Raksin, David

David Raksin Film composer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 4, 1912). Raksin is best remembered for the big hit theme song for the film Laura (1944). He studied piano and woodwinds with his father, who was a musician, and led his own pop bands as a teenager. He went to Hollywood in 1935 to work with Charlie Chaplin on the score for Modern Times (1936). He would go on to write over hundred film scores, but his sole hit was the theme song for Laura. After the film’s release, the popular melody…