David Raksin

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David Raksin (August 4, 1912 – August 9, 2004) was an American composer who was renowned for his work in film and television. With over 100 film scores and 300 television scores to his credit, he became known as the "Grandfather of Film Music."

Most Famous Work

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8

Laura

(1944) Original Music Composer

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6

Suddenly

(1954) Original Music Composer

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7

Scorpio Rising

(1969) Music

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7

The Bad and the Beautiful

(1952) Orchestrator

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7

The Day After

(1983) Music

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7

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

(1947) Original Music Composer

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7

Jubal

(1956) Original Music Composer

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7

Will Penny

(1967) Original Music Composer

Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2020	Self (archive footage)	Zappa 2020-11-27 Movie
2004	Self	Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz 2004-12-19 Movie
	Self	Hollywood Legenden 2004-01-01 Movie
2003	Interviewee	Bad Boy Made Good: The Revival of George Antheil's 1924 Ballet Mécanique 2003-09-21 Movie
2002	Self	Cinerama Adventure 2002-08-30 Movie
1998	Self	Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life 1998-05-10 Movie
1993	Self - Composer	Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic 1993-01-01 Movie
1992	Self	Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann 1992-12-01 Movie
1976	Self	Hollywood's Musical Moods 1976-02-16 Movie
1971	Self	Great Performances 1971-01-28 TV Show
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2019	Thanks	Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music 2019-11-01 Movie
1944	Additional Music	Irish Eyes Are Smiling 1944-10-19 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1989	Music	Lady in a Corner 1989-12-11 Movie
1983	Original Music Composer	The Day After 1983-11-20 Movie
1980	Original Music Composer	Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush 1980-04-01 Movie
1978	Original Music Composer	The Ghost of Flight 401 1978-02-18 Movie
1977	Music	The Suicide's Wife 1977-11-07 Movie
1972	Music	Glass Houses 1972-01-07 Movie
1971	Original Music Composer	What's the Matter with Helen? 1971-06-30 Movie
1970	Original Music Composer	The Over the Hill Gang Rides Again 1970-11-16 Movie
1969	Music	Scorpio Rising 1969-10-10 Movie
1967	Original Music Composer	Will Penny 1967-12-19 Movie
1966	Original Music Composer	A Big Hand for the Little Lady 1966-06-08 Movie
	Conductor	A Big Hand for the Little Lady 1966-06-08 Movie
1965	Original Music Composer	Love Has Many Faces 1965-02-24 Movie
	Music	Sylvia 1965-02-10 Movie
1964	Music	Invitation to a Gunfighter 1964-10-14 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Patsy 1964-06-24 Movie
1961	Original Music Composer	Too Late Blues 1961-11-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Night Tide 1961-07-01 Movie
1960	Original Music Composer	Pay or Die! 1960-07-27 Movie
1959	Original Music Composer	Al Capone 1959-03-25 Movie
	Music	The Redeemer 1959-03-20 Movie
1958	Original Music Composer	Separate Tables 1958-12-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Twilight for the Gods 1958-08-04 Movie
1957	Original Music Composer	Until They Sail 1957-10-08 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Gunsight Ridge 1957-09-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Man on Fire 1957-08-22 Movie
1956	Original Music Composer	Bigger Than Life 1956-08-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Hilda Crane 1956-05-08 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Jubal 1956-04-06 Movie
1955	Music	The Big Combo 1955-02-13 Movie
1954	Original Music Composer	Suddenly 1954-09-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Apache 1954-07-09 Movie
1952	Original Music Composer	The Bad and the Beautiful 1952-12-25 Movie
	Conductor	The Bad and the Beautiful 1952-12-25 Movie
	Orchestrator	The Bad and the Beautiful 1952-12-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Carrie 1952-07-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Girl in White 1952-05-23 Movie
1951	Original Music Composer	The Man with a Cloak 1951-11-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Across the Wide Missouri 1951-10-12 Movie
	Music	Kind Lady 1951-06-20 Movie
1950	Original Music Composer	The Magnificent Yankee 1950-12-20 Movie
	Orchestrator	The Magnificent Yankee 1950-12-20 Movie
	Conductor	The Magnificent Yankee 1950-12-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Right Cross 1950-10-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	A Lady Without Passport 1950-08-03 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Next Voice You Hear... 1950-06-29 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Reformer and the Redhead 1950-05-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Whirlpool 1950-01-13 Movie
1948	Music	Force of Evil 1948-12-25 Movie
	Music	Apartment for Peggy 1948-09-30 Movie
	Music	Fury at Furnace Creek 1948-04-30 Movie
1947	Music	Daisy Kenyon 1947-12-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Daisy Kenyon 1947-12-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Forever Amber 1947-10-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 1947-09-01 Movie
	Music	The Homestretch 1947-05-04 Movie
1945	Original Music Composer	Fallen Angel 1945-11-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Don Juan Quilligan 1945-06-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Where Do We Go from Here? 1945-05-23 Movie
	Orchestrator	Circumstantial Evidence 1945-04-20 Movie
1944	Original Music Composer	Belle of the Yukon 1944-12-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Laura 1944-10-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Bathing Beauty 1944-06-27 Movie
	Music	Tampico 1944-04-10 Movie
	Music	Main Street Today 1944-03-25 Movie
1943	Music	City Without Men 1943-01-14 Movie
1942	Music	The Undying Monster 1942-11-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Dr. Renault's Secret 1942-10-19 Movie
	Music	Prelude to War 1942-05-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Man Who Wouldn't Die 1942-04-27 Movie
	Original Music Composer	On the Sunny Side 1942-02-13 Movie
	Music	Inflation 1942-01-01 Movie
1939	Music	The Gorilla 1939-05-26 Movie
1937	Original Music Composer	Wings Over Honolulu 1937-05-16 Movie
	Music	Midnight Court 1937-03-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Mighty Treve 1937-01-17 Movie
1936	Orchestrator	These Three 1936-03-18 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv