David Raksin (August 4, 1912 – August 9, 2004) was an American composer who was noted for his work in film and television. Raksin had more than 100 film...

Preminger hired David Raksin to score the film. The director wanted to use "Sophisticated Lady" by Duke Ellington for the main theme, but Raksin objected to...

victims. Discussion groups were also formed nationwide. The composer David Raksin wrote original music and adapted music from The River, a documentary...

Chanin Hale as Girl Stephen Edwards as Town Boy The film features a David Raksin and Robert Wells song "The Lonely Rider" with vocals by Don Cherry. The...

Film Registry. The theme song, "The Bad and the Beautiful", penned by David Raksin, became a jazz standard and has been cited as an example of an excellent...

Hynkel's speeches in The Great Dictator. According to film composer David Raksin, Chaplin wrote the music as a young man wanting to make a name for himself...

is the primary source for Rózsa's family background and early life. "David Raksin Remembers his Colleagues". American Composers Orchestra. Retrieved March...

to become a film composer. He studied at the UCLA Film School under David Raksin. He teaches at the Thornton School of Music of the University of Southern...

Joss Whedon, Errol Morris, Ang Lee, Richard Donner, Guillermo del Toro, David O. Russell, Taylor Hackford, Jon Amiel, Joe Johnston, and Barry Sonnenfeld...

Yordan and photographed by cinematographer John Alton, with music by David Raksin. The film stars Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte and Brian Donlevy, as well...

Modern Times. Chaplin, who composed the song with the help of composer David Raksin, was inspired by a sequence in the first act love duet from Puccini's...

The Society of Composers & Lyricists is an organization founded in 1983 to represent composers and lyricists working in visual media, such as television...

including Irvin Kershner and Sydney Pollack. Its theme music was written by David Raksin, and it is played in 5/4 time signature; a version performed by pianist...

presented by David Attenborough. He later composed the score for the 2017 BBC nature documentary Blue Planet II alongside Jacob Shea and David Fleming, also...

to choose and sing the theme song. She decided on “Slowly” written by David Raksin, which she was “simply wild about." After these conditions were met,...

"Laura" is a 1945 popular song. The music, composed by David Raksin for the 1944 movie Laura, which starred Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews, is heard frequently...

Universal, Zanuck/Brown Company John Williams 7 Laura 1944 20th Century Fox David Raksin 8 The Magnificent Seven 1960 United Artists, Mirisch Company Elmer Bernstein...

the original on January 12, 2022. Retrieved August 14, 2018. Raksin, David. "David Raksin Remembers his Colleagues". American Composers Orchestra. Retrieved...

Jones and directed by Irvin Kershner, was adapted (in collaboration with David Zelag Goodman) from a spec script titled Eyes, written by Carpenter, and...

Trek: Strange New Worlds Nominated Society of Composers & Lyricists David Raksin Award for Emerging Talent Nami Melumad Won 2024 American Society of Cinematographers...

(store customer) The score for the film was composed and conducted by David Raksin. The title song included lyrics by Sammy Cahn and was performed under...

Alch Bratz ("Bratz TV Theme") – Lauren Evans Bread – David Mackay Breaking Point – David Raksin Bret Maverick ("Maverick Didn't Come Here to Lose") –...

legends in the field of film composition—including Bernard Herrmann, David Raksin and John Williams. Classic Themes While a composer, music director and...

read sheet music and needed the help of professional composers, such as David Raksin, Raymond Rasch and Eric James, when creating his scores. Musical directors...

through the 1950s, by Richard Rodgers, Charlie Parker, Jerome Kern, David Raksin, and others. Bassist Matt Brewer, drummer Justin Brown, trumpeter Ambrose...

Edited by Harvey Manger Jack Murray Music by Jerome Moross Emil Newman David Raksin Sol Kaplan (uncredited) Distributed by Cinerama Releasing Corporation...

Award for Best Costume Design (Morton Haack) A soundtrack containing David Raksin's score from the film was released in 1975 by Dynamation Records—seemingly...

casting of Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara. The film's score, by composer David Raksin, was nominated for the Oscar for Best Original Music Score. In 1644,...

was composed and conducted by David Raksin, with orchestrations by Robert Franklyn and Ruby Raksin. Of his music, Raksin said "My music was sly and a mite...

Kaplan, Alexander (2009). "David Raksin at MGM (1950-1957)". Film Score Monthly (CD online notes). 12 (2). David Raksin. Los Angeles, California, U.S...