Maury Laws

Maury Laws Burlington North Carolina December 6 1923 – March 28 2019 Was An American Television And Film Composer. 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 Died In Appleton Wisconsin On March 28 2019. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer 1964 Return To Oz 1964 The Daydreamer 1966 The King Kong Show 1966–1969 Ballad Of Smokey The Bear 1966 Mad Monster Party? 1966 1967 Cricket On The Hearth 1967 The Wacky World Of Mother Goose 1967 Mouse On The Mayflower 1968 The Little Drummer Boy 1968 The Smokey Bear Show 1969–1970 Frosty The Snowman 1969 The Mad Mad Mad Comedians 1970 The Reluctant Dragon And Mr. Toad Show 1970–1971 The Tomfoolery Show 1970–1971 Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town 1970 Here Comes Peter Cottontail 1971 The Jackson 5ive 1971–1972 The Enchanted World Of Danny Kaye The Emperor's New Clothes 1971 1972 The Osmonds 1972 Mad Mad Mad Monsters 1972 Willie Mays And The Say-Hey Kid 1972 The Red Baron 1972 Festival Of Family Classics 1972–1973 That Girl In Wonderland 1973 Marco 1973 'Twas The Night Before Christmas 1974 The Year Without A Santa Claus 1974 The First Christmas The Story Of The First Christmas Snow 1975 Rudolph's Shiny New Year 1975 1976 The First Easter Rabbit 1976 Frosty's Winter Wonderland 1976 The Little Drummer Boy Book II 1976 The Easter Bunny Is Comin' To Town 1977 The Last Dinosaur 1977 The Hobbit 1977 Nestor The Long–Eared Christmas Donkey 1977 The Stingiest Man In Town 1978 Rudolph And Frosty's Christmas In July 1979 The Return Of The King 1979 1980 Pinocchio's Christmas 1980 The Bushido Blade 1981 The Leprechaun's Christmas Gold 1981 The Last Unicorn 1981 1982 The Flight Of Dragons 1982 The Wind In The Willows 1985 1987 Rogue One A Star Wars Story 2016 As The Adapter Who Works With Michael Giacchino read less