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Carl Davis

Composer | * 10/28/1936 († 86, 08/03/2023) | Brooklyn, New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Carl Davis (October 28, 1936 – August 3, 2023) was an American-born British conductor and composer. He wrote music for more than 100 television programmes (notably the landmark ITV series World At War (1973) and BBC's Pride and Prejudice (1995), created new scores for concert and cinema performances of vintage silent movies and composed many film, ballet and concert scores that were performed worldwide, including (in collaboration with Paul McCartney) the Liverpool Oratorio in 1991. Davis's publisher was Faber Music. ()

Carl Davis is an American music composer and conductor for film and television. He is the driving force behind the reinvention of the silent movie for this generation and has written the score to some of the most loved and remembered British television dramas. He is a conductor and composer of symphonic works, as well as a notable writer for the ballet.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | TV Movies | Comedies

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Awards & Nominations for Carl Davis

Commander of The Order of The British Empire Honorary Commander of The Order of The British Empire
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Movies with Carl Davis as Actor(2)

as Orlando Adams2016 Florence Foster Jenkins

Movies with Carl Davis as Crew(57)

Production/Executive Producer2012 The Understudy
Sound/Original Music Composer2012 The Understudy
Sound/Original Music Composer2005 Garbo
Sound/Orchestrator2005 Garbo
Sound/Original Music Composer2003 Promoted to Glory
Sound/Music1999 Topsy-Turvy
Sound/Original Music Composer1998 Goodnight, Mister Tom
Crew/Additional Music1998 Universal Horror
Sound/Original Music Composer1998 Le radeau de la Méduse
Sound/Original Music Composer1994 Genghis Cohn
Sound/Original Music Composer1994 Widows' Peak
Sound/Original Music Composer1994 Liberation
Sound/Original Music Composer1993 The Trial
Sound/Original Music Composer1993 D.W. Griffith: Father of Film
Sound/Original Music Composer1992 A Sense of History
Sound/Music1991 The Black Velvet Gown
Sound/Original Music Composer1991 Echoes That Remain
Sound/Original Music Composer1991 The Crucifer of Blood
Sound/Original Music Composer1990 Frankenstein Unbound
Sound/Original Music Composer1990 The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
Sound/Original Music Composer1989 Scandal
Sound/Original Music Composer1989 The Rainbow
Sound/Conductor1989 The Rainbow
Sound/Original Music Composer1989 The Yellow Wallpaper
Sound/Original Music Composer1988 Journey's End
Sound/Original Music Composer1988 The Girl in a Swing
Sound/Original Music Composer1985 King David
Sound/Original Music Composer1985 A Song for Europe
Sound/Conductor1985 A Song for Europe
Sound/Original Music Composer1985 The Pickwick Papers
Sound/Original Music Composer1985 George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Sound/Original Music Composer1984 Sakharov
Sound/Original Music Composer1984 Down in the Valley
Sound/Music1984 Champions
Sound/Original Music Composer1983 Macbeth
Sound/Original Music Composer1983 The Weather in the Streets
Sound/Original Music Composer1982 Schoolgirl Chums
Sound/Original Music Composer1982 Praying Mantis
Sound/Original Music Composer1982 Home Sweet Home
Sound/Original Music Composer1981 The French Lieutenant's Woman
Sound/Original Music Composer1980 Staying On
Sound/Original Music Composer1979 Brecht and Co
Sound/Original Music Composer1979 Speed King
Sound/Original Music Composer1979 Birth of the Beatles
Sound/Original Music Composer1978 The Light Princess
Sound/Original Music Composer1977 The Kiss of Death
Sound/Original Music Composer1976 Your Man from Six Counties
Sound/Original Music Composer1976 The Paradise Run
Sound/Original Music Composer1975 The Naked Civil Servant
Sound/Original Music Composer1975 Man Friday
Sound/Original Music Composer1973 The Catholics
Sound/Original Music Composer1973 The National Health
Sound/Original Music Composer1972 Rentadick
Sound/Original Music Composer1972 Up the Chastity Belt
Sound/Original Music Composer1971 I, Monster

TV Shows/Series with Carl Davis as Crew(13)

Sound/Original Music Composer1997 A Dance to the Music of Time
Sound/Original Music Composer1995 Oliver's Travels
Sound/Music Editor1987 The First Eden
Sound/Original Music Composer1987 Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
Sound/Original Music Composer1985 Screen Two
Sound/Main Title Theme Composer1985 The Day the Universe Changed
Sound/Original Music Composer1984 The Far Pavilions
Sound/Original Music Composer1983 Unknown Chaplin
Sound/Music1980 Hollywood
Sound/Original Music Composer1978 The Mayor of Casterbridge
Sound/Original Music Composer1978 Wuthering Heights
Sound/Original Music Composer1977 Marie Curie
Sound/Original Music Composer1973 The World at War

Additional Information

Full Name: Carl Davis
Born: Wednesday, 10/28 1936 (October) in Brooklyn, New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Thursday, 08/03 2023 (August) in Oxford (aged: 86)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Bard College, New England Conservatory
Spouses (current/former): Jean Boht
Children: Hannah Davis
Other names for Carl Davis (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Carl Davis CBE"
Carl Davis frequently works together with these people:
Kevin Brownlow (20x, Crew)
David Gill (14x, Crew)
Jack Gold (8x, Crew)
Mike Leigh (7x, Crew)
John Hurt (4x, Actor)
Jim Broadbent (4x, Actor)
John Hooper (4x, Crew)
Clive Swift (4x, Actor)
Charlotte Coleman (3x, Actress)
Christopher Bird (3x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:616649, Added: 10/21/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024