He was also a Tin Pan Alley songwriter during the first decade of the 20th century and in 1915-1916 was active in Los Angeles as a composer of music accompaniments to silent films.
He immigrated to the United States in 1885 and initially settled in Steubenville, Ohio where he was organist and choirmaster at St. Paul's Episcopal Church and music director of both the London Theatre and City Opera House.
[6] He continued to tour nationally as conductor and composer with Kolb and Dill through 1912; also writing the score to the musical The Politicians (1912) for the pair.
[1] The last known activities of Raynes was in 1915–1916 as a composer of theatre organ music in Los Angeles for use in silent film theaters.
His film music commissions included works composed for D. W. Griffith's The Lily and the Rose (1915), Lloyd Ingraham's The Sable Lorcha (1915), Allan Dwan's Jordan Is a Hard Road (1915), Francis J. Grandon's Cross Currents (1916), and Bernard McConville's The Price of Power (1916).