Person
Carl Davis
Sound · 1936–2023 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Carl Davis was an American music composer and conductor for film and television. He was the driving force behind the reinvention of the silent movie for this generation and wrote the score to some of the most loved and remembered British television dramas. Davis was a conductor and composer of symphonic works, as well as a notable writer for the ballet.
Known for
Screen Two
Original Music Composer
Pride and Prejudice
Original Music Composer
Upstairs Downstairs
Original Music Composer
The Play on One
Original Music Composer
Cranford
Original Music Composer
The World at War
Original Music Composer
The Queen's Nose
Choral Plant
A Dance to the Music of Time
Original Music Composer
The Far Pavilions
Original Music Composer
A Year in Provence
Original Music Composer
Filmography
- 2016Composing NapoleonSelf
- 2016Ethel & ErnestOriginal Music Composer
- 2016Florence Foster JenkinsOrlando Adams
- 2012The UnderstudyMr. Davidovitz
- 2010Upstairs DownstairsOriginal Music Composer
- 2007CranfordOriginal Music Composer
- 2005GarboOrchestrator
- 2003Promoted to GloryOriginal Music Composer
- 2002The Book of EveOriginal Music Composer
- 2002There's Only One Paul McCartneySelf
- 2000Lon Chaney: A Thousand FacesMusic
- 2000The Great GatsbyOriginal Music Composer
- 1999The Greatest Store in the WorldOriginal Music Composer
- 1999Topsy-TurvyOriginal Music Composer
- 1998Goodnight, Mister TomOriginal Music Composer
- 1998Universal HorrorAdditional Music
- 1998Le radeau de la MéduseOriginal Music Composer
- 1997A Dance to the Music of TimeOriginal Music Composer
- 1996An Audience with Charles DickensMusic
- 1995The Queen's NoseChoral Plant
- 1995Pride and PrejudiceOriginal Music Composer
- 1995Oliver's TravelsOriginal Music Composer
- 1995Anne Frank RememberedMusic
- 1994The Return of the NativeMusic
- 1994Lie Down with LionsOriginal Music Composer
- 1994George Stevens: D-Day to BerlinMusic
- 1994Widows' PeakOriginal Music Composer
- 1994LiberationOriginal Music Composer
- 1993Genghis CohnOriginal Music Composer
- 1993The TrialOriginal Music Composer
- 1993VoyageOriginal Music Composer
- 1993D.W. Griffith: Father of FilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1993A Year in ProvenceOriginal Music Composer
- 1992Northern Ballet's A Christmas CarolOriginal Music Composer
- 1992A Sense of HistoryOriginal Music Composer
- 1991The Crucifer of BloodOriginal Music Composer
- 1991Paul McCartney: Ghosts of the PastSelf
- 1991The Black Velvet GownMusic
- 1991Echoes That RemainOriginal Music Composer
- 1991Separate but EqualOriginal Music Composer
- 1990The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside StoryMusic
- 1990Frankenstein UnboundOriginal Music Composer
- 1990Crossing to FreedomOriginal Music Composer
- 1990The Secret Life of Ian FlemingOriginal Music Composer
- 1989The Yellow WallpaperOriginal Music Composer
- 1989Harold Lloyd: The Third GeniusMusic
- 1989Somewhere to RunOriginal Music Composer
- 1989The RainbowOriginal Music Composer
- 1989ScandalOriginal Music Composer
- 1988The Girl in a SwingOriginal Music Composer
- 1988The Play on OneOriginal Music Composer
- 1988Journey's EndOriginal Music Composer
- 1987Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to FollowOriginal Music Composer
- 1987The First EdenMusic Editor
- 1986Hotel du LacOriginal Music Composer
- 1985Silas MarnerOriginal Music Composer
- 1985A Song for EuropeConductor
- 1985King DavidOriginal Music Composer
- 1985The Day the Universe ChangedMain Title Theme Composer
- 1985George Stevens: A Filmmaker's JourneyOriginal Music Composer
- 1985Screen TwoOriginal Music Composer
- 1985Fragments of IsabellaMusic
- 1984SakharovOriginal Music Composer
- 1984The Far PavilionsOriginal Music Composer
- 1984ChampionsMusic
- 1984Down in the ValleyOriginal Music Composer
- 1983The AerodromeOriginal Music Composer
- 1983The Weather in the StreetsOriginal Music Composer
- 1983MacbethOriginal Music Composer
- 1983LandscapeMusic
- 1983Arms and the ManOriginal Music Composer
- 1983Unknown ChaplinOriginal Music Composer
- 1982Schoolgirl ChumsOriginal Music Composer
- 1982The Hound of the BaskervillesOriginal Music Composer
- 1982Home Sweet HomeOriginal Music Composer
- 1982L’EleganceMusic
- 1982Praying MantisOriginal Music Composer
- 1981The French Lieutenant's WomanOriginal Music Composer
- 1981Private SchulzPianist at Salon Kitty (uncredited)
- 1980Staying OnOriginal Music Composer
- 1980The Mystery of the Disappearing SchoolgirlsOriginal Music Composer
- 1980The Merchant of VeniceOriginal Music Composer
- 1980Fair Stood the Wind for FranceOriginal Music Composer
- 1980HollywoodMusic
- 1979Speed KingOriginal Music Composer
- 1979The Old Curiosity ShopMusic
- 1979Birth of the BeatlesOriginal Music Composer
- 1979Prince RegentOriginal Music Composer
- 1979Brecht and CoOriginal Music Composer
- 1978The Light PrincessOriginal Music Composer
- 1978Thank You, ComradesMusic
- 1978Wuthering HeightsOriginal Music Composer
- 1978Langrishe, Go DownOriginal Music Composer
- 1978The Mayor of CasterbridgeOriginal Music Composer
- 1977Marie CurieOriginal Music Composer
- 1977The Kiss of DeathOriginal Music Composer
- 1976The Lady of the CamelliasOriginal Music Composer
- 1976Your Man from Six CountiesOriginal Music Composer
- 1976ShuttlecockTheme Song Performance
- 1976Fast HandsTheme Song Performance
- 1976Where Adam StoodMusic
- 1976The Paradise RunOriginal Music Composer
- 1976Our Mutual FriendOriginal Music Composer
- 1975The Naked Civil ServantOriginal Music Composer
- 1975NBC Special TreatOriginal Music Composer
- 1975Man FridayOriginal Music Composer
- 1973The CatholicsOriginal Music Composer
- 1973The World at WarOriginal Music Composer
- 1973The Merchant of VeniceOriginal Music Composer
- 1973The National HealthOriginal Music Composer
- 1972RentadickOriginal Music Composer
- 1972War & PeaceMusic
- 1972Stocker's CopperOriginal Music Composer
- 1972Up the Chastity BeltOriginal Music Composer
- 1971I, MonsterOriginal Music Composer
- 1971Up PompeiiOriginal Music Composer
- 1970Edward IIOriginal Music Composer
- 1970Praise Marx and Pass the AmmunitionComposer
- 1968The Bofors GunOriginal Music Composer
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