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David Raksin (1912–2004)

Author of David Raksin Conducts His Great Film Scores: Laura / The Bad and the Beautiful / Forever Amber

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Works by David Raksin

David Raksin Conducts His Great Film Scores: Laura / The Bad and the Beautiful / Forever Amber 5 copies

Laura (from Laura) 3 copies

The Timeless Melodies of David Raksin (1996) 2 copies

The Bad and the Beautiful: My Life in a Golden Age of Film Music by David Raksin (2012) 2 copies

Laura (1993) 2 copies

Cinema Serenade II - "The Golden Age" (1999) 2 copies

David Raksin at M-G-M 2 copies

Two Weeks in Another Town 1 copy

Preminger At Fox: Including Fallen Angel, Where The Sidewalk Ends, Laura,Daisy Kenyon and Whirlpool by David Raksin /… (2013) 1 copy

What's The Matter With Helen (Original Soundtrack) 1 copy

Forever Amber (1947 Film) 1 copy

Too Late Blues by David Raksin 1 copy

Seven Wonders of the World (Original Soundtrack Recording) (2014) 1 copy

The Bad And The Beautiful: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1996) 1 copy

David Raksin remembers his colleagues, Hollywood composers 1 copy

Wonderful Inventions. Motion Pictures, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound at the Library of Congress, Music by David… 1 copy

[The Unicorn in the Garden.] Serenade. From "The Unicorn in the Garden". Treble solo, treble, tenor and bass… 1 copy

Associated Works

The Big Combo [1955 film] (1955) — Composer — 28 copies

The Art of Film Music (1994) — Associated Name — 27 copies

Whirlpool [1950 film] (1950) — Music — 23 copies

Where Are You? (1991) — Songwriter — 15 copies

BBC Proms 2013 : Prom 59 : Hollywood Rhapsody Prom [video recording] (2013) — Composer — 1 copy

The Unforgiven: Classic Western Scores From United Artists — Composer — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Other names: RAKSIN, David
Birthdate: 1912-08-04
Date of death: 2004-08-09
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Place of death: Los Angeles, California, USA
Occupations: composer
Short biography: With over 100 film scores and 300 television scores to his credit, he became known as the "Grandfather of Film Music."

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Works: 17
Also by: 6
Members: 28
Popularity: #471,397
Rating: ½ 3.4

ISBNs: 1
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