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Carl Davis

Sound

Born October 28, 1936 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Died August 3, 2023

Also known as Carl Davis CBE

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.

Awards & recognition

  • Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  • Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Filmography34 titles

The World at War

1973Original Music Composer

Cranford

2007Original Music Composer

Pride and Prejudice

1995Original Music Composer

Liberation

1994Original Music Composer

Anne Frank Remembered

1995Music

Ethel & Ernest

2016Original Music Composer

The Far Pavilions

Original Music Composer

The Merchant of Venice

1980Original Music Composer

Echoes That Remain

1991Original Music Composer

George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin

1994Music

Florence Foster Jenkins

2016as Orlando Adams

The Naked Civil Servant

1975Original Music Composer

Man Friday

1975Original Music Composer

Topsy-Turvy

1999Original Music Composer

Champions

1984Music

Widows' Peak

1994Original Music Composer

The French Lieutenant's Woman

1981Original Music Composer

The Kiss of Death

1977Original Music Composer

Macbeth

1983Original Music Composer

The Return of the Native

1994Music

Home Sweet Home

1982Original Music Composer

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Original Music Composer

Wuthering Heights

Original Music Composer

Silas Marner

1985Original Music Composer

The Black Velvet Gown

1991Music

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

1985Original Music Composer

The Rainbow

1989Conductor, Original Music Composer

King David

1985Original Music Composer

Genghis Cohn

1993Original Music Composer

The Girl in a Swing

1988Conductor, Original Music Composer

The Secret Life of Ian Fleming

1990Original Music Composer

The Weather in the Streets

1983Original Music Composer

Rentadick

1972Original Music Composer

The Understudy

2012as Mr. Davidovitz