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Milt Franklyn
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Milt Franklyn (September 16, 1897 - April 24, 1962) was a musical composer and arranger who worked on the Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes cartoons. 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 Stalling retired in 1958, Milt Franklyn became the sole musical composer for Warner Bros. Cartoons.
Franklyn died of a heart attack on April 24, 1962. At the time of his death, Franklyn was composing the score for a Tweety cartoon, The Jet Cage. The effect of Franklyn's death was noticeable as Franklyn's music (similar to Stalling's in its incorporation of traditional tunes) was abruptly replaced mid-cartoon by William Lava's music. Lava had a very different, somewhat more modern style of composing, which is quickly apparent when viewing Warner Bros. cartoons produced after 1962. The Jet Cage did not list Lava's name in the opening credits.
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