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David Raksin
12+ albums
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David Raksin (August 4, 1912 - August 9, 2004) was an American composer of music born in Philadelphia, PA. With over 100 film scores and 300 TV scores to his credit, he became known as the "Grandfather of Film Music."[1] One of his earliest film assignments was as assistant to Charlie Chaplin in the composition of the score to Modern Times (1936). He is perhaps best remembered for the haunting theme to the 1944 movie Laura. Johnny Mercer put lyrics to this theme, and during Raksin's lifetime this was said to be the second most-recorded song in history following only Stardust by Hoagy Carmichael and Mitchell Parish. Raksin also taught courses at the University of Southern California and the University of California, Los Angeles. His son Alex is a Pulitzer Prize winning editorial writer for the Los Angeles Times. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Raksin) User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
top songs
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Laura (From "Laura")
1,8662Laura
1,3713Love Is for the Very Young (Main Title Theme) (From "The Bad and the Beautiful")
2614Modern Times (E. Powell and D. Raksin for orchestra): The Night Watchmen - Skating - Intruders
2585Laura 1944 - Main Title
2306Forever Amber (End Title) (From "Forever Amber")
2177Those Were the Days (Around the World)
2148Theme from "Laura" (1944)
2049Laura - The Laura Suite: Theme And Variations
17910Ben Casey
176albums
Classic Film Scores: Laura/Forever Amber/The Bad and the Beautiful
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Modern Times (Score Restoration by Timothy Brock)
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The Essential Hollywood
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75 Years Of Great Film Music
Laura
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Ultra Noir
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Sophisticated Songs From The 1940S (As Time Goes By)
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Three Tenors in Concert 1994
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Laura/Jane Eyre (Original Score)
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Laura - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
The Bad and the Beautiful
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Otto Preminger's Laura - Complete Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Remastered)