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.infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">David Raksin</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:David-Raksin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Photograph of David Raksin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3b/David-Raksin.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="326" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="220" data-file-height="326" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1912-08-04</span>)</span>August 4, 1912<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">August 9, 2004<span style="display:none">(2004-08-09)</span> (aged 92)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role"><a href="/wiki/Film_score" title="Film score">Film composer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">Notable work</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Laura_(1944_film)" title="Laura (1944 film)">Laura</a></i> (1944)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>David Raksin</b> (August 4, 1912 – August 9, 2004)<sup id="cite_ref-AMG_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AMG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was an American composer who was noted for his work in film and television. Raksin had more than 100 film scores and 300 television scores to his credit. Some sources called him the "Grandfather of Film Music".<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Raksin&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Laura_%281944%29_-_Trailer.webm/260px-seek%3D71-Laura_%281944%29_-_Trailer.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="260" height="195" data-durationhint="151" data-mwtitle="Laura_(1944)_-_Trailer.webm" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Laura_(1944)_-_Trailer.webm"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ad/Laura_%281944%29_-_Trailer.webm/Laura_%281944%29_-_Trailer.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ad/Laura_%281944%29_-_Trailer.webm/Laura_%281944%29_-_Trailer.webm.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="960" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Laura_%281944%29_-_Trailer.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-width="960" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ad/Laura_%281944%29_-_Trailer.webm/Laura_%281944%29_-_Trailer.webm.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="192" data-height="144" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ad/Laura_%281944%29_-_Trailer.webm/Laura_%281944%29_-_Trailer.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="320" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ad/Laura_%281944%29_-_Trailer.webm/Laura_%281944%29_-_Trailer.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="480" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ad/Laura_%281944%29_-_Trailer.webm/Laura_%281944%29_-_Trailer.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="480" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laura_(1944)_-_Trailer.webm" class="extiw" title="c:File:Laura (1944) - Trailer.webm">Trailer</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Laura_(1944_film)" title="Laura (1944 film)">Laura</a></i></figcaption></figure> <p>David Raksin was born in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, United States,<sup id="cite_ref-AMG_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AMG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to Jewish parents (of Russian heritage). His father was an orchestra conductor. Raksin played professionally in dance bands while attending <a href="/wiki/Central_High_School_of_Philadelphia" class="mw-redirect" title="Central High School of Philadelphia">Central High School of Philadelphia</a>. He went on to study composition with <a href="/wiki/Harl_McDonald" title="Harl McDonald">Harl McDonald</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania" title="University of Pennsylvania">University of Pennsylvania</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-AMG_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AMG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and later with <a href="/wiki/Isadore_Freed" title="Isadore Freed">Isadore Freed</a> in New York and <a href="/wiki/Arnold_Schoenberg" title="Arnold Schoenberg">Arnold Schoenberg</a> in Los Angeles. In New York, Raksin worked as an arranger for Harms/Chappell.<sup id="cite_ref-AMG_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AMG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One of his earliest film assignments was as assistant to <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin" title="Charlie Chaplin">Charlie Chaplin</a> in the composition of the score for <i><a href="/wiki/Modern_Times_(film)" title="Modern Times (film)">Modern Times</a></i> (1936).<sup id="cite_ref-AMG_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AMG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is perhaps best remembered for his score for <i><a href="/wiki/Laura_(1944_film)" title="Laura (1944 film)">Laura</a></i> (1944).<sup id="cite_ref-AMG_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AMG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The theme music for "<a href="/wiki/Laura_(1945_song)" title="Laura (1945 song)">Laura</a>", with lyrics by <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Mercer" title="Johnny Mercer">Johnny Mercer</a>, became a major hit.<sup id="cite_ref-AMG_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AMG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During Raksin's lifetime, "Laura" was reportedly the second most-recorded song in history after "<a href="/wiki/Stardust_(1927_song)" title="Stardust (1927 song)">Stardust</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Hoagy_Carmichael" title="Hoagy Carmichael">Hoagy Carmichael</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Parish" title="Mitchell Parish">Mitchell Parish</a>. </p><p>Raksin's theme song, "The Bad and the Beautiful" (also called "Love is For the Very Young") for the 1953 film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Bad_and_the_Beautiful" title="The Bad and the Beautiful">The Bad and the Beautiful</a></i> (1953) was also a hit,<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinGE_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinGE-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although not as popular as "Laura". Raksin insisted that the song be released as an instrumental, because he had resented having to split the proceeds from "Laura" with a lyricist. Raksin's theme for "The Bad and the Beautiful" was initially disliked by the film's director <a href="/wiki/Vincente_Minnelli" title="Vincente Minnelli">Vincente Minnelli</a> and producer <a href="/wiki/John_Houseman" title="John Houseman">John Houseman</a>, but was saved from rejection by the intervention of <a href="/wiki/Adolph_Green" title="Adolph Green">Adolph Green</a> and <a href="/wiki/Betty_Comden" title="Betty Comden">Betty Comden</a>, who both liked it. The theme has since been praised by <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Rosenman" title="Leonard Rosenman">Leonard Rosenman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rodney_Bennett" title="Richard Rodney Bennett">Richard Rodney Bennett</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Courage" title="Alexander Courage">Alexander Courage</a>. Sondheim reportedly called it "one of the best themes ever written in films."<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Raksin also scored the 1958 film <i><a href="/wiki/Separate_Tables_(film)" title="Separate Tables (film)">Separate Tables</a></i>, for which he earned an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award">Academy Award</a> nomination.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinGE_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinGE-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1960s, Raksin wrote the theme for (and scored the pilot of) the <a href="/wiki/Medical_drama" title="Medical drama">medical drama</a> television series <i><a href="/wiki/Ben_Casey" title="Ben Casey">Ben Casey</a></i>. Later in life, Raksin taught at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_California" title="University of Southern California">University of Southern California</a> and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles">University of California, Los Angeles</a>. </p><p>Raksin died in 2004, aged 92.<sup id="cite_ref-AMG_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AMG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time of his death, it was announced that Raksin had completed his autobiography, titled <i>If I Say So Myself</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book was eventually published under the title <i>The Bad and the Beautiful: My Life in a Golden Age of Film Music</i>. </p><p>In 2012, he was named for a Lifetime Achievement Award for a Past Film Composer.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His son Alex is a <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" title="Pulitzer Prize">Pulitzer Prize</a>-winning <a href="/wiki/Editorial" title="Editorial">editorial</a> writer for the <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Select_film_and_TV_scores">Select film and TV scores</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Raksin&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Select film and TV scores"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Day_After" title="The Day After">The Day After</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ghost_of_Flight_401" class="mw-redirect" title="The Ghost of Flight 401">The Ghost of Flight 401</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Glass_Houses_(1972_film)" title="Glass Houses (1972 film)">Glass Houses</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/What%27s_the_Matter_with_Helen%3F" title="What's the Matter with Helen?">What's the Matter with Helen?</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Over-the-Hill_Gang_Rides_Again" title="The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again">The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Will_Penny" title="Will Penny">Will Penny</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Big_Hand_for_the_Little_Lady" title="A Big Hand for the Little Lady">A Big Hand for the Little Lady</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Love_Has_Many_Faces" title="Love Has Many Faces">Love Has Many Faces</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_(1965_film)" title="Sylvia (1965 film)">Sylvia</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Invitation_to_a_Gunfighter" title="Invitation to a Gunfighter">Invitation to a Gunfighter</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Patsy_(1964_film)" title="The Patsy (1964 film)">The Patsy</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Two_Weeks_in_Another_Town" title="Two Weeks in Another Town">Two Weeks in Another Town</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Too_Late_Blues" title="Too Late Blues">Too Late Blues</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Night_Tide" title="Night Tide">Night Tide</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pay_or_Die" title="Pay or Die">Pay or Die</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Al_Capone_(film)" title="Al Capone (film)">Al Capone</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Separate_Tables_(film)" title="Separate Tables (film)">Separate Tables</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Twilight_for_the_Gods" title="Twilight for the Gods">Twilight for the Gods</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Until_They_Sail" title="Until They Sail">Until They Sail</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gunsight_Ridge" title="Gunsight Ridge">Gunsight Ridge</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Man_on_Fire_(1957_film)" title="Man on Fire (1957 film)">Man on Fire</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Vintage" title="The Vintage">The Vintage</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bigger_Than_Life" title="Bigger Than Life">Bigger Than Life</a></i> (1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hilda_Crane" title="Hilda Crane">Hilda Crane</a></i> (1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jubal_(film)" title="Jubal (film)">Jubal</a></i> (1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Seven_Wonders_of_the_World_(film)" title="Seven Wonders of the World (film)">Seven Wonders of the World</a></i> (1955) (with <a href="/wiki/Sol_Kaplan" title="Sol Kaplan">Sol Kaplan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerome_Moross" title="Jerome Moross">Jerome Moross</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emil_Newman" title="Emil Newman">Emil Newman</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Combo" title="The Big Combo">The Big Combo</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Suddenly_(1954_film)" title="Suddenly (1954 film)">Suddenly</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Apache_(film)" title="Apache (film)">Apache</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Unicorn_in_the_Garden_(film)" title="The Unicorn in the Garden (film)">The Unicorn in the Garden</a></i> (1953)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bad_and_the_Beautiful" title="The Bad and the Beautiful">The Bad and the Beautiful</a></i> (1952)</li> <li><i>Madeline</i> (cartoon) (1952)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carrie_(1952_film)" title="Carrie (1952 film)">Carrie</a></i> (1952)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pat_and_Mike" title="Pat and Mike">Pat and Mike</a></i> (1952)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_with_a_Cloak" title="The Man with a Cloak">The Man with a Cloak</a></i> (1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Across_the_Wide_Missouri_(film)" title="Across the Wide Missouri (film)">Across the Wide Missouri</a></i> (1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kind_Lady_(1951_film)" title="Kind Lady (1951 film)">Kind Lady</a></i> (1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Next_Voice_You_Hear..." title="The Next Voice You Hear...">The Next Voice You Hear...</a></i> (1950)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Magnificent_Yankee_(1950_film)" title="The Magnificent Yankee (1950 film)">The Magnificent Yankee</a></i> (1950)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Whirlpool_(1950_film)" title="Whirlpool (1950 film)">Whirlpool</a></i> (1950)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Force_of_Evil" title="Force of Evil">Force of Evil</a></i> (1948)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Apartment_for_Peggy" title="Apartment for Peggy">Apartment for Peggy</a></i> (1948)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fury_at_Furnace_Creek" title="Fury at Furnace Creek">Fury at Furnace Creek</a></i> (1948)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Daisy_Kenyon" title="Daisy Kenyon">Daisy Kenyon</a></i> (1947)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Forever_Amber_(film)" title="Forever Amber (film)">Forever Amber</a></i> (1947)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Life_of_Walter_Mitty_(1947_film)" title="The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947 film)">The Secret Life of Walter Mitty</a></i> (1947)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Smoky_(1946_film)" title="Smoky (1946 film)">Smoky</a></i> (1946)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fallen_Angel_(1945_film)" title="Fallen Angel (1945 film)">Fallen Angel</a></i> (1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Laura_(1944_film)" title="Laura (1944 film)">Laura</a></i> (1944)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tampico_(1944_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tampico (1944 film)">Tampico</a></i> (1944)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/City_Without_Men" title="City Without Men">City Without Men</a></i> (1943)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Men_in_Her_Life" title="The Men in Her Life">The Men in Her Life</a></i> (1941)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Sherlock_Holmes_(film)" title="The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (film)">The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</a></i> (1939)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stanley_and_Livingstone" title="Stanley and Livingstone">Stanley and Livingstone</a></i> (1939)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles_(1939_film)" title="The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 film)">The Hound of the Baskervilles</a></i> (1939)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Modern_Times_(film)" title="Modern Times (film)">Modern Times</a></i> (arranger) (1936)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Work_on_Broadway">Work on Broadway</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Raksin&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Work on Broadway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Thumbs_Up!_(musical)" title="Thumbs Up! (musical)">Thumbs Up!</a></i> (1934) - <a href="/wiki/Revue" title="Revue">revue</a> - co-orchestrator</li> <li><i>Parade</i> (1935) - <a href="/wiki/Revue" title="Revue">revue</a> - co-<a href="/wiki/Orchestrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Orchestrator">orchestrator</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/At_Home_Abroad" title="At Home Abroad">At Home Abroad</a></i> (1935) - <a href="/wiki/Revue" title="Revue">revue</a> - co-<a href="/wiki/Orchestrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Orchestrator">orchestrator</a></li> <li><i>New Faces of 1936</i> (1936) - <a href="/wiki/Revue" title="Revue">revue</a> - co-<a href="/wiki/Orchestrator" class="mw-redirect" title="Orchestrator">orchestrator</a></li> <li><i>If the Shoe Fits</i> (1946) - <a href="/wiki/Musical_theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Musical theater">musical</a> - <a href="/wiki/Composer" title="Composer">composer</a></li> <li><i>Dream</i> (1997) - <a href="/wiki/Revue" title="Revue">revue</a> - featured <a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">songwriter</a> for "<a href="/wiki/Laura_(1944_movie)" class="mw-redirect" title="Laura (1944 movie)">Laura</a>"</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Raksin&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Film_Music_Society" title="The Film Music Society">The Film Music Society</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Raksin&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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background-color:#E0E0E0; padding-top:0.2em; padding-bottom:0.2em;">Archives at</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding-top:0.4em; padding-bottom:0.4em;"> <table class="infobox-subbox"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:33%;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Music_Division,_Library_of_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="Music Division, Library of Congress">Music Division, Library of Congress</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:33%;">Source</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2020570067">David Raksin papers, 1930s-2004</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below" style="padding-top:0.4em; padding-bottom:0.4em; border-top:1px solid #E0E0E0;"> <a href="/wiki/Help:Archival_material" title="Help:Archival material">How to use archival material</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000710/">David Raksin</a> at <a href="/wiki/IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb (identifier)">IMDb</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/13725">David Raksin</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Broadway_Database" title="Internet Broadway Database">Internet Broadway Database</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1176253#P1220" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, 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(1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Williams" title="John Williams">John Williams</a> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Horner" title="James Horner">James Horner</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Goldsmith" title="Jerry Goldsmith">Jerry Goldsmith</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Broughton" title="Bruce Broughton">Bruce Broughton</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Menken" title="Alan Menken">Alan Menken</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Silvestri" title="Alan Silvestri">Alan Silvestri</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Young" title="Christopher Young">Christopher Young</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Silvestri" title="Alan Silvestri">Alan Silvestri</a> (1989/90)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #6CC;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Loek_Dikker" title="Loek Dikker">Loek Dikker</a> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Angelo_Badalamenti" title="Angelo Badalamenti">Angelo Badalamenti</a> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Danny_Elfman" title="Danny Elfman">Danny Elfman</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Howard_Shore" title="Howard Shore">Howard Shore</a> (<a href="/wiki/21st_Saturn_Awards" title="21st Saturn Awards">1994</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Ottman" title="John Ottman">John Ottman</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Danny_Elfman" title="Danny Elfman">Danny Elfman</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Danny_Elfman" title="Danny Elfman">Danny Elfman</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Carpenter" title="John Carpenter">John Carpenter</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Danny_Elfman" title="Danny Elfman">Danny Elfman</a> (1999)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #6CC;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Horner" title="James Horner">James Horner</a> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Williams" title="John Williams">John Williams</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Danny_Elfman" title="Danny Elfman">Danny Elfman</a> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Howard_Shore" title="Howard Shore">Howard Shore</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Silvestri" title="Alan Silvestri">Alan Silvestri</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Williams" title="John Williams">John Williams</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Ottman" title="John Ottman">John Ottman</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Menken" title="Alan Menken">Alan Menken</a> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Newton_Howard" title="James Newton Howard">James Newton Howard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hans_Zimmer" title="Hans Zimmer">Hans Zimmer</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Horner" title="James Horner">James Horner</a> (2009)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #6CC;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hans_Zimmer" title="Hans Zimmer">Hans Zimmer</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Giacchino" title="Michael Giacchino">Michael Giacchino</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Danny_Elfman" title="Danny Elfman">Danny Elfman</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Ilfman" title="Frank Ilfman">Frank Ilfman</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hans_Zimmer" title="Hans Zimmer">Hans Zimmer</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Williams" title="John Williams">John Williams</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Justin_Hurwitz" title="Justin Hurwitz">Justin Hurwitz</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Giacchino" title="Michael Giacchino">Michael Giacchino</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marc_Shaiman" title="Marc Shaiman">Marc Shaiman</a> 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