Biography
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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.
Work on Broadway
- Parade (1935) - revue - co-orchestrator
- At Home Abroad (1935) - revue - co-orchestrator
- New Faces of 1936 (1936) - revue - co-orchestrator
- If the Shoe Fits (1946) - musical - composer
- Dream (1997) - revue - featured songwriter for "Laura"
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