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David Raksin (4 August 1912 – 9 August 2004) was an American composer who was noted for his work in film and television
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Raksin insisted that the theme song for The Bad and the Beautiful (“Love is For the Very Young") be released as an instrumental, because he had resented having to split the proceeds from "Laura" with a lyricist. – Wikipedia
David Raksin always bore a
Grudge because the fees for “Laura”
Were divided with a lyricist.
Lesson learned! this shrewd empiricist
Worked to see that words weren’t sung
With “Love is for the very young,”
Releasing it as instrumental,
Rejecting words as incidental.
And that explains the Cadillács in
The private garage of David Raksin.
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