: "Jolly Old St. Nicholas") | 2004 | - | 7.0 (21,014) |
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4. | Men of Honor (2000) | (arranger: "Anchors Aweigh", "Stars and Stripes Forever") | 2000 | - | 6.7 (27,687) |
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5. | Smile (1975) | ("Pageant Music") | 1975 | - | 7.5 (833) |
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Additional Details
Other Works:
Conducting credits include the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra (in a Disney concert featuring his orchestrations), the Sun Valley Summer Symphony, the Grant Park Orchestra of Chicago, the Kenosha Symphony Orchestra, the Racine Symphony Orchestra, the Denver Symphony Orchestra (now the Colorado Symphony), the Disney World All-Star College Orchestra, the Budapest Symphony Orchestra, the Prague Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Radio Orchestra of London, the London Symphonia Orchestra, the Graunke Orchestra of Munich, the Villa Lobos Concert Orchestra of Madrid, the CBS Radio Orchestra of New York, the North Shore Concert Orchestra of Chicago, the San Fernando Symphonic Winds, the USC Concert Wind Orchestra, the DePaul University Wind Ensemble, the Northwestern University Concert Band, the US Marine Band (Twenty-Nine Palms), the Fifth Army Band of Chicago (in radio and television broadcasts), the Kenosha Band-O-Rama (1,200 student players), and various London studio orchestras and bands. more
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