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David Raksin

Career

Active from 1937 to 2003, with a break from 1984 to 2002, busiest in 1950 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
1
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Laura
Laura
GoodWatch score90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 49 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
David Raksin Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.9, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.9, average 3.0
  • Pop Culture
    1.0, average 2.2
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.2, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Hollywood 6
  • Social Commentary 5
  • Character Study 5
  • Character-Driven 5
  • Historical Drama 4
  • Murder Mystery 3
  • Nostalgic 3
  • Love Triangle 3
  • Bleak 3
  • Western 3
  • Film Noir 3
  • Psychological Thriller 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

81
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

1 title · average score 77
Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music
Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music (2019)
GoodWatch score 77

Thanks

2000s

1 title
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)

as Interviewee

1980s

3 titles · average score 77
Lady in a Corner
Lady in a Corner (1989)

Music

The Day After
The Day After (1983)
GoodWatch score 77

Original Music Composer

Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush (1980)

Original Music Composer

1970s

6 titles · average score 59
The Suicide's Wife
The Suicide's Wife (1979)

Music

The Ghost of Flight 401
The Ghost of Flight 401 (1978)
GoodWatch score 55

Original Music Composer

Magick Lantern Cycle
Magick Lantern Cycle (1974)
GoodWatch score 79

Music

Glass Houses
Glass Houses (1972)

Music

What's the Matter with Helen?
What's the Matter with Helen? (1971)
GoodWatch score 54

Original Music Composer

The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again (1970)
GoodWatch score 48

Original Music Composer

1960s

11 titles · average score 68
Will Penny
Will Penny (1967)
GoodWatch score 81

Original Music Composer

A Big Hand for the Little Lady
A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)
GoodWatch score 76

Conductor, Original Music Composer

Love Has Many Faces
Love Has Many Faces (1965)
GoodWatch score 47

Original Music Composer

Sylvia
Sylvia (1965)
GoodWatch score 64

Original Music Composer

The Patsy
The Patsy (1964)
GoodWatch score 58

Original Music Composer

Invitation to a Gunfighter
Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964)
GoodWatch score 54

Music

Scorpio Rising
Scorpio Rising (1964)
GoodWatch score 69

Music

Two Weeks in Another Town
Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
GoodWatch score 75

Original Music Composer

Night Tide
Night Tide (1961)
GoodWatch score 74

Original Music Composer

Too Late Blues
Too Late Blues (1961)
GoodWatch score 75

Original Music Composer

Pay or Die!
Pay or Die! (1960)
GoodWatch score 72

Original Music Composer

1950s

27 titles · average score 66
Al Capone
Al Capone (1959)
GoodWatch score 63

Original Music Composer

Separate Tables
Separate Tables (1958)
GoodWatch score 61

Original Music Composer

Until They Sail
Until They Sail (1957)
GoodWatch score 61

Original Music Composer

Jubal
Jubal (1956)
GoodWatch score 86

Original Music Composer

Bigger Than Life
Bigger Than Life (1956)
GoodWatch score 83

Original Music Composer

Apache
Apache (1954)
GoodWatch score 62

Original Music Composer

Suddenly
Suddenly (1954)
GoodWatch score 82

Original Music Composer

The Bad and the Beautiful
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
GoodWatch score 79

Original Music Composer, Orchestrator

Carrie
Carrie (1952)
GoodWatch score 70

Original Music Composer

Across the Wide Missouri
Across the Wide Missouri (1951)
GoodWatch score 52

Original Music Composer

The Man with a Cloak
The Man with a Cloak (1951)
GoodWatch score 67

Original Music Composer

Whirlpool
Whirlpool (1950)
GoodWatch score 78

Original Music Composer

1940s

24 titles · average score 60
Fury at Furnace Creek
Fury at Furnace Creek (1948)
GoodWatch score 53

Original Music Composer

Apartment for Peggy
Apartment for Peggy (1948)
GoodWatch score 76

Original Music Composer

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
GoodWatch score 70

Original Music Composer

Forever Amber
Forever Amber (1947)
GoodWatch score 40

Original Music Composer

Daisy Kenyon
Daisy Kenyon (1947)
GoodWatch score 75

Music, Original Music Composer

Fallen Angel
Fallen Angel (1945)
GoodWatch score 75

Original Music Composer

Don Juan Quilligan
Don Juan Quilligan (1945)

Original Music Composer

Laura
Laura (1944)
GoodWatch score 90

Original Music Composer

Belle of the Yukon
Belle of the Yukon (1944)
GoodWatch score 42

Original Music Composer

Dr. Renault's Secret
Dr. Renault's Secret (1942)
GoodWatch score 52

Original Music Composer

On the Sunny Side
On the Sunny Side (1942)
GoodWatch score 67

Original Music Composer

The Man Who Wouldn't Die
The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942)
GoodWatch score 65

Original Music Composer

1930s

8 titles · average score 71
The Witness Vanishes
The Witness Vanishes (1939)

Original Music Composer

The Gorilla
The Gorilla (1939)
GoodWatch score 39

Music

Wings Over Honolulu
Wings Over Honolulu (1937)

Original Music Composer

The Mighty Treve
The Mighty Treve (1937)

Original Music Composer

Marked Woman
Marked Woman (1937)
GoodWatch score 69

Additional Music

Midnight Court
Midnight Court (1937)

Music

Modern Times
Modern Times (1936)
GoodWatch score 91

Music Arranger

These Three
These Three (1936)
GoodWatch score 86

Orchestrator