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...

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...

Band Wagon (1953) The Long, Long Trailer (1954) Tea and Sympathy (1956) David Raksin I Dood It (1943) – Raskin is an uncredited composer. The Bad and the...

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,...

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

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

"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...

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

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

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...

(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...

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...

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

2023. Kendall, Lukas (2009). "David Raksin at MGM (1950-1957)". Film Score Monthly (CD online notes). 12 (2). David Raksin. Los Angeles, California, U.S...

citing friendship and responsibility. Kenny Wood was nominated for David Raksin Award for Emerging Talent at the 2024 Society of Composers & Lyricists...

Bettencourt, Scott (2009). "David Raksin at MGM (1950-1957)". Film Score Monthly (CD online notes). 12 (2). David Raksin. The Magnificent Yankee at IMDb...

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

(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...