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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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,...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

installment, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, but director David Yates said that "their schedules simply did not align", as he would have...

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

crusading publisher of the Chicago Tribune.: 6  According to composer David Raksin, Bernard Herrmann used to say that much of Kane's story was based on...

Muir Cinematography Vilis Lapenieks Edited by Jodie Copelan Music by David Raksin Production companies Phoenix Films Virgo Productions Distributed by The...

(1952) and hired the film's screenwriter Charles Schnee and composer David Raksin. The story tells of Jack Andrus, a washed-up actor, who arrives in Rome...

as Shelley Slim Gaillard as himself The film's musical score was by David Raksin, and was performed by eminent musicians, including Benny Carter. Cassavetes...

Reynolds Cinematography Joseph MacDonald Edited by Fred Allen Music by David Raksin Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Release date May 1...