David Raksin

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David Raksin (August 4, 1912 - August 9, 2004) was an American composer born in Philadelphia, PA. 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). 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.

At the time of his death, it was announced that Raksin had completed his autobiography, titled If I Say So Myself.[1]

His son Alex is a Pulitzer Prize winning editorial writer for the Los Angeles Times.

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  1. ^ David Raksin Dead at 92. The Film Music Society (2004)..
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