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.
Filmography
all 172
Movies 150
TV Shows 22
self 2
Composer
Brexicuted (2018)
Movie
Composer
Ethel & Ernest (2016)
Movie
Orlando Adams
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
Movie
5.58
Composer
The Understudy (2012)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Cranford (2007)
TV
6.25
Composer
Garbo (2005)
Movie
Composer
D-Day to Berlin (2005)
TV
Composer
Promoted to Glory (2003)
Movie
Composer
The Book of Eve (2002)
Movie
Composer
An Angel for May (2002)
Movie
Composer
Back Home (2001)
Movie
Composer
The Great Gatsby (2000)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Topsy-Turvy (1999)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Goodnight, Mister Tom (1998)
Movie
Additional Music
Universal Horror (1998)
Movie
Original Music Composer
A Dance to the Music of Time (1997)
TV
Original Music Composer
Pride and Prejudice (1995)
TV
7.2
Original Music Composer
Oliver's Travels (1995)
TV
Composer
Lie Down with Lions (1994)
Movie
Composer
Hope In The Year Two (1994)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Widows' Peak (1994)
Movie
Composer
Genghis Cohn (1994)
Movie
Composer
Liberation (1994)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Trial (1993)
Movie
Music
Voyage (1993)
Movie
Original Music Composer
D.W. Griffith: Father of Film (1993)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Northern Ballet's A Christmas Carol (1992)
Movie
Composer
A Sense of History (1992)
Movie
Composer
The Last Romantics (1992)
Movie
Composer
Echoes That Remain (1991)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Separate But Equal (1991)
Movie
Composer
Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
Movie
Composer
Crossing to Freedom (1990)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1990)
Movie
Composer
The Yellow Wallpaper (1989)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Somewhere to Run (1989)
Movie
Composer
The Rainbow (1989)
Movie
Composer
Unexplained Laughter (1989)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Scandal (1989)
Movie
6
Composer
The Girl in a Swing (1988)
Movie
Composer
Eskimos Do It (1988)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Play on One (1988)
TV
Composer
Journey's End (1988)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (1987)
TV
Music Editor
The First Eden (1987)
TV
Composer
Hotel du Lac (1986)
Movie
Composer
Murrow (1986)
Movie
Composer
Silas Marner (1985)
Movie
Composer
A Song for Europe (1985)
Movie
Composer
Vicious Circle (1985)
Movie
Composer
King David (1985)
Movie
Main Title Theme Composer
The Day the Universe Changed (1985)
TV
Original Music Composer
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1985)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Pickwick Papers (1985)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Screen Two (1985)
TV
Composer
A Kind of Alaska (1984)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Sakharov (1984)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Far Pavilions (1984)
TV
Composer
Champions (1984)
Movie
2
Original Music Composer
Down in the Valley (1984)
Movie
Composer
The Aerodrome (1983)
Movie
Composer
Macbeth (1983)
Movie
Composer
Landscape (1983)
Movie
Composer
Arms and the Man (1983)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Unknown Chaplin (1983)
TV
6
Composer
Schoolgirl Chums (1982)
Movie
Composer
Praying Mantis (1982)
TV
Composer
Home Sweet Home (1982)
Movie
Composer
Praying Mantis (1982)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
Movie
Composer
Staying On (1980)
Movie
Composer
A Walk in the Forest (1980)
Movie
Composer
The Misanthrope (1980)
Movie
Music
Hollywood (1980)
TV
Composer
Speed King (1979)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Birth of The Beatles (1979)
Movie
Composer
Brecht and Co (1979)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Light Princess (1978)
Movie
Composer
The Sailor's Return (1978)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Wuthering Heights (1978)
TV
Original Music Composer
Langrishe, Go Down (1978)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978)
TV
Original Music Composer
Marie Curie (1977)
TV
Composer
The Kiss of Death (1977)
Movie
Composer
The Snow Queen (1976)
Movie
Composer
Where Adam Stood (1976)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Paradise Run (1976)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Naked Civil Servant (1975)
Movie
Original Music Composer
NBC Special Treat (1975)
TV
Original Music Composer
Man Friday (1975)
Movie
Various Characters
The End Of The Pier Show (1974)
TV
Composer
The Cay (1974)
Movie
Composer
What Next? (1974)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The Catholics (1973)
Movie
Original Music Composer
The World at War (1973)
TV
6
Composer
Three's One (1973)
Movie
Composer
The National Health (1973)
Movie
Composer
The Lovers! (1973)
Movie
6
Composer
Rentadick (1972)
Movie
Composer
Stocker's Copper (1972)
Movie
Composer
Up the Chastity Belt (1972)
Movie
Composer
The Snow Goose (1971)
Movie
Composer
I, Monster (1971)
Movie
Composer
Up Pompeii (1971)
Movie
Composer
Hell's Angel (1971)
Movie
Composer
Edward II (1970)
Movie
Composer
Mad Jack (1970)
Movie
Composer
The Right Prospectus (1970)
Movie
Composer
The Only Way (1970)
Movie
Composer
The Bofors Gun (1968)
Movie
Composer
Way Off Beat (1966)
Movie
Composer
Schaufensterpuppen (1964)
Movie
Composer
The Iron Mask (1929)
Movie
Composer
A Woman of Affairs (1928)
Movie
6
Composer
Show People (1928)
Movie
Composer
The Wind (1928)
Movie
1
Composer
The Godless Girl (1928)
Movie
Composer
Speedy (1928)
Movie
1
Composer
The Crowd (1928)
Movie
2
Composer
Napoleon (1927)
Movie
1
Composer
It (1927)
Movie
Composer
The Kid Brother (1927)
Movie
5.25
Composer
Flesh and the Devil (1926)
Movie
1
Composer
The General (1926)
Movie
5.12
Composer
The Strong Man (1926)
Movie
Composer
The Eagle (1925)
Movie
Composer
The Big Parade (1925)
Movie
1
Composer
Greed (1924)
Movie
4.62
Composer
Our Hospitality (1923)
Movie
4.86
Composer
Safety Last! (1923)
Movie
5.27
Composer
Fire & Ice
Movie
Composer
The Merchant of Venice
TV
Information
Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1936-10-28
Deathday2023-08-03 (86 years old)
Birth PlaceBrooklyn, United States
RelationshipsJean Boht (1971 - 2023)
ChildrenHannah Davis
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsCarl Davis CBE
AwardsHonorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire
This article uses material from Wikipedia.
Last updated:
,
Carl Davis- Filmography
- Information
- Related Persons