Carl Davis
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.
Known For & Full Filmography8 Titles
Drama Series - 1981, 16 episodes • as Pianist at Salon Kitty (uncredited)
Private Schulz is a six-part 1981 television comedy-drama serial written by Jack Pulman and produced for BBC Two. It stars Michael Elphick in the title role, with Ian Richardson, Tony Caunter, Billie Whitelaw, Billy Murray, and Mark Wingett. Set primarily in Germany, during and immediately following World War II, fraudster and petty criminal Gerhard Schulz is forced to serve in the SS. In a story based on the real, though unrealised, plot by the Germans known as Operation Bernhard, Schulz tricks the Nazis into making counterfeit British £5 notes, millions of which will be used to destroy the British economy.
Movie - 2016, 2h 15m • as Orlando Adams
The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.
Drama Series - 1995, 16 episodes • as Choral Plant
Children's series about a magic coin that can grant wishes.
Movie - 2002, 2h 15m • as Self
An affectionate portrait of the man and the musician in a week that sees the ex-Beatie playing at the Buckingham Palace concert. With contributions from Bono, Mike Myers , Dustin Hoffman , Meryl Streep , Cilia Black, Bob Geldof , Dale Winton , Travis and Richard Branson
Movie - 1991, 2h 15m • as Self
A look at Paul and Carl Davis as they complete work on the Liverpool Oratorio, and rehearse the musicians for the world premiere. Paul takes Carl on a tour of Liverpool, showing him places that appear in the Oratorio's libretto.
Movie - 2016, 2h 15m • as Self
An Interview with Carl Davis
Movie - 2012, 2h 15m • as Mr. Davidovitz
A perennial understudy takes matters into her own hands to achieve fame at any price.
Movie - 1970, 2h 15m • as Composer
A Marxist-Leninist expelled from the British Communist Party joins the Revolutionary Party of the Third World, sleeps around, and attempts to rethink his place within the revolution after the events of the 1968 May uprising in Paris.