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Raksin died in 2004, aged 92. At the time of his death, it was announced that Raksin had completed his autobiography, titled If I Say So Myself. The book was eventually published under the title The Bad and the Beautiful: My Life in a Golden Age of Film Music. In 2012, he was named for a Lifetime Achievement Award for a Past Film Composer.
- Music Division, Library of Congress
- David Raksin papers, 1930s-2004
Raksin, the last surviving major composer from Hollywood’s Golden Age and a onetime Communist Party member who reluctantly named names before the House Un-American Activities Committee, died of...
David Raksin, who composed more than 400 scores for movies and television series but is remembered best as the author of the haunting theme for the 1944 movie, ''Laura,'' died on Monday at...
Aug 11, 2004 · David Raksin, a Hollywood composer whose haunting score from the film noir classic "Laura" is considered one of the finest cinematic blendings of music and story, died Aug. 9, five days...
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Aug 9, 2004 · David Raksin, the composer of Laura, The Bad and the Beautiful and dozens of other classic film scores, died of heart failure at 8:55 a.m. Monday, August 9, at his home in Van Nuys, Calif. He was 92 and had been in failing health for the past several weeks.
Aug 11, 2004 · David Raksin, who has died of heart failure aged 92, had a unique place in Hollywood music. He composed what was perhaps the only tune that was to be more famous than the film from which it...
Aug 10, 2004 · David Raksin, an Oscar-nominated composer who arranged music for Charlie Chaplin’s silent classic “Modern Times” and wrote the memorable theme for 1944’s “Laura,” died Monday, his son ...
