Milt Franklyn (September 16, 1897, New York – April 24, 1962, Los Angeles) was a musical composer and arranger who worked on the Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes cartoons. He started work at Warner Bros. in the late 1930s, arranging the scores produced by Carl Stalling, while beginning to compose in his own right in the mid-1940s. After Stalling retired in 1958, Milt Franklyn became the sole musical composer for Warner Bros. Cartoons. He was educated a...
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Milt Franklyn (September 16, 1897, New York – April 24, 1962, Los Angeles) was a musical composer and arranger who worked on the Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes cartoons. He started work at Warner Bros. in the late 1930s, arranging the scores produced by Carl Stalling, while beginning to compose in his own right in the mid-1940s. After Stalling retired in 1958, Milt Franklyn became the sole musical composer for Warner Bros. Cartoons. He was educated at the University of Utah, the University of California, and the University of Pennsylvania. He was Master of Ceremonies for Fanchon and Marco between 1927 and 1930, and then for Paramount Publix and Loews between 1931 and 1933. He joined ASCAP in 1954.
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...
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