David Raksin (August 4, 1912 – August 9, 2004) was an American composer who was noted for his work in film and television. With more than 100 film scores...
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Laura (1944 film) (category Films scored by David Raksin)
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...
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The Big Combo (category Films scored by David Raksin)
Yordan and photographed by cinematographer John Alton, with music by David Raksin. The film stars Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte and Brian Donlevy, as well...
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The Day After (category Films scored by David Raksin)
victims. Discussion groups were also formed nationwide. The composer David Raksin wrote original music and adapted music from The River, a documentary...
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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...
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The Society of Composers & Lyricists is an organization founded in 1983 to represent composers and lyricists working in visual media, such as television...
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is the primary source for Rózsa's family background and early life. "David Raksin Remembers his Colleagues". American Composers Orchestra. Retrieved March...
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Will Penny (category Films scored by David Raksin)
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...
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The Bad and the Beautiful (category Films scored by David Raksin)
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...
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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...
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Joss Whedon, Errol Morris, Ang Lee, Richard Donner, Guillermo del Toro, David O. Russell, Taylor Hackford, Jon Amiel, Joe Johnston, and Barry Sonnenfeld...
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Trek: Strange New Worlds Nominated Society of Composers & Lyricists David Raksin Award for Emerging Talent Nami Melumad Won 2024 American Society of Cinematographers...
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including Irvin Kershner and Sydney Pollack. Its theme music was written by David Raksin and is in 5/4 time signature; a version performed by pianist Valjean...
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legends in the field of film composition—including Bernard Herrmann, David Raksin and John Williams. Classic Themes While a composer, music director and...
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Fallen Angel (1945 film) (category Films scored by David Raksin)
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,...
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the original on January 12, 2022. Retrieved August 14, 2018. Raksin, David. "David Raksin Remembers his Colleagues". American Composers Orchestra. Retrieved...
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through the 1950s, by Richard Rodgers, Charlie Parker, Jerome Kern, David Raksin, and others. Bassist Matt Brewer, drummer Justin Brown, trumpeter Ambrose...
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citing friendship and responsibility. Kenny Wood was nominated for David Raksin Award for Emerging Talent at the 2024 Society of Composers & Lyricists...
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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...
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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...
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Too Late Blues (category Films scored by David Raksin)
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...
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The Magnificent Yankee (1950 film) (category Films scored by David Raksin)
Bettencourt, Scott (2009). "David Raksin at MGM (1950-1957)". Film Score Monthly (CD online notes). 12 (2). David Raksin. The Magnificent Yankee at IMDb...
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Two Weeks in Another Town (category Films scored by David Raksin)
a decade earlier, also with a screenplay by Charles Schnee, music by David Raksin, and starring Kirk Douglas as the lead character. The story was seen...
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Laura (1945 song) (category Songs with music by David Raksin)
"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...
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1978 Laura, a 2004 album by Troy Gregory "Laura" (1945 song), a song by David Raksin and Johnny Mercer adapted from the 1944 film's theme "Laura" (Bat for...
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Pat and Mike (category Films scored by David Raksin)
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...
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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...
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1 hr 22 mins Father of the Bride (The Series) David Raksin, Thomas Cutkomp, David Raksin, Alexander Courage, Lyn Murray, and Lou Maury Hal Mohr...
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Seven Wonders of the World (film) (category Films scored by David Raksin)
Edited by Harvey Manger Jack Murray Music by Jerome Moross Emil Newman David Raksin Sol Kaplan (uncredited) Distributed by Cinerama Releasing Corporation...
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Forever Amber (film) (category Films scored by David Raksin)
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,...
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