Laura | Soundtrack Suite (David Raksin)

[@benlotus2703]

A beautiful and haunting score. David Raksin composed for Broadway shows. It was Alfred Newman who encouraged him to come to Hollywood in the 1930s. This was an opportunity to work with Charles Chaplin for the orchestration of 'Modern Times'. His first composition was for 'Three Smart Girls' in 1936. In 1944 he had real success with 'Laura' by Otto Preminger and 'Forever Amber' in 1947. He composed for many films until 1982, his last movie 'The Day After' D. Raksin died in 2004, aged 92. At the time of his death, it was announced that He had completed his autobiography, eventually published under the title: "The Bad and the Beautiful: My Life in a Golden Age of Film Music."

[@boojay111]

I was working as an art tutor on a cruise ship and happened to mention to the cocktail pianist that I loved this tune. Each time I entered the lounge he would stop playing and go immediately into Laura, such a lovely moment for me, and I thank him to this day for being so kind

[@bmjpdx9222]

Wonderful story! What's the movie from the 1940's or 50's where that happens (but not on a cruise ship)?

[@bmjpdx9222]

The instance in a movie that I was thinking of was in The Apartment (1960), at 36:27 into the movie. The pianist plays the movie's theme, "Jealous Lover" (an inappropriate title, given how lyrical it is) when Fran (Shirley MacLaine) walks into "The Rickshaw" cocktail lounge.

[@manuelcv2022]

@@bmjpdx9222 Frank Sinatra vs Nino Bravo, Laura kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6bVaY13dtyBprc

[@nunyabiz-]

​@@bmjpdx9222 I believe Jack Lemmon was the pianist and that he was known as a pianist, as well as starring in The Apartment movie 🌞

[@nunyabiz-]

Very cool story! 🌞

[@kpadmirer]

When I was a baby in the late 40s I remember this piece playing on the radio all the time. Later on, in the 90s, I met Raksin at a "Laura" retrospective showing and thanked him for creating it.

[@glennsymonds-geniau5222]

How wonderful. This is by far my favourite film score ever. You have just conjured a moment that I find so endearing. I thank you so much for this.x

[@edwardmallon8679]

What a thrill that must have been to meet a legend of the golden age of movies.

[@mikeengland7468]

What memories.. what music...

[@sarpsarp8987]

Then you were not a bady in the late 40s if you can remember

[@nstix2009xitsn]

@@edwardmallon8679 Mallon?! Are you the guy whom I lost, in seeking to respond to your comment on "Rainy Days and Mondays"?! Nicholas Stix 8 months ago (edited) Somebody, I think his last name was Mallen, said "How can a song about depression make you feel so good?" I was in the process of copying and responding to him that his comment was the best I'd ever heard about any Karen Carpenter record, but the song ended, the playlist moved on to the next number, and everything was wiped clean. I spent at least ten minutes trying to find him, but couldn't.

[@elenashelley9036]

This resonates across time and space and Gene Tierney’s haunting beauty leaves an unforgettable image

[@Kexgoija]

Really inseparable from the magical Gene Tierney. Sweet actress.❤

[@silviajacobo4167]

I was born in 1980 and i love this song it takes me to a time when people were more connected with each other than their phones and electronics now a days. Too bad it can't be like before, old fashioned beauty and class. And wanting to get to know people face to face instead of on the Internet.

[@JohnSmith-us2jx]

I only wish they could still make movies like this today - no car chases, no special effects, just a good story, great acting and a beautiful music score . . .

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Yes, because the world wasn't @ war in 1944, there were no Concentration Camps & millions weren't being murdered, nostalgia ain't what it used to be & EVERYONE who made this classic are LONG DEAD! If they could still make movies like this today, young Vincent Price would be gigolo boytoy named Shelby being kept by Mrs. Danvers.

[@joakimhellgren293]

one of the most significant musical scores created for film noir.

[@jubalcalif9100]

I certainly have a notion to second THAT emotion !! :-)

[@hegzansiaani9213]

Correct

[@Mohamed_Raheel]

Agree

[@zeekfromthecreek]

...or for anything else.

[@SoFkwHat80]

It almost brings you to tears , like something missing in your life but you don't know what.

[@SnuffGunnion]

You hit it right on the head!!!

[@SnuffGunnion]

Well put!!! My favorite film Score of all time. A haunting, captivating, recurring melody. WAHNSINN!!!

[@adriankap2978]

We have to watch this movie at least twice a year while my husband plays it on his clarinet. I read that Mr. Raksin was told by Otto Preminger to create an opening music score in 3 days or Otto was going to hire another to do it. Otto didn’t like Raskin but was forced to hire him by the studio. Plus at the same time Raskins wife wrote him a Dear John letter that she was leaving him which is why it has a sad undertone to it. Heartbreak & extreme stress created this everlasting masterpiece.

[@noopieflace]

I was a menber of ASMAC (American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers). I remember a luncheon many, many years ago where Mr. Raksin was the invited speaker. Of all thos luncheons with all those speakers, HIS was the most memorable. Not only because of who is was, but his talk to us was mesmerizing. He recounted many anecdotes about his fellow film composers and always with reverence and humor. I absolutely love all of his scores and of course, play Laura in all my gigs as a pianist!

[@robertcongdon6296]

"You seem to be completely disregarding something more important than your career, my lunch" - Waldo Leydecker

[@jubalcalif9100]

Waldo certainly had a way with words....

[@manuelcv2022]

Frank Sinatra vs Nino Bravo, Laura kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6bVaY13dtyBprc

[@tiffsaver]

Getting an unknown Clifton Webb to play this part was the coup of the year...

[@robinjackson7882]

Lydecker has the best lines! The writing is excellent. It’s wonderful to see Vincent Price allowed to act instead of being a parody of his horror films. Raksin had just broken up with his wife when he wrote this, or so I’ve read. Thank you so much for posting this!

[@robinjackson7882]

@@tiffsaver He wasn’t unknown. He was a stage actor and the movie big wigs almost didn’t cast him because Webb was known to be gay.

[@DesiluTrek]

The one soundtrack I would have If I were somehow told I could only have one. My favorite of all time. Never fails to move me.

[@robinjackson7882]

This one and Best Years of Our Lives

[@RandyWhite-e6t]

@@robinjackson7882both staring Dana Andrews

[@iranmachado5576]

I saw this picture several times. Its score is very nice. My favorite moment is when the detective is alone watching her portrait and admiring her beauty.

[@arantxadiez9882]

Si, tambien cuando se despierta y cree estar soñando...

[@robertoincutti4712]

One of the most beautiful and haunting soundtrack of all time!♥️🇮🇹🇬🇧

[@Samalabear]

In the Catholic high school I went to we used to have movie afternoons. This was where I saw "Laura" the first time. Love this music, love the movie.

[@michaelbauers8800]

Wow, that's quite an intense movie for high school students to assimilate. It would have been really interesting if you had written down what you thought as a high school student about it, and then, for example, watching it again in your 30s.

[@ascenbach1]

Such a good movie with such an excellent score, beautiful and haunting, just like Laura herself.

[@dickcor]

Brilliant score for one of the great film noirs............Gene Tierney was sensational as was Clifton Webb, Dana Andrews, Vincent Price and Judith Anderson. A classic which stands alone.

[@Sennmut]

dickcor Sadly, we'll never see the like again.

[@reggie0609]

Sennmut yes, it is sad, but that needn't bother us as long as the film and the music remains.

[@Samalabear]

Hollywood is totally depraved now. I think it reached the point of no return. It's sad, but fortunately we do have all of these films. Stars acted like people and not celebrities to be worshiped. I haven't watched the Academy Awards in years, but I heard it was particularly nasty this past Sunday.

[@edgardoluciocrocetta2437]

Really, Hollywood was dead.

[@maincamera66]

They do not make music or movies like this anymore. I try to watch this film at least once a year. One of my favorites. One of the few songs that sounds wonderful no matter who is singing or playing it.

[@johannesbluemink4581]

Seen the movie many times. Haunting music. I never tire of it!

[@kennethgates6552]

Johannes Bluemink n

[@edwardmallon8679]

It gets better every time you watch it

[@rhonddanunes]

From one of my most influential professors at UCLA. He'd have us write a film cue in class in 3 days. "Like the studio wants"....'Yesterday?'

[@rmac1042]

One of the great film composers... Ahead of his time, but lovingly acknowledged his forebearers. I'm proud to have gotten an A in his class!

[@persebra]

GOOD FOR YOU!

[@rmac1042]

@Randy White It was a survey of film score writing at USC in Los Angeles. It was a fascinating class acknowledging the contributions of film music composers from the beginnings of the art form.

[@TheStockwell]

When the theme song caught on, Johnny Mercer was asked to supply lyrics for what quickly became an American standard. Raksin was impressed at how Mercer had seen the film and condensed its melancholy into a few verses. Mercer explained that he hadn't seen the film - everything he needed to know about the film, about Laura, was in the melody. You can't make up stuff like that. How Raksin created the melody is a story worth looking up, as well.

[@johnharris721]

Beautiful, haunting score by one of the great, though underrated composers. He also did Sylvia and Will Penny.

[@nstix2009xitsn]

@john harris "one of the great, though underrated composers." Fake compliment alert! David Raksin was never underrated.

[@notaire2]

Es ist fast unglaublich, dass solch eine wunderschöne Filmmusik im Kriegsjahr 1944 komponiert wurde.

[@rizmid]

One of the loveliest and haunting music ever composed for a motion picture! A fan and an admirer from Pakistan.

[@johndeclefpineiro7372]

To support what Soundtrack Fred says above, indeed, all credit goes to the composer in any event. But "classic" movie music such as this is really a cultural artifact that in a real sense belongs to the world, and should be readily accessible. In fact, we should all be able to think of KZbin as a public media library that anyone with an internet device and a connection has a pass to access.

[@robertlevy9412]

I agree John. There is , however, the lingering issue of monetization for living composers let alone those with heirs like David Raskin (he has a son Alex). Alex has a job but many composers still make little or no money. The model is broken and it needs to be fixed to a greater or lesser degree. Otherwise musicians will never survive. Making music is work and should be compensated. It is wonderful to having Raskin's work available for the world to enjoy though. Particularly for those who might not have the chance to explore his work in an easy way.

[@slyslaughter5115]

To a greater degree.

[@richarddowney1972]

In my dotage I have donated most of my cd recordings to a mid-size public library. Not so my film score recordings. This is one of them. A keeper.

[@24hourtourist]

A fantastic theme that changes chords many times from minor to major and back. Very much rooted in the dark implicit psychology of this thriller and the mood of the time. I think it succeeds because it is in such close emotional alignment with the characters. Certainly Alfred Newman who was the master of the 'trembling' string score himself (as in "Song Of Bernadette" from around the same time) improved the proceedings by conducting this.

[@audreyleaung7652]

高原藍

[@persebra]

So wonderful! So iconic, unforgettable and mood inducing. I don't know if it received an Oscar, but it's one of the truly great scores. I could myself playing this music: When I am giving a cocktail party, 2. When I am trying on a beautiful outfit. 3. If i was have a boudoir glamour picture done, to get in the mood. 4. When I am into a deep daydream session.

[@matthewburden9403]

My dear friend, this movie, Laura, with its music, and is far beyond the Oscars - so enjoy the score and get on with life.

[@robinjackson7882]

@@matthewburden9403 Yes, it received an Oscar

[@anamariagutierrez2019]

Laura movie's (1944) Soundtrack: Composer David Raksin - Conductor Alfred Newman, Thanks for the video Soundtrack Fred.

[@GetSmartEditing]

Ethereal as Gene Tierney herself, with the dark notes of Judith Anderson and Clifton Webb, the dance band gigolo (Vincent Price), and the throbbing sexuality of Dana Andrew. An absolutely brilliant Suite.

[@kirsteni.russell5903]

I need to go watch LAURA now. Thanks for the reminder.

[@jubalcalif9100]

You clearly have xlnt taste, Kirsten ! "Laura" is one of my two all time favorite classic films (the other is "Sunset Blvd"). Thanx for your comment !!

[@DonaldGudehus]

Dave was a composition teacher of mine at UCLA in the 70s. Hearing Laura brought tears to my eyes.

[@cellofingers]

Laura was a very big part of the musical psyche transition to more sophistication from 1944 on.

[@renatoamaral8259]

I love this song even though I was born in 1970!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@adrianovasconcelos2739]

I am a great fan of Alfred Newman and he wrote many superb scores, notably LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING. But, if I had to pick one as my favorite, LAURA would be it. Magnificent! and the film is probably the best film noir I ever saw. Thank you for sharing!

[@buthan494]

Camaradinha.....a trilha é de David raksin...

[@sgcim956]

Newman just conducted it, David Raksin COMPOSED it!

[@adrianovasconcelos2739]

@@sgcim956 Many thanks for the clarification!

[@tiffsaver]

I thought I heard every version of "Laura" on YT, but this was the ONLY one that contained the entire soundtrack! Haunting and lovely, it even contained the rumba dance sequence... wow. I even turned off The Carpenters' Christmas Album to listen to this!! Merry Christmas, and thanks for posting this incredible score.

[@stuartk.nelson6001]

FANTASTIC, SOOTHING, MUSICAL, SOUNDTRACK SUITE- WOW! Love It!

[@roselizseven7]

Simply beautifull !

[@1943carlosrodriguez]

Uno de los soundtracks preferidos que sigue emocionándome como la primera vez. Su romance, su misterio...en fin el alma y aura del personaje tan genialmente llevado a la pantalla y descrito con esta obra musical. Influye el hecho de que fue el nombre de mi inolvidable madrina de bautizo. La mejor madrina del mundo. Te amo, tía Laurina!

[@richarddowney1972]

Clifton Webb as Lydecker. "I should be sincerely sorry to see my neighbor's children devoured by wolves." Dana Andrews as the cop has difficulty keeping a straight face. I think Webb had the best lines.

[@dkerris]

Clifton Webb always had a way with delivering his lines. Without having to say anything overt, he was a riot.

[@vHumboldt77]

Gorgeous music, Frederick. "Laura" is one of my favourite films....those were the times when cinema was a continuation of the stage and viceversa. And with the magic of black and white in them. Thanks! Patricio (Bs As, Arg)

[@amymalina5073]

I’ve probably already left a comment before but you are the best, Fred. Also my Dad’s name who was an outstanding man. I love this score as much as I can barely put into words. Thank you over and over again Fred.

[@skmthss134]

地平線の彼方まで広がる緑の平野と青い空！そんな情景が浮ぶような出だし編曲の「Laura」郷愁が一杯(^^♪戦時中に作られたのが驚き！日本は空襲に逃げまどってた！あまりの違いに今もって驚愕

[@SoundtrackFred]

yes, thats it! great you found it! i read the booklets of LAURA and CASABLANCA again but both didnt mention that song, but at least you found it! thanks for that, its a version i pretty like, too! :-)

[@javanurse]

Beautiful! Love the genre. I miss it.

[@lcat4305]

The song Laura was written by Johnny Mercer, they neglect to write/mention this crucial fact. Mercer was one of the greatest song writers of that time and more.

[@bobbycotner6192]

love playing "Laura" on the guitar. Bob

[@wingi7722]

An amazing piece of music for an amazing film. The music by itself takes one on an enchanted ride on an emotional roller coaster. Captivating and magical !

[@MMICGER]

So schön!

[@aljart]

Entre los temas musicales del cine, este se puede catalogar entre los más bellos y sensibles.

[@Carlos-qb9mm]

saudades dos cinemas do antigamente, antes de começar o filme tocava trilhas sonoras de filmes como laura, se meu apartamento falasse, maria,maria e tantos outras, o tempo devia ter parado, que pena!

[@jubalcalif9100]

Wunderbar ! I just listened to the entire suite, Fred ! Mesmerizing ! THANK YOU so much for uploading this musical gem ! Please keep up the good work, my friend ! :-)

[@sikemosa]

Here from Derek Bailey's interpretation of this on his record, Ballads. Wonderful.

[@MrZdrasvuy]

I love this music!

[@LaSharown]

Dear Fred Happy New Year to you and your family, In The Sound of Hollywood you get to hear throughout the film from David Raskin which was delightful, thanks for the photo of him.

[@TimothyStapay]

Fantastic Score!! One of my favorite movies!

[@benlotus2703]

Sublime 10/10 David Raksin was on top of his Game !

[@lj036226]

For eternity ...

[@henri39116]

Beautiful... Maravilhoso... Exquis...

[@sofiayzaguirre8984]

Bellísima melodia . Laura, y Gene Tierney ,hermosa . Cuanta nostalgia me trae esta película....era una niña cuando la vi por primera vez, y hoy que soy adulta ,aún sigo esperando verla nuevamente..🌷 La época de oro del cine .... I love It , i miss you Gene and Dana Andrews

[@aarongranda7825]

I don't believe the plot or particulars of any film noir are nearly as important as the mood, the lighting, the clothes, the attitude or the music. I don't watch film noir to get informed, I watch it for the feel.

[@tracer740]

Hauntingly beautiful. Me likee!

[@rayl7335]

I will never understand why the music score of this film wasn't even nominated. It's like a mental paradox! and a complete dishonor, having ignored David Raksin like that.

[@jonnywyattgreengreen3301]

Thanks Fred.

[@deeclark8769]

Ahh Fred, you are the best. Thank you for this. Really, love your work. It is done with such obvious love.

[@rjmcallister1888]

Surprisingly, not even nominated for the Oscar in 1944; Max Steiner took it home for "Since You Went Away". Almost as lovely as Gene Tierney, and that's saying something.

[@robinjackson7882]

It should have won the Oscar. It DID win the Oscar for cinematography

[@Darrell1019]

Thanks for posting vid.

[@facetina]

When you hear this, you instantly want to see the movie.

[@guillermopersiano9822]

amo esta pelicula amo la musica amo la historias amo a gene terney bellisima y todo el periodista refinado geniallll

[@ernestcastro6238]

Soundtrack Fred This is wonderful, thank you very much.

[@ernestcastro6238]

Soundtrack Fred I recently bought the DVD of Laura my favorite Gene Tierney film. I had to return it twice because of defects, I still don't have it.

[@SoundtrackFred]

That is very unfortunate. It is a great movie. I am very sorry to hear that, but I am sure it will work soon for you!

[@enriquerodriguez5258]

Es la melodía más bella que he escuchado. Cole Porter decía que le hubiera encantado componerla.

[@TheMatthyssen]

3:25 - 3:37 damn, those people knew how to end a song

[@lydialibre8549]

One of my favorite Hitchcock soundtracks. I remember falling in love with this movie and score when I was just a little girl. Timeless.

[@shellybellysf3911]

Lydia Vaughan This isn’t Hitchcock

[@TheStockwell]

Ah, yes - Alfred Otto Preminger Hitchcock. What a talent he was! However, I think you're confusing this film with "Rebecca," directed by the equally gifted Otto Alfred Hitchcock Preminger. ;)

[@jamesstearns9768]

My older sister was named after her. Lovely as well

[@claudrebille178]

Cette musique est incryablement belle !!!!!! Il était vachement inspire quand il l a ecrite !!!,

[@mochawitch]

That ending gives me goosebumps..😍😍

[@smizzman]

Goodbye ..my love

[@vlogitarchie8201]

NICE MUSIC TOO! GOOD DAY IN MY CHANNEL TOO I HAVE AN ORIGINAL VERSION OF IT. MY DAD SAID HE PRESERVED THIS CARTRIDGE FOR YEARS. THIS IS THE ONLY CARTRIDGE TAPE AVAILABLE TODAY.

[@olgamirallescontijoch9208]

Que preciosa banda sonora.What a wonderful soundtrack

[@marinlanuit]

many thanks for the upload ! love it !

[@mikeengland7468]

... as they say.. the original and best.

[@samkohen4589]

Legendary singer and song writer Laura Nyro's father loved this movie, so when his daughter was born, named his daughter after the title of this movie

[@sgcim956]

He was a trumpet player, so he knew great music when he heard it. Raksin had a great harmonic and melodic gift.

[@leticiatrein7614]

God, I die a little everytime I listening to Laura theme.

[@robertolisboa5139]

I cry everytime I listening to Laura. theme. More than 70 years

[@timnorris4169]

But Laura survived and found love. Hope!

[@44032]

I live.

[@Frodstar]

Incredible.

[@fasbc]

Awesome!

[@julioen7]

Thank you

[@19Edurne]

So reminiscent of "Daphnis and Chloé" by Ravel at times...

[@openingstar]

Randy Newman's uncle...Blessed genes.

[@gossamerwings3632]

+openingstar ...he did the orchestration, however David Raksin wrote the score for "Laura",

[@MrRbjunior83]

gossamerwings Arthur Morton was the orchestrator of this masterpiece

[@LauraCF78]

Pour moi la plus belle musique du monde..

[@trajan75]

Great performances by Clifton Webb, Dana Andrews, Vincent Price, and Judith Anderson. United by their relation to the radiant Gene Tierney.

[@unowen-nh9ov]

B4 she lost her mind & inspired Christie plot.

[@trajan75]

She was plagued by recurring mental health issues. Is this an Agatha Christie book you are referring to? Which one? @@unowen-nh9ov

[@darthstarkiller1912]

Saw this film in college and I thought it was great. Haven't seen a lot of film noirs BTW.

[@lidial9793]

Este tema me fascina, es realmente hermoso!!

[@fernandotelesca7032]

Si es sublime laura es mi film fetiche amo el fiñm y su banda sonora desde buenos aires te manfo un saludo

[@brianadams5879]

Brilliant.]

[@gispel7058]

The only true love of my life was a woman named Laura. I didnt know how to keep her and was foolish to have her get away. Over forty years ago but she still occupies a lasting memory .

[@chuckfrost5624]

THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONG EVER WRITTEN. THE 2ND MOST BEAUTIFUL SONG IS MISTY, WRITTEN BY THE GREAT ERROLL GARNER.

[@hyle982]

Grandiosa.

[@jerrybauer8108]

On this first track I found myself always waiting for Clifford Brown to set in.

[@alessandrocatena9354]

Sublime....

[@Thebarcoebrio]

Laura (Gene Tierney) para siempre y siempre.

[@davidcawrowl3865]

Dana Andrews wasn't too enamored with this picture, subtly complaining of the director, etc. Or maybe he was in a low point in his life. He would go help out at the Vets Center in New York in the evenings during the filming. Account from Jean Shepherd, "Shep", who met him at the Vet Center.

[@Gentedeapata]

Jorge Torelli: alias Plotkin: alias El topo...que campeonato ese Torelli