David Raksin
Birthday: 1912-08-04
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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."
Movies
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
Film noir, which enjoyed particular success in the 1930s and 1940s, is probably the most profound ge...
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Zappa
With the help of more than 10,000 dedicated Zappa fans, this is the long-awaited definitive document...
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Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann
Music For The Movies: Bernard Herrmann explores the work of a composer who created music for over 50...
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Hollywood's Musical Moods
In the silent film era, movies were never really silent. In the background of films that made figure...
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Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
A biographical documentary about the great British actor and director Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), f...
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Cinerama Adventure
A nostalgic and compelling look into the legendary three camera, three projector process that revolu...
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Music for the Movies: The Hollywood Sound
With a revived interest in the scores created for Hollywood films in the 1930's and 40's. "Music for...
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Bad Boy Made Good: The Revival of George Antheil's 1924 Ballet Mécanique
A documentary on American composer George Antheil (1900-1959) featuring excerpts from Leger's Ballet...
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Bilder, die man hören kann
A portrait of the film-composer David Raksin, made for German television. Released in 1994....
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