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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."
Known For
Laura
(1944)
Original Music Composer
Apache
(1954)
Original Music Composer
Force of Evil
(1948)
Music
The Bad and the Beautiful
(1952)
Original Music Composer, Conductor, and Orchestrator
The Day After
(1983)
Original Music Composer
Suddenly
(1954)
Original Music Composer
Will Penny
(1967)
Original Music Composer
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
(1947)
Original Music Composer
The Gorilla
(1939)
Music
Carrie
(1952)
Original Music Composer
Belle of the Yukon
(1944)
Original Music Composer
Whirlpool
(1950)
Original Music Composer
Separate Tables
(1958)
Original Music Composer
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
(1966)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
Across the Wide Missouri
(1951)
Original Music Composer
Fallen Angel
(1945)
Original Music Composer
Full Filmography
Sound
These Three
(1936)
Orchestrator
Wings Over Honolulu
(1937)
Original Music Composer
Midnight Court
(1937)
Music
The Mighty Treve
(1937)
Original Music Composer
The Gorilla
(1939)
Music
Prelude to War
(1942)
Music
On the Sunny Side
(1942)
Original Music Composer
Inflation
(1942)
Music
The Undying Monster
(1942)
Music
Dr. Renault's Secret
(1942)
Original Music Composer
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
(1942)
Original Music Composer
City Without Men
(1943)
Music
Laura
(1944)
Original Music Composer
Belle of the Yukon
(1944)
Original Music Composer
Tampico
(1944)
Music
Main Street Today
(1944)
Music
Bathing Beauty
(1944)
Original Music Composer
Fallen Angel
(1945)
Original Music Composer
Don Juan Quilligan
(1945)
Original Music Composer
Circumstantial Evidence
(1945)
Orchestrator
Where Do We Go from Here?
(1945)
Music
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
(1947)
Original Music Composer
Forever Amber
(1947)
Original Music Composer
The Homestretch
(1947)
Music
Daisy Kenyon
(1947)
Music and Original Music Composer
Force of Evil
(1948)
Music
Apartment for Peggy
(1948)
Music
Fury at Furnace Creek
(1948)
Music
A Lady Without Passport
(1950)
Original Music Composer
Whirlpool
(1950)
Original Music Composer
The Next Voice You Hear...
(1950)
Original Music Composer
The Reformer and the Redhead
(1950)
Original Music Composer
The Magnificent Yankee
(1950)
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator, and Conductor
Right Cross
(1950)
Original Music Composer
Across the Wide Missouri
(1951)
Original Music Composer
The Man with a Cloak
(1951)
Original Music Composer
Kind Lady
(1951)
Music
The Girl in White
(1952)
Original Music Composer
Carrie
(1952)
Original Music Composer
The Bad and the Beautiful
(1952)
Original Music Composer, Conductor, and Orchestrator
Pat and Mike
(1952)
Music
Apache
(1954)
Original Music Composer
Suddenly
(1954)
Original Music Composer
The Big Combo
(1955)
Music
Hilda Crane
(1956)
Original Music Composer
Jubal
(1956)
Original Music Composer
Bigger Than Life
(1956)
Original Music Composer
Man on Fire
(1957)
Original Music Composer
Until They Sail
(1957)
Original Music Composer
Gunsight Ridge
(1957)
Original Music Composer
Separate Tables
(1958)
Original Music Composer
Twilight for the Gods
(1958)
Original Music Composer
Al Capone
(1959)
Original Music Composer
The Redeemer
(1959)
Music
Pay or Die!
(1960)
Original Music Composer
Night Tide
(1961)
Original Music Composer
Too Late Blues
(1961)
Original Music Composer
Invitation to a Gunfighter
(1964)
Music
The Patsy
(1964)
Original Music Composer
Love Has Many Faces
(1965)
Original Music Composer
Sylvia
(1965)
Music
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
(1966)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
Will Penny
(1967)
Original Music Composer
Scorpio Rising
(1969)
Music
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
(1970)
Original Music Composer
What's the Matter with Helen?
(1971)
Original Music Composer
Glass Houses
(1972)
Music
The Suicide's Wife
(1977)
Music
The Ghost of Flight 401
(1978)
Original Music Composer
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
(1980)
Original Music Composer
The Day After
(1983)
Original Music Composer
Lady in a Corner
(1989)
Music
Acting
Hollywood's Musical Moods
(1976)
Self
Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann
(1992)
Self
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
(1993)
Self - Composer
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
(1998)
Self
Cinerama Adventure
(2002)
Self
Bad Boy Made Good: The Revival of George Antheil's 1924 Ballet Mécanique
(2003)
Interviewee
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
(2004)
Self
Hollywood Legenden
(2004)
Self
Zappa
(2020)
Self (archive footage)
Crew