Carl Davis

Person · Male

Carl Davis

conductor and composer

From
Brooklyn, United Kingdom
Active
1936–2023
Releases
62
  • cinematic classical

About

Carl Davis (October 28, 1936 – August 3, 2023) 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 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.

From Carl Davis on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Discography

Albums 22
Live 1
Compilations 9
Other 30

Links

Conductor position

Married

Teacher

Tags

  • composer
  • conductor

Identifiers

ISNI
0000000110279939
IPI
00007604115

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 8 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.