Carl Davis
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- October 28, 1936
- Died
- August 3, 2023 (aged 86)
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography
Ethel & Ernest
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Understudy
Movie · Original Music Composer
Upstairs Downstairs
TV · Original Music Composer · 6 eps
Return to Cranford
TV · Music Producer · 2 eps
Cranford
TV · Original Music Composer · 2 eps
Garbo
Movie · Orchestrator, Original Music Composer
Promoted to Glory
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Book of Eve
Movie · Original Music Composer
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
Movie · Music
The Great Gatsby
Movie · Original Music Composer
Topsy-Turvy
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Greatest Store in the World
Movie · Original Music Composer
Le radeau de la Méduse
Movie · Original Music Composer
Goodnight, Mister Tom
Movie · Original Music Composer
Coming Home
TV · Original Music Composer · 2 eps
A Dance to the Music of Time
TV · Original Music Composer · 4 eps
An Audience with Charles Dickens
Movie · Music
Anne Frank Remembered
Movie · Music
Oliver's Travels
TV · Original Music Composer · 5 eps
Pride and Prejudice
TV · Original Music Composer · 6 eps
Liberation
Movie · Original Music Composer
Widows' Peak
Movie · Original Music Composer
George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin
Movie · Music
The Return of the Native
Movie · Music
Lie Down with Lions
Movie · Original Music Composer
D.W. Griffith: Father of Film
Movie · Original Music Composer
Genghis Cohn
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Trial
Movie · Original Music Composer
Voyage
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Year in Provence
TV · Original Music Composer · 12 eps
A Sense of History
Movie · Original Music Composer
Northern Ballet's A Christmas Carol
Movie · Original Music Composer
Echoes That Remain
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Black Velvet Gown
Movie · Music
The Crucifer of Blood
Movie · Original Music Composer
Separate but Equal
Movie · Original Music Composer
Frankenstein Unbound
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story
Movie · Music
Crossing to Freedom
Movie · Original Music Composer
Scandal
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Yellow Wallpaper
Movie · Original Music Composer
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
Movie · Music
Somewhere to Run
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Rainbow
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Girl in a Swing
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Journey's End
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Play on One
TV · Original Music Composer · 1 ep
A Simple Man
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
The First Eden
TV · Music Editor · 4 eps
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
TV · Original Music Composer · 3 eps
Hotel du Lac
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
A Song for Europe
Movie · Conductor, Original Music Composer
King David
Movie · Original Music Composer
Praying Mantis
Movie · Original Music Composer
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Movie · Original Music Composer
Silas Marner
Movie · Original Music Composer
Fragments of Isabella
Movie · Music
Screen Two
TV · Original Music Composer, Conductor · 2 eps
The Day the Universe Changed
TV · Main Title Theme Composer · 10 eps
Sakharov
Movie · Original Music Composer
Champions
Movie · Music
Down in the Valley
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Far Pavilions
TV · Original Music Composer · 3 eps
Macbeth
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Weather in the Streets
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Aerodrome
Movie · Original Music Composer
Landscape
Movie · Music
Arms and the Man
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Tale of Beatrix Potter
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Unknown Chaplin
TV · Original Music Composer · 3 eps
Home Sweet Home
Movie · Original Music Composer
L’Elegance
Movie · Music
Schoolgirl Chums
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Movie · Music
The Hound of the Baskervilles
TV · Original Music Composer · 4 eps
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Movie · Original Music Composer
Staying On
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Merchant of Venice
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls
Movie · Original Music Composer
Hollywood
TV · Music · 13 eps
Fair Stood the Wind for France
TV · Original Music Composer, Conductor · 4 eps
Oppenheimer
TV · Original Music Composer · 7 eps
Birth of the Beatles
Movie · Original Music Composer
Brecht and Co
Movie · Original Music Composer
Speed King
Movie · Original Music Composer
Prince Regent
TV · Original Music Composer · 8 eps
The Old Curiosity Shop
TV · Music · 9 eps
The Light Princess
Movie · Original Music Composer
Langrishe, Go Down
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thank You, Comrades
Movie · Music
The Sea
Movie · Music
The Mayor of Casterbridge
TV · Original Music Composer · 7 eps
Wuthering Heights
TV · Original Music Composer · 5 eps
The Kiss of Death
Movie · Original Music Composer
Marie Curie
TV · Original Music Composer · 5 eps
Your Man from Six Counties
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Paradise Run
Movie · Original Music Composer
Where Adam Stood
Movie · Music
The Lady of the Camellias
Movie · Original Music Composer
Shuttlecock
Movie · Theme Song Performance
Fast Hands
Movie · Theme Song Performance
Our Mutual Friend
TV · Original Music Composer · 7 eps
Man Friday
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Naked Civil Servant
Movie · Original Music Composer
NBC Special Treat
TV · Original Music Composer · 1 ep
The Cay
Movie · Original Music Composer
The National Health
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Catholics
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Merchant of Venice
Movie · Original Music Composer
The World at War
TV · Original Music Composer · 26 eps
Away from It All
TV · Original Music Composer · 8 eps
Rentadick
Movie · Original Music Composer
Up the Chastity Belt
Movie · Original Music Composer
Stocker's Copper
Movie · Original Music Composer
What Became of Jack and Jill?
Movie · Original Music Composer
War & Peace
TV · Music · 20 eps
I, Monster
Movie · Original Music Composer
Up Pompeii
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Edward II
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Bofors Gun
Movie · Original Music Composer