David Raksin

Composer. Born 4 August 1912 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 9 August 2004.

Titles on Fi1m

Average Fi1m score

Oscar nominations

Born

4 August 1912, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died

9 August 2004

Active

1936–1964

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

86Fi1m

82Critics

We rate David’s work 3 points above the press, across 4 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above4

60 to 791

Under 600

Of 5 reviewed titles.

In numbers

Reviewed: 5 films
Screen time: 8 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $7m across 3 films with figures
Academy Awards: 2 Oscar nominations
Active: 1936–1964

Genres

Drama5
Romance3
Comedy1
Mystery1

Best and worst on Fi1m

88BestModern Times1936

74WorstSeparate Tables1958

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

81930s

241940s

271950s

111960s

61970s

31980s

12000s

12010s

Awards

Academy Awards2 nominated

Nominated1959Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score · Separate Tables
Nominated1948Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score · Forever Amber

Other awards1 won

Won1980Inkpot Award: Inkpot Award

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.