Occupation composer Albums Mad Monster Party Name Maury Laws | Spouse(s) Karen Rutledge Years active 1934-1992 | |
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Born December 6, 1923 (age 100) ( 1923-12-06 ) Burlington, North Carolina Relatives sons John and Christopher, daughter Wendy Role Film composer · maurylaws.com Children Christopher Laws, John Laws, Wendy Laws Music director The Hobbit, Mad Monster Party?, The Flight of Dragons, Santa Claus Is Comin' to, The Return of the King Similar Jules Bass, Romeo Muller, Arthur Rankin Jr. | ||
"Mad Monster Party" Composer Maury Laws 1923-2019 Memorial Video
Maury Laws (born December 6, 1923 in Burlington, North Carolina) is an American television and film composer.
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- Mad Monster Party Composer Maury Laws 1923 2019 Memorial Video
- A conversation w maury laws musical director arranger and composer
- Filmography
- References
In his teens, Laws performed in local country, jazz and dance bands as a singer and guitarist in his home state of North Carolina. His career was put on hold during World War II, in which he served in the Army.
In 1964, he was hired as music director for the television production company Videocraft International (now known as Rankin/Bass), a post which he held for roughly 20 years. In this capacity, he conducted and scored music for a number of animated features, including The Hobbit, Jack Frost, The Flight of Dragons, The Daydreamer, The Wacky World of Mother Goose, Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town, and Frosty the Snowman. His most widely known work may be an adaptation of Johnny Marks' score for the well-known Christmas special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, first aired in 1964. Laws has also done composing work on a 1967 Rankin/Bass theatrical feature, the Halloween-themed Mad Monster Party.
Maury Laws resides in Appleton, Wisconsin. He is active in the arts in Wisconsin.