David Raksin
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
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- David Raksin remembers his colleagues, Hollywood composers
- Reminiscences of David Raskin
- The Timeless Melodies of David Raksin
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1912-08-04
- Active to
- 2004-08-09
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David Raksin (August 4, 1912 - August 9, 2004) was an American composer of music born in Philadelphia, PA. With over 100 film scores and 300 TV scores to his credit, he became known as the "Grandfather of Film Music."[1] One of his earliest film assignments was as assistant to Charlie Chaplin in the composition of the score to Modern Times (1936). He is perhaps best remembered for the haunting theme to the 1944 movie Laura. Johnny Mercer put lyrics to this theme <a href="https://www.last.fm/musi
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Place of death
- Van Nuys
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Educated at
- University of Pennsylvania
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Inkpot Award
- Field of work
- film score
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- Category:Films scored by David Raksin
- date of death
- 2004-08-09
- date of birth
- 1912-08-04
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- David Raksin
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