David Raksin
Also Known As: not available
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David Raksin (August 4, 1912 – August 9, 2004) was an American composer who was renowned for his work in film and television. With over 100 film scores and 300 television scores to his credit, he became known as the "Grandfather of Film Music."
Department: Sound
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Birthday: August 04, 1912
Deathday: August 09, 2004
Adult: No
Gender: Male
Popularity:
Known For:
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
Overview: Film noir, which enjoyed particular success in the 1930s and 1940s, is probably the most profound genre of classic Hollywood cinema. Eckhart Schmidt tries to show the background and developments and speaks, among others, with directors such as Richard Fleischer and Robert Wise as well as with "femme fatale" actresses. Filmmakers of the following generations explain how the style and themes of noir continue to shape cinema today.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2004-12-19
Popularity:
Hollywood Legenden
Overview: Documentary about Hollywood.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2004-01-01
Popularity:
Zappa
Overview: With the help of more than 10,000 dedicated Zappa fans, this is the long-awaited definitive documentary project of Alex Winter documenting the life and career of enigmatic groundbreaking rock star Frank Zappa. Alex also utilizes in this picture thousands of hours of painstakingly digitized videos, photos, audio, writing, and everything in between from Zappa's private archives. These chronicles have never been brought to a public audience before, until now.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-11-27
Popularity:
Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann
Overview: Music For The Movies: Bernard Herrmann explores the work of a composer who created music for over 50 films, collaborating with such diverse directors as Orson Welles, Nicholas Ray, and Martin Scorsese. Best remembered for his twelve-year collaboration with Alfred Hitchcock in such classics as Vertigo, North By Northwest ,and the unforgettable Psycho, Herrmann pioneered many fundamental techniques of film scoring in the course of his 35-year career.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-12-01
Popularity:
Hollywood's Musical Moods
Overview: In the silent film era, movies were never really silent. In the background of films that made figures like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton into cultural icons, were the musical giants whose compositions defined the very films that captivated a generation of movie-goers. Arthur Kleiner converses with the still-living legends from that bygone golden age of cinema.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-02-16
Popularity:
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
Overview: The story of how the classic epic "Ben-Hur" was made.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1993-01-01
Popularity:
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
Overview: A biographical documentary about the great British actor and director Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), from rags to riches, from the slums of London to glory.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-10
Popularity:
Cinerama Adventure
Overview: A nostalgic and compelling look into the legendary three camera, three projector process that revolutionized motion pictures and led the industry into the widescreen era.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-08-30
Popularity:
Music for the Movies: The Hollywood Sound
Overview: With a revived interest in the scores created for Hollywood films in the 1930's and 40's. "Music for the Movies: The Hollywood Sound" explores a segment of that legacy through composers like Max Steiner ("Gone with the Wind"), Franz Waxman ("Bride of Frankenstein") and Erich Korngold ("The Adventures of Robin Hood"), all of whom came from Europe. Steiner was a pupil of Ravel. The American roster includes David Raksin ("Laura") and Alfred Newman ("The Hunchback of Notre Dame"). Host and narrator John Mauceri conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales against a backdrop of clips from the various movies.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-08
Popularity:
Bad Boy Made Good: The Revival of George Antheil's 1924 Ballet Mécanique
Overview: A documentary on American composer George Antheil (1900-1959) featuring excerpts from Leger's Ballet Mecanique (1924) for which Antheil wrote the music.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-21
Popularity: