Willis H. Schaefer (November 23, 1928 – June 30, 2007) was an American composer nominated for an Emmy Award for his work.
Fight!” was used in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, and Stephen Hillenburg changed the name of the track to “Now That We're Men”, because he added lyrics to the song.
[3] He served during the Korean War with the United States Fifth Army Band as an arranger and assistant conductor writing music for Radio Free Europe and the Voice of America.
Schaefer returned to composing themes for television after the Korean War with Gunsmoke and The Phil Silvers Show.
[3] In following decades, he would compose background music for many popular television programs including I Dream of Jeannie, The Flintstones, The Flying Nun, Hogan's Heroes, The Jetsons and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.