CARL DAVIS

Carl Davis
Carl Davis
Gender: Male
Known for: Sound
Birthday: October 28, 1936
Deathday: August 3, 2023
Place of Birth: 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.

Notable work

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Filmography

Starring

2016·
Composing Napoleon
Self
2016·
Florence Foster Jenkins
Orlando Adams
2012·
The Understudy
Mr. Davidovitz
1995·
Queen's Nose
Choral Plant
1991·
Paul McCartney: Ghosts of the Past
Self
1981·
Private Schulz
Pianist at Salon Kitty (uncredited)
1970·
Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition
Composer

Production

TBA·
Fragments of Isabella
Music
2016·
Ethel & Ernest
Original Music Composer
2012·
The Understudy
Original Music Composer, Executive Producer
2007·
Cranford
Original Music Composer
2005·
Garbo
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
2003·
Promoted to Glory
Original Music Composer
2002·
The Book of Eve
Original Music Composer
2000·
The Great Gatsby
Original Music Composer
2000·
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
Music
1999·
The Greatest Store in the World
Original Music Composer
1999·
Topsy-Turvy
Original Music Composer
1998·
Universal Horror
Additional Music
1998·
Goodnight, Mister Tom
Original Music Composer
1998·
Le radeau de la Méduse
Original Music Composer
1997·
A Dance to the Music of Time
Original Music Composer
1996·
An Audience with Charles Dickens
Music
1995·
Pride and Prejudice
Original Music Composer
1995·
Oliver's Travels
Original Music Composer
1995·
Anne Frank Remembered
Music
1994·
The Return of the Native
Music
1994·
George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin
Music
1994·
Widows' Peak
Original Music Composer
1994·
Liberation
Original Music Composer
1993·
Voyage
Original Music Composer
1993·
The Trial
Original Music Composer
1993·
Genghis Cohn
Original Music Composer
1993·
D.W. Griffith: Father of Film
Original Music Composer
1992·
Northern Ballet's A Christmas Carol
Original Music Composer
1992·
A Sense of History
Original Music Composer
1991·
Separate But Equal
Original Music Composer
1991·
The Crucifer of Blood
Original Music Composer
1991·
The Black Velvet Gown
Music
1991·
Echoes That Remain
Original Music Composer
1990·
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
Music
1990·
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
Original Music Composer
1990·
Frankenstein Unbound
Original Music Composer
1989·
The Rainbow
Conductor, Original Music Composer
1989·
Somewhere to Run
Original Music Composer
1989·
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
Music
1989·
The Yellow Wallpaper
Original Music Composer
1989·
Scandal
Original Music Composer
1988·
The Play on One
Original Music Composer
1988·
The Girl in a Swing
Conductor, Original Music Composer
1988·
Journey's End
Original Music Composer
1987·
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
Original Music Composer
1987·
The First Eden
Music Editor
1986·
Hotel du Lac
Conductor, Original Music Composer
1985·
Screen Two
Conductor, Original Music Composer
1985·
The Day the Universe Changed
Main Title Theme Composer
1985·
Silas Marner
Original Music Composer
1985·
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Original Music Composer
1985·
King David
Original Music Composer
1985·
A Song for Europe
Original Music Composer, Conductor
1984·
The Far Pavilions
Original Music Composer
1984·
Down in the Valley
Original Music Composer
1984·
Champions
Music
1984·
Sakharov
Original Music Composer
1983·
Unknown Chaplin
Original Music Composer
1983·
Arms and the Man
Original Music Composer
1983·
Landscape
Music
1983·
The Aerodrome
Original Music Composer
1983·
The Weather in the Streets
Original Music Composer
1983·
Macbeth
Original Music Composer
1982·
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Original Music Composer
1982·
Praying Mantis
Original Music Composer
1982·
Schoolgirl Chums
Original Music Composer
1982·
L’Elegance
Music
1982·
Home Sweet Home
Original Music Composer
1981·
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Original Music Composer
1980·
Hollywood
Music
1980·
The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls
Original Music Composer
1980·
The Merchant of Venice
Original Music Composer
1980·
Staying On
Original Music Composer
1979·
The Old Curiosity Shop
Music
1979·
Prince Regent
Original Music Composer
1979·
Speed King
Original Music Composer
1979·
Brecht and Co
Original Music Composer
1979·
Birth of The Beatles
Original Music Composer
1978·
Wuthering Heights
Original Music Composer
1978·
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Original Music Composer
1978·
Langrishe, Go Down
Original Music Composer
1978·
The Light Princess
Original Music Composer
1977·
Marie Curie
Original Music Composer
1977·
The Kiss of Death
Original Music Composer
1976·
Our Mutual Friend
Original Music Composer
1976·
The Lady of the Camellias
Original Music Composer
1976·
Where Adam Stood
Music
1976·
The Paradise Run
Original Music Composer
1976·
Your Man from Six Counties
Original Music Composer
1975·
NBC Special Treat
Original Music Composer
1975·
The Naked Civil Servant
Original Music Composer
1975·
Man Friday
Original Music Composer
1973·
The World at War
Original Music Composer
1973·
The Merchant of Venice
Original Music Composer
1973·
The Catholics
Original Music Composer
1973·
The National Health
Original Music Composer
1972·
War & Peace
Music
1972·
Up the Chastity Belt
Original Music Composer
1972·
Rentadick
Original Music Composer
1971·
Up Pompeii
Conductor, Original Music Composer
1971·
I, Monster
Original Music Composer
1970·
Edward II
Original Music Composer