David Raksin

Person · Open Library

Works

3

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1912-08-04

Active to

2004-08-09

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

6,805

Total plays

38,826

David Raksin (August 4, 1912 - August 9, 2004) was an American composer of music born in Philadelphia, PA. With over 100 film scores and 300 TV scores to his credit, he became known as the "Grandfather of Film Music."[1] One of his earliest film assignments was as assistant to Charlie Chaplin in the composition of the score to Modern Times (1936). He is perhaps best remembered for the haunting theme to the 1944 movie Laura. Johnny Mercer put lyrics to this theme <a href="https://www.last.fm/musi

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews

   · 2021 · cited 84,879x

2. Basic local alignment search tool

   · 1990 · cited 80,825x

3. The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations.

   · 1986 · cited 63,615x

4. Evaluating Structural Equation Models with Unobservable Variables and Measurement Error

   · 1981 · cited 63,417x

5. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement

   · 2009 · cited 58,724x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

David

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Philadelphia

Place of death

Van Nuys

Occupation

film score composer

Educated at

University of Pennsylvania

Employer

University of Southern California

Languages spoken

English language

Award

Inkpot Award

Field of work

film score

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