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David Raksin (August 4, 1912 - August 9, 2004) was an American composer born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern With over 100 film scores and 300 television 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). Modern Times is a 1936 Comedy film by Charlie Chaplin that has his iconic Little Tramp character in his final silent-film appearance He is perhaps best remembered for the haunting theme to the 1944 movie Laura, which became the 1945 song "Laura". Laura ( 1944) is a American Academy Award -winning Film noir directed by Otto Preminger and starring Gene Tierney "Laura" is a 1945 popular song composed by David Raksin, with lyrics written by Johnny Mercer. 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. John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer ( November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American Songwriter and Singer " Stardust " is an American Popular song composed in 1927 by Hoagy Carmichael with the lyrics added in 1929 by Mitchell Parish. Hoagland Howard "Hoagy" Carmichael (November 22 1899 – December 27 1981 was an American Composer, Pianist, singer actor and bandleader Mitchell Parish ( July 10, 1900 – March 31, 1993) was an American lyricist He also wrote the theme song to the television series Ben Casey. Ben Casey is a Medical Drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966.

Raksin's father was an orchestra conductor. Raksin played professionally in dance bands while attending high school. He went on to study composition with Harl McDonald at the University of Pennsylvania and later with Isadore Freed in New York and Arnold Schoenberg in Los Angeles. Harl McDonald ( July 27, 1899, Boulder Colorado - March 30, 1955, Princeton New Jersey was an American composer conductor pianist Arnold Schoenberg ( pronounced ˈʃøːnbɛrk (13 September 1874 &ndash 13 July 1951 was an Austrian and later American Composer, associated with In New York Raksin worked as an arranger for Harms/Chappell.

Later in life Raksin taught at the University of Southern California and the University of California, Los Angeles. The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, SC, Southern California, and incorrectly The University of California Los Angeles (generally known as UCLA) is a public research university located in Westwood Los Angeles, California, United

At the time of his death, it was announced that Raksin had completed his autobiography, titled If I Say So Myself. [2]

His son Alex is a Pulitzer Prize winning editorial writer for the Los Angeles Times. The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism, An editorial, leader (UK or leading article (UK is an article in a Newspaper or Magazine that expresses the opinion of the Editor The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily Newspaper published in Los Angeles California and distributed

Contents

Film/TV scores - selected list

Work on Broadway

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ OBITUARY: David Raksin, 92, Grandfather of Film Music Published: August 11, 2004
  2. ^ David Raksin Dead at 92. The Magnificent Yankee is a 1950 biographical film which tells the life story of United States Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. Whirlpool ( 1949) is a drama Film noir directed by Otto Preminger and written by Ben Hecht (under the Blacklist pseudonym Force of Evil ( 1948) is a Film noir directed by Abraham Polonsky who had already achieved a name for himself as a scriptwriter most notably Daisy Kenyon ( 1947) is a 20th Century Fox Feature film starring Joan Crawford, Henry Fonda, and Dana Andrews The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a 1947 Comedy film, loosely based on the short story of the same name by James Thurber. Fallen Angel 1945) is a Black-and-white Film noir directed by Otto Preminger, with Cinematography by Joseph LaShelle Laura ( 1944) is a American Academy Award -winning Film noir directed by Otto Preminger and starring Gene Tierney The Men in Her Life was a 1941 film adaptation of the novel Ballerina by Eleanor Smith. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ( 1939) is a film featuring the characters of the Sherlock Holmes series of books as created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Stanley and Livingstone is a 1939 movie about reporter Sir Henry M The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1939 Mystery film based on the novel of the same name by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and is directed A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical Entertainment that combines Music, dance and sketches. Orchestration is the study or practice of writing Music for Orchestra (or more loosely for any Musical ensemble) or of adapting for orchestra music composed A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical Entertainment that combines Music, dance and sketches. Orchestration is the study or practice of writing Music for Orchestra (or more loosely for any Musical ensemble) or of adapting for orchestra music composed A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical Entertainment that combines Music, dance and sketches. Orchestration is the study or practice of writing Music for Orchestra (or more loosely for any Musical ensemble) or of adapting for orchestra music composed Musical theatre is a form of Theatre combining Music, Songs spoken Dialogue and Dance. A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical Entertainment that combines Music, dance and sketches. A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both Laura ( 1944) is a American Academy Award -winning Film noir directed by Otto Preminger and starring Gene Tierney The Film Music Society, Inc (formerly the Society for the Preservation of Film Music Inc The Film Music Society (2004). .

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