Carl Davis
Carl Davis CBE (born October 28, 1936, New York City, United States) is an American born 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 films. Davis has assisted in the orchestration of the symphonic works of Paul McCartney. 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 (1975), The Kiss of Death (1977), Langrishe, Go Down (1978), Private Schulz (1980), Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981), The Far Pavilions (1984), The Day the Universe Changed (1985), Pride and Prejudice (1995), and Coming Home (1998).
Music
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The Catholics
Controversial for its time, THE CATHOLICS stars Trevor Howard in a powerhouse performance as an Abbot who heads the remote Irish monastery of Mork in Eire. Along with his monks, the Abbot has decided to defy an edict from Rome forbidding all Catholics to celebrate the Mass in Latin. Refusing to...Watch Movie
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The Only Way
In April 1940, the armies of Nazi Germany invaded Denmark. The Danish government promised peaceful cooperation on the condition that Denmark’s Jews remain free. The Nazi’s agreed. In October, 1943, the agreement was broken. This is the true and magnificent saga of Denmark’s valorous actions to...Watch Movie
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The Phantom of the Opera
Few films have left more of an impact than gothic horror classic THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. Every element of the film (from Gaston Leroux's tale of obsession to Ben Carré's moody set designs to Lon Chaney's disturbing, self-designed makeup) has entered into the realm of iconic...Watch Movie
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