# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-raksin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:08:48.090Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-raksin"
name: "David Raksin"
slug: "david-raksin"
description: "David Raksin was an American composer noted for his work in film and television. Raksin had more than 100 film scores and 300 television scores to his credit. Some sources called him the \"Grandfather of Film Music\"."
tagline: "American composer (1912-2004)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3b/David-Raksin.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1912-08-04"
deathDate: "2004-08-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump