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About|the American-born conductor and composerInfobox person| name = Carl Davis CBE| birth_date = Birth date and age |1936|10|28|df=yes| birth_place = New York City , United States | occupation = Conductor (music)|Conductor and composer | years_active =1960–present| website = http://www.carldaviscollection.com/| spouse = Jean Boht (1970–present) Carl Davis Order of the British Empire|CBE (born October 28, 1936, New York City , United States) is an American born Conductor (music)|conductor and composer who has made his home in the UK since 1961. In 1970 he married the English actress Jean Boht .
Carl is a conductor with the London Philharmonic Orchestra , and regularly conducts the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra . He has written music for more than 100 television programs, but is best known for creating music to accompany Silent movie|silent films . Davis has assisted in the orchestration of the symphonic works of Paul McCartney .
The television years
Davis achieved early prominence with the title music for the BBC anthology play series The Wednesday Play and later for Play for Today . Additional television scores include Up Pompeii! (1971), The Naked Civil Servant (1975), Man Friday (film)|Man Friday (1975), Kiss of Death (1977 film)|The Kiss of Death (1977), Langrishe, Go Down (film)|Langrishe, Go Down (1978), Private Schulz (TV series)|Private Schulz (1980), Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981), The Far Pavilions (1984), The Day the Universe Changed (1985), Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV serial)|Pride and Prejudice (1995), and Coming Home (TV serial)|Coming Home (1998).
He also worked for television producer Jeremy Isaacs in providing the theme music for the history documentary series The World at War (1973) for Thames Television and Cold War (TV series)|Cold War (1998).
Davis conducted the BBC's theme song for their coverage of the 2006 FIFA World Cup , adapted from George Handel 's "See the Conquering Hero Comes".
Film music
He has written a number of film scores including '' The French Lieutenant's Woman (film)|The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981).
Silent film music
In 1980 Davis was commissioned by documentarians Kevin Brownlow and David Gill (film historian)|David Gill to create music for Thames Television 's Hollywood (documentary)|Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film . His association with them continued the same year with Abel Gance 's epic silent film Napoléon (movie)|Napoléon (1927), which was restored and expanded with Davis' music for cinematic release.cite book |last=Brownlow |first=Kevin |authorlink=Kevin Brownlow |title=Napoleon: Abel Gance's classic film |volume=1 |publisher=Photoplay |year=2004 |pages=217–236 |isbn=1844570770 In March 2012, Davis will conduct his score for the complete Brownlow restoration in a presentation by the San Francisco Silent Film Festival at the Paramount Theatre (Oakland, California)|Paramount Theatre Oakland.cite web |url= http://www.tcm.com/this-month/movie-news.html? id=430711& name=San-Francisco-Silent-Film-Festival-to-Present-Abel-Gance-s-Napoleon |work=Movie News: Top News Stories |title=San Francisco Silent Film Festival to Present Abel Gance's Napoleon |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date=July 14, 2011 |accessdate=July 17, 2011cite web |url= http://sfsilentfilmfestival.blogspot.com/2011/07/silent-film-festival-to-present.html |title=Silent Film Festival to present 'Napoleon' |publisher= San Francisco Silent Film Festival |date=July 15, 2011 |accessdate=July 17, 2011cite web |url= http://www.paramounttheatre.com/schedule.html |title=Calendar of Events |publisher=Paramount Theatre of the Arts |location=Oakland |accessdate=July 17, 2011cite web |url= http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/tgladysz/detail? entry_id=93197 |title=Napoleon's cinematic exile to end in 2012 |last=Gladysz |first=Thomas |publisher=SFGate.com |date=July 14, 2011 |accessdate=July 17, 2011 There was a similar treatment for D. W. Griffith 's '' Intolerance (movie)|Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through The Ages '' (1916). This had orchestral music originally, but Davis's new score was used instead in 1989.
The Hollywood documentary series was followed by the documentaries Unknown Chaplin in 1982, Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (cf Buster Keaton ) in 1987 and Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius (cf Harold Lloyd ) in 1989. In the 1980s and 1990s, Davis wrote and conducted the scores for numerous classic silent films released restored and released through Brownlow and Gill's Thames Silents series in the UK.
By 1993, his reputation made him the number one choice for new scores to silent films. Many DVD releases, including Ben-Hur (1925 film)|Ben-Hur (1925), Safety Last (1923), Cecil B. DeMille|DeMille 's The Godless Girl (1928), Charlie Chaplin|Chaplin 's City Lights (1931) (re-orchestrated by Daviscite news|url= http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article? AID=/19971221/REVIEWS08/401010310/1023|title=City Lights (1931)|author=Roger Ebert | work=Chicago Sun-Times based on Chaplin's and Padilla'scite web|url= http://www.charliechaplin.com/biography/articles/205-Chaplin-as-a-composer|title=Chaplin as a composer|publisher=CharlieChaplin.com original written score) and Erich von Stroheim 's Greed (film)|Greed (1924), use Davis's music. Davis also created an entire re-scoring of Clarence Brown 's Flesh and the Devil (1927). In many of these recordings, he is the conductor as well the composer. On several occasions he has performed these works live in the cinema, as well as in concert halls as the film is running.
Personal
Davis married the British actress Jean Boht on December 28, 1970.cite web |title=Jean Boht |url= http://jean-boht.fullmoviereview.com |publisher=FullMovieReview.com |year=2010 |accessdate=April 19, 2011 They have two daughters, Hannah Davis (filmmaker) |Hannah Louise (born 1972) and Jessie Jo (born 1974). Davis has also composed music for daughter Hannah's films Mothers & Daughters (film)|Mothers & Daughters (2004) and The Understudy (film)|The Understudy (2008). Davis and his wife served as executive producers on the latter film, and they appeared in the film as a married couple, the Davidovitzes.cite web |url= http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1014808/fullcredits#cast |title=Full cast and crew for The Understudy (2008) |publisher=The Internet Movie Database |accessdate=25 October 2011
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External links
http://www.carldaviscollection.com Personal Website
IMDB name|0002301
BAFTA Award for Best Film Music 1980–1999Persondata | NAME =Davis, Carl | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =October 28, 1936 | PLACE OF BIRTH = New York City , United States | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Carl Category:1936 births Category:Living people Category:American expatriates in the United Kingdom Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Category:American conductors (music) Category:American composers
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