David Raksin

Personal Info

Know For

Sound

Gender

Male

Birthday

1912-08-04 (92 years old)

Deathday

2004-08-09

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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."

Production

1967

Will Penny

as Original Music Composer

1944

Laura

as Original Music Composer

1950

A Lady Without Passport

as Original Music Composer

1965

Love Has Many Faces

as Original Music Composer

1957

Man on Fire

as Original Music Composer

1945

Fallen Angel

as Original Music Composer

1947

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

as Original Music Composer

1950

1951

Across the Wide Missouri

as Original Music Composer

1950

Whirlpool

as Original Music Composer

1960

Pay or Die!

as Original Music Composer

1959

Al Capone

as Original Music Composer

1944

Belle of the Yukon

as Original Music Composer

1950

The Next Voice You Hear...

as Original Music Composer

1961

Night Tide

as Original Music Composer

1942

Dr. Renault's Secret

as Original Music Composer

1942

The Man Who Wouldn't Die

as Original Music Composer

1978

The Ghost of Flight 401

as Original Music Composer

1951

The Man with a Cloak

as Original Music Composer

1965

Sylvia

as Music

1947

Forever Amber

as Original Music Composer

1951

Kind Lady

as Music

1956

Bigger Than Life

as Original Music Composer

1954

Suddenly

as Original Music Composer

1952

The Girl in White

as Original Music Composer

1943

1944

Bathing Beauty

as Original Music Composer

1947

1944

Tampico

as Music

1983

The Day After

as Original Music Composer

1952

Carrie

as Original Music Composer

1971

What's the Matter with Helen?

as Original Music Composer

1952

1952

The Bad and the Beautiful

as Original Music Composer

1937

Wings Over Honolulu

as Original Music Composer

1939

The Gorilla

as Music

1950

1950

The Magnificent Yankee

as Orchestrator

1972

Glass Houses

as Music

1966

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

as Original Music Composer

1944

Irish Eyes Are Smiling

as Additional Music

1954

Apache

as Original Music Composer

1937

1957

Gunsight Ridge

as Original Music Composer

1989

1956

Hilda Crane

as Original Music Composer

1958

Separate Tables

as Original Music Composer

1947

Daisy Kenyon

as Music

1952

Pat and Mike

as Music

1950

Right Cross

as Original Music Composer

1956

Jubal

as Original Music Composer

1977

1936

Modern Times

as Music Arranger

1957

Until They Sail

as Original Music Composer

1939

The Witness Vanishes

as Original Music Composer

1958

Twilight for the Gods

as Original Music Composer

1950

The Reformer and the Redhead

as Original Music Composer

1950

The Magnificent Yankee

as Original Music Composer

1942

On the Sunny Side

as Original Music Composer

1961

Too Late Blues

as Original Music Composer

1947

Daisy Kenyon

as Original Music Composer

1936

These Three

as Orchestrator

1945

Don Juan Quilligan

as Original Music Composer

1945

1944

1942

Inflation

as Music

1937

The Mighty Treve

as Original Music Composer

1969

1970

The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again

as Original Music Composer

1955

1964

The Patsy

as Original Music Composer

1959

The Redeemer

as Music

1942

1937

Marked Woman

as Additional Music

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