Sound
David Raksin
- Titles
- 91movies1TV show
- Career
Active from 1937 to 2003, with a break from 1984 to 2002, busiest in 1950 with 6 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 1top three billing
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
Will Penny81/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 35 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.1average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.9average 3.6
- Romance5.4average 3.8
- Class & Capitalism4.2average 3.3
- Melancholy5.4average 4.7
- Psychological6.2average 5.6
- Pathos5.7average 5.2
- Wit & Wordplay4.1average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.7, average 5.2
- Coming of Age1.8, average 2.9
- Pop Culture1.3, average 2.2
- Tech & Humanity0.7, average 1.6
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Classic Hollywood 4
- Social Commentary 4
- Character Study 4
- Film Noir 3
- Psychological Thriller 3
- Character-Driven 3
- Nostalgic 3
- Love Triangle 3
- Historical Drama 3
- Western 3
- Murder Mystery 2
- Femme Fatale 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Otto PremingerDirectorLaura, Fallen Angel, Forever Amber, Whirlpool, Daisy Kenyon
Joseph RuttenbergCinematographerUntil They Sail, Man on Fire, Love Has Many Faces, The Magnificent Yankee
Lucien BallardCinematographerWill Penny, Al Capone, What's the Matter with Helen?, Pay or Die!- LLouis R. LoefflerEditorLaura, Bigger Than Life, Whirlpool, Daisy Kenyon
Ernest BorgnineActorJubal, The Ghost of Flight 401, Pay or Die!
Anne RevereActorFallen Angel, Forever Amber, Don Juan Quilligan
Charles BickfordActorFallen Angel, A Big Hand for the Little Lady, Whirlpool
Dick PowellActorThe Bad and the Beautiful, The Reformer and the Redhead, Right Cross
Dana AndrewsActorLaura, Fallen Angel, Daisy Kenyon
George ChandlerActorAcross the Wide Missouri, The Next Voice You Hear..., Gunsight Ridge
June AllysonActorThe Girl in White, The Reformer and the Redhead, Right Cross- JJoseph MacDonaldCinematographerBigger Than Life, Hilda Crane, The Man Who Wouldn't Die
Movies and TV shows
792010s
2 titles · average score 79
2000s
1 title
1980s
3 titles · average score 68
68
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
1970s
5 titles · average score 56
55
Original Music Composer
Music
60
Original Music Composer
53
Original Music Composer
1960s
10 titles · average score 66
81
Original Music Composer
72
Original Music Composer, Conductor
50
Original Music Composer
64
Music
61
Original Music Composer
73
Original Music Composer
66
Original Music Composer
70
Original Music Composer
1950s
27 titles · average score 65
66
Original Music Composer
71
Original Music Composer
64
Original Music Composer
69
Original Music Composer
72
Original Music Composer
65
Original Music Composer
61
Original Music Composer
75
Conductor, Orchestrator
68
Original Music Composer
60
Original Music Composer
65
Original Music Composer
56
Original Music Composer
1940s
23 titles · average score 61
68
Original Music Composer
63
Original Music Composer
67
Music, Original Music Composer
67
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
77
Original Music Composer
61
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
64
Original Music Composer
56
Original Music Composer
62
Original Music Composer
1930s
8 titles · average score 74
Original Music Composer
Music
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
68
Additional Music
83
Music Arranger
72
Orchestrator