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David Raksin

Highest Rated: 100% Force of Evil (1948)

Lowest Rated: 18% Forever Amber (1947)

Birthday: Aug 4, 1912

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Best known for his haunting scores for "Laura" (1944) and the Vincente Minnelli melodramas, "The Bad and the Beautiful" (1944) and "Two Weeks in Another Town" (1962), Raksin began his film career as the music arranger for Charlie Chaplin's "Modern Times" (1936). He has also composed for the stage, radio, TV ("Wagon Train," "Life With Father," "Father of the Bride," "Ben Casey" and "Medical Center"), symphony orchestras and chamber ensembles.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 74% Force of Evil Watchlist 100% 77% Jubal Watchlist 100% 62% Suddenly Watchlist 100% 75% Girl Crazy Watchlist 100% 90% Laura Watchlist 93% 79% The Big Combo Watchlist 91% 83% Bigger Than Life Watchlist 89% 61% Two Weeks in Another Town Watchlist 86% 60% Daisy Kenyon Watchlist 86% 52% Night Tide Watchlist

Filmography

Movies TV Shows
20 Dates 35% 47% 1998 Original Music The Ghost of Flight 401 1978 Original Music What's the Matter With Helen? 55% 41% 1971 Original Music Glass Houses 1970 Original Music A Big Hand for the Little Lady 86% 1966 Original Music Love Has Many Faces 38% 1965 Original Music Invitation to a Gunfighter 40% 1964 Original Music Too Late Blues 82% 71% 1962 Original Music Two Weeks in Another Town 89% 61% 1962 Original Music Night Tide 86% 52% 1961 Original Music Pay or Die 30% 1960 Original Music Al Capone 57% 1959 Original Music Separate Tables 68% 76% 1958 Original Music Man on Fire 25% 1957 Original Music Gunsight Ridge 40% 1957 Original Music Jubal 100% 77% 1956 Original Music Bigger Than Life 91% 83% 1956 Original Music 7 Wonders of the World 1956 Original Music The Big Combo 93% 79% 1955 Original Music Suddenly 100% 62% 1954 Original Music Apache 70% 44% 1954 Original Music The Bad and the Beautiful 80% 85% 1952 Original Music Carrie 75% 58% 1952 Original Music Madeline 1952 Original Music Across the Wide Missouri 34% 1951 Original Music
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