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  1. Aug 11, 2004 · Twice divorced, Raksin is survived by a daughter by his first wife and a son by his second. · David Raksin, film composer, born August 4 1912; died August 9 2004

  2. The next morning Raksin received a letter from his then-wife, Pamela Randell, a model, singer and dancer who was working on Broadway. “I couldn’t make head or tail of it and put the letter...

  3. www.imdb.com › name › nm0000710David Raksin - IMDb

    David Raksin (1912-2004) David Raksin. Music Department. Composer. Soundtrack. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. David Raksin's father Isidore, who both conducted and owned a music store, taught his son to play piano as well as woodwind instruments at an early age. He eventually studied music with Arnold Schönberg, but became by-and-large a self ...

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  4. Aug 11, 2004 · Inspired by a Dear John letter he had just received from his wife, actress Pamela Randell, Mr. Raksin composed the romantically bittersweet theme on a Sunday night. He presented it to...

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  5. Aug. 11, 2004. 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...

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  7. Joe’s wife, Mary (Nancy Davis), gives birth to a baby girl; as Mary is wheeled out of the delivery room on a gurney, Raksin reprises his theme, affirming Joe’s faith as he strokes his wifes face.

  8. 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 ...

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