David Raksin

Personal Info

Known For

Sound

Known Credits

0.6658

Gender

Male

Birthday

04-Aug-1912

Age

(114 years old)

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As
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David Raksin

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David Raksin (August 4, 1912 – August 9, 2004) was an American composer who was renowned for his work in film and television. With over 100 film scores and 300 television scores to his credit, he became known as the "Grandfather of Film Music."


Credits

Music for the Movies: The Hollywood Sound Music for the Movies: The Hollywood Sound (1995) Character: Self
With a revived interest in the scores created for Hollywood films in the 1930's and 40's. "Music for the Movies: The Hollywood Sound" explores a segment of that legacy through composers like Max Steiner ("Gone with the Wind"), Franz Waxman ("Bride of Frankenstein") and Erich Korngold ("The Adventures of Robin Hood"), all of whom came from Europe. Steiner was a pupil of Ravel. The American roster includes David Raksin ("Laura") and Alfred Newman ("The Hunchback of Notre Dame"). Host and narrator John Mauceri conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales against a backdrop of clips from the various movies.
Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann (1992) Character: Self
Music For The Movies: Bernard Herrmann explores the work of a composer who created music for over 50 films, collaborating with such diverse directors as Orson Welles, Nicholas Ray, and Martin Scorsese. Best remembered for his twelve-year collaboration with Alfred Hitchcock in such classics as Vertigo, North By Northwest, and the unforgettable Psycho, Herrmann pioneered many fundamental techniques of film scoring in the course of his 35-year career.
Cinerama Adventure Cinerama Adventure (2002) Character: Self
A nostalgic and compelling look into the legendary three camera, three projector process that revolutionized motion pictures and led the industry into the widescreen era.
Bad Boy Made Good: The Revival of George Antheil's 1924 Ballet Mécanique Bad Boy Made Good: The Revival of George Antheil's 1924 Ballet Mécanique (2003) Character: Interviewee
A documentary on American composer George Antheil (1900-1959) featuring excerpts from Leger's Ballet Mecanique (1924) for which Antheil wrote the music.
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz (2004) Character: Self
Film noir, which enjoyed particular success in the 1930s and 1940s, is probably the most profound genre of classic Hollywood cinema. Eckhart Schmidt tries to show the background and developments and speaks, among others, with directors such as Richard Fleischer and Robert Wise as well as with "femme fatale" actresses. Filmmakers of the following generations explain how the style and themes of noir continue to shape cinema today.
Hollywood Legenden Hollywood Legenden (2004) Character: Self
Documentary about Hollywood.
Hollywood's Musical Moods Hollywood's Musical Moods (1976) Character: Self
In the silent film era, movies were never really silent. In the background of films that made figures like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton into cultural icons, were the musical giants whose compositions defined the very films that captivated a generation of movie-goers. Arthur Kleiner converses with the still-living legends from that bygone golden age of cinema.
The Hollywood Soundtrack Story The Hollywood Soundtrack Story (1995) Character: Self
Explores the art and history of writing music for motion pictures.
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic (1993) Character: Self - Composer
The story of how the classic epic "Ben-Hur" was made.
Zappa Zappa (2020) Character: Self (archive footage)
With the help of more than 10,000 dedicated Zappa fans, this is the long-awaited definitive documentary project of Alex Winter documenting the life and career of enigmatic groundbreaking rock star Frank Zappa. Alex also utilizes in this picture thousands of hours of painstakingly digitized videos, photos, audio, writing, and everything in between from Zappa's private archives. These chronicles have never been brought to a public audience before, until now.
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life (1998) Character: Self
A biographical documentary about the great British actor and director Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), from rags to riches, from the slums of London to glory.



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