Carl Davis
American-born conductor and composer (1936-2023) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 86
Carl Davis was an American-born British conductor and composer. He wrote music for more than 100 television programmes, notably the landmark ITV series The World at War (1973) and BBC's Pride and Prejudice (1995), and he created new scores for concert and cinema performances of vintage silent movies and composed many...
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John Hurt Carl wrote Frankenstein Unbound and Scandal
Jim Broadbent Carl wrote Topsy-Turvy and Widows' Peak
David Warner Carl wrote The French Lieutenant's Woman (1982)
Alison Steadman Carl wrote Pride and Prejudice and Topsy-Turvy
Meryl Streep Carl wrote The French Lieutenant's Woman (1982)
Peter O'Toole Carl wrote Man Friday and Coming Home
Judi Dench Carl wrote Cranford and Return to Cranford
Bridget Fonda Carl wrote Frankenstein Unbound and Scandal
Joanna Lumley Carl wrote Coming Home and Nancherrow
Jackie Wilson Carl produced I Get the Sweetest Feeling (1968)
Eileen Atkins Carl wrote Cranford and Upstairs Downstairs
Edward Woodward Carl wrote King David and Champions- Joss Ackland Carl wrote Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1990)
- John Thaw Carl wrote The Bofors Gun (1968)
John Lee Hancock Produced My Dog Skip (2000)
Nigel Havers Carl wrote Birth of the Beatles (1979)
Bert Roach Carl wrote The Crowd and Show People
Frankie Howerd Carl wrote Up the Chastity Belt and Up Pompeii
Sidney Bracey Carl wrote The Crowd and Show People
Cherie Lunghi Carl wrote King David and Covington Cross
Dell Henderson Carl wrote The Crowd and Show People
Paul Brooke Carl wrote Scandal and The Trial
Andrew Kosove Produced My Dog Skip (2000)
Bríd Brennan Carl wrote Topsy-Turvy (2000)
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He wrote music for more than 100 television programmes, notably the landmark ITV series The World at War (1973) and BBC's Pride and Prejudice (1995), and he created new scores for concert and cinema performances of vintage silent movies and composed many film, ballet and concert scores that were performed worldwide, including the Liverpool Oratorio in 1991, in collaboration with Paul McCartney. Davis's publisher was Faber Music.
