Milt Franklyn
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- September 16, 1897
- Died
- April 24, 1962 (aged 64)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Milton J. "Milt" Franklyn (September 16, 1897 – April 24, 1962) was a musical composer and arranger who worked on the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes animated cartoons. Franklyn moved from New York to Salt Lake City at the age of three, where he went to high school and finished one year at the University of Utah. He was the state junior tennis champion in Utah for six years. The next two years were spent at the University of California, Berkeley, then he began a term at Pennsylvania University when he was called to service in World War One. Franklyn did not serve overseas; he trained as a naval officer for three months and then the Armistice was signed on November 11, 1918. He returned to Berkeley to finish his education. As Franklyn could play a number of instruments, he joined a band in San Francisco and for the next few years played at the Palace and St. Francis hotels. He began his own nine-piece orchestra, known at various times as the Peninsula Band, the Super Soloists, and the Merrimakers, and appeared in San Mateo (1926 to June 1927), where he also owned a music store, and San Jose (1928 to January 1929), where he was Master of Ceremonies and wrote revues for the California Theatre before moving on to Fresno and Oakland. For two years he was emcee with Fanchon and Marco at Fox West Coast in San Diego; musical director and emcee with Paramount Publix Corporation, travelling to Seattle, Denver, Houston and Toledo; and finally worked on the Loew's circuit in Providence, Rhode Island and New York City from 1933 to 1935. Franklyn quit vaudeville to go to Hollywood in 1935 and spent a year doing occasional work. In early 1936, he joined Warner Bros. as music arranger to Carl Stalling, becoming music director in 1953. The first cartoon with Franklyn credited as a composer was Bugs and Thugs, released in 1954, though Franklyn estimated at the time his 599th cartoon for Warners was Past Perfumance. Franklyn always composed his scores at home early in the morning; he only went to the studio to watch the 30-piece Warner Bros. Orchestra record the music or to view the finished cartoon. Among the songs Franklyn is said to have composed with director Chuck Jones and writer Michael Maltese is The Michigan Rag for the 1955 cartoon One Froggy Evening, featuring Michigan J. Frog. However, the ASCAP database lists only Maltese as the composer. He became the sole composer in 1958 upon Stalling's retirement. 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 first two minutes of the cartoon were scored by Franklyn, the rest by William Lava, who had been working on the Warner Bros. main lot and replaced him as musical director. The Jet Cage opening credits lists Franklyn and not Lava, while the ASCAP database credits Franklyn with composing the opening title, with no mention of Lava, but a change in composing style in the cartoon is noticeable. Franklyn joined ASCAP in 1954 and was a member of the Academy of TV Arts and Sciences. After his death, Franklyn's music also appeared in Bugs Bunny on Broadway.
Known For
Filmography
Bugs Bunny at the Symphony
Movie · Music
Bugs Bunny's Creature Features
Movie · Music
Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes
Movie · Music
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
Movie · Music
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
Movie · Music
Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special
Movie · Music
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
Movie · Music
How Bugs Bunny Won the West
Movie · Music
Zip Zip Hooray!
Movie · Music
Bill of Hare
Movie · Original Music Composer
Wet Hare
Movie · Music
Quackodile Tears
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mexican Boarders
Movie · Music
Honey's Money
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Jet Cage
Movie · Music
Mother Was a Rooster
Movie · Music
Louvre Come Back to Me!
Movie · Music
Adventures of the Road-Runner
Movie · Original Music Composer
Crows' Feat
Movie · Music
A Sheep in the Deep
Movie · Music
The Rebel Without Claws
Movie · Music
The Abominable Snow Rabbit
Movie · Music
The Last Hungry Cat
Movie · Original Music Composer
Nelly's Folly
Movie · Music
The Pied Piper of Guadalupe
Movie · Music
Beep Prepared
Movie · Music
Birds of a Father
Movie · Original Music Composer
D' Fightin' Ones
Movie · Original Music Composer
Cannery Woe
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Mouse on 57th Street
Movie · Original Music Composer
Zip 'n Snort
Movie · Original Music Composer
Hoppy Daze
Movie · Original Music Composer
Strangled Eggs
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Scent of the Matterhorn
Movie · Music
Prince Violent
Movie · Music
Compressed Hare
Movie · Original Music Composer
West of the Pesos
Movie · Original Music Composer
Fastest with the Mostest
Movie · Original Music Composer
Wild Wild World
Movie · Original Music Composer
Who Scent You?
Movie · Original Music Composer
Hyde and Go Tweet
Movie · Original Music Composer
Horse Hare
Movie · Original Music Composer
Goldimouse and the Three Cats
Movie · Original Music Composer
Person to Bunny
Movie · Original Music Composer
Crockett-Doodle-Do
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mouse and Garden
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rabbit's Feat
Movie · Original Music Composer
From Hare to Heir
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mice Follies
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ready, Woolen and Able
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Dixie Fryer
Movie · Original Music Composer
Trip for Tat
Movie · Original Music Composer
Hopalong Casualty
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dog Gone People
Movie · Original Music Composer
High Note
Movie · Music
Lighter Than Hare
Movie · Music
The Mouse That Jack Built
Movie · Original Music Composer
Baton Bunny
Movie · Music
A Witch's Tangled Hare
Movie · Music
Mexicali Shmoes
Movie · Music
Apes of Wrath
Movie · Music
Wild and Woolly Hare
Movie · Original Music Composer
Bonanza Bunny
Movie · Music
People Are Bunny
Movie · Original Music Composer
Cat's Paw
Movie · Music
A Broken Leghorn
Movie · Music
Mouse-Placed Kitten
Movie · Original Music Composer
Wild About Hurry
Movie · Music
China Jones
Movie · Music
Trick or Tweet
Movie · Original Music Composer
Tweet and Lovely
Movie · Original Music Composer
Really Scent
Movie · Music
Cat Feud
Movie · Original Music Composer
Knighty Knight Bugs
Movie · Music
Whoa, Be-Gone!
Movie · Original Music Composer
Hare-Less Wolf
Movie · Music
Tortilla Flaps
Movie · Music
Robin Hood Daffy
Movie · Music
Hare-Way to the Stars
Movie · Music
What's Opera, Doc?
Movie · Music Arranger
Bedevilled Rabbit
Movie · Original Music Composer
Boyhood Daze
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ducking the Devil
Movie · Original Music Composer
Show Biz Bugs
Movie · Music
Steal Wool
Movie · Music
Birds Anonymous
Movie · Original Music Composer
Ali Baba Bunny
Movie · Music
Scrambled Aches
Movie · Original Music Composer
Zoom and Bored
Movie · Original Music Composer
Go Fly a Kit
Movie · Music
Rabbit Romeo
Movie · Music Editor
Gonzales' Tamales
Movie · Music
Tabasco Road
Movie · Music
Tweety and the Beanstalk
Movie · Music
Boston Quackie
Movie · Original Music Composer
Cheese It, the Cat!
Movie · Original Music Composer
Touché and Go
Movie · Original Music Composer
90 Day Wondering
Movie · Original Music Composer
Broom-Stick Bunny
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director, Conductor, Orchestrator
Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rocket Squad
Movie · Music
The Honey-Mousers
Movie · Original Music Composer
Bugs' Bonnets
Movie · Music
To Hare Is Human
Movie · Music
Heaven Scent
Movie · Music
Tugboat Granny
Movie · Music
Rocket-bye Baby
Movie · Music
Yankee Dood It
Movie · Music
A Star Is Bored
Movie · Music
Rabbitson Crusoe
Movie · Music Director
Weasel Stop
Movie · Music, Orchestrator, Music Director
Too Hop to Handle
Movie · Music Director
Deduce, You Say
Movie · Music Director
Tweet and Sour
Movie · Original Music Composer
One Froggy Evening
Movie · Original Music Composer
Lumber Jerks
Movie · Original Music Composer
Heir-Conditioned
Movie · Music
Pizzicato Pussycat
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Hole Idea
Movie · Music
Knight-Mare Hare
Movie · Music Director
Pests for Guests
Movie · Music Director
Rabbit Rampage
Movie · Music Director
Stork Naked
Movie · Music Director
Roman Legion-Hare
Movie · Music Director
Two Scent's Worth
Movie · Music
Dime to Retire
Movie · Music Director
A Kiddies Kitty
Movie · Music Director
Tweety's Circus
Movie · Music Director
Sahara Hare
Movie · Music Director
Double or Mutton
Movie · Music Director
Red Riding Hoodwinked
Movie · Music Director
Lighthouse Mouse
Movie · Original Music Composer
Past Perfumance
Movie · Music
Devil May Hare
Movie · Original Music Composer
Baby Buggy Bunny
Movie · Original Music Composer
Bugs and Thugs
Movie · Original Music Composer
By Word of Mouse
Movie · Music
My Little Duckaroo
Movie · Music
Dr. Jerkyl's Hide
Movie · Orchestrator
The Cats Bah
Movie · Orchestrator
Claws for Alarm
Movie · Orchestrator
Bell Hoppy
Movie · Orchestrator
Sheep Ahoy
Movie · Music
Much Ado About Nutting
Movie · Orchestrator
A Street Cat Named Sylvester
Movie · Orchestrator
Duck Amuck
Movie · Orchestrator
Forward March Hare
Movie · Orchestrator
Fowl Weather
Movie · Orchestrator
Little Beau Pepé
Movie · Orchestrator
Water, Water Every Hare
Movie · Orchestrator
Mouse-Warming
Movie · Orchestrator
The Wearing of the Grin
Movie · Music
French Rarebit
Movie · Orchestrator
Rabbit Every Monday
Movie · Orchestrator
Leghorn Swoggled
Movie · Orchestrator
Lovelorn Leghorn
Movie · Orchestrator
Big House Bunny
Movie · Orchestrator
Rabbit of Seville
Movie · Orchestrator
High Diving Hare
Movie · Orchestrator
Long-Haired Hare
Movie · Orchestrator
I Taw a Putty Tat
Movie · Orchestrator
Easter Yeggs
Movie · Music
Daffy Doodles
Movie · Orchestrator
Roughly Squeaking
Movie · Orchestrator
Baseball Bugs
Movie · Orchestrator
Draftee Daffy
Movie · Orchestrator
The Weakly Reporter
Movie · Orchestrator
Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs
Movie · Orchestrator
To Duck.... Or Not to Duck
Movie · Orchestrator
Greetings Bait
Movie · Orchestrator
Hiss and Make Up
Movie · Orchestrator
Fighting Tools
Movie · Orchestrator
Super-Rabbit
Movie · Orchestrator
Fifth Column Mouse
Movie · Orchestrator
Falling Hare
Movie · Orchestrator
Daffy's Southern Exposure
Movie · Orchestrator
Aviation Vacation
Movie · Orchestrator
Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt
Movie · Orchestrator
Meet John Doughboy
Movie · Orchestrator
Wabbit Twouble
Movie · Orchestrator
The Henpecked Duck
Movie · Orchestrator
Dangerous Dan McFoo
Movie · Orchestrator
Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur
Movie · Orchestrator
Picador Porky
Movie · Orchestrator
Milk and Money
Movie · Orchestrator