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Carl Davis

Highest Rated: 98% Intolerance (1916)

Lowest Rated: 83% The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)

Birthday: Oct 28, 1936

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA

American-born, classically-trained composer who moved to England in the early 1960s where he scored stage productions for Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop Company, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre before creating his first film scores for "The Bofors Gun" and "Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition" in 1968. Best known for his lyrical score for "The French Lieutenant's Woman" (1981) and his original musical accompaniment for classic silent films (most notably the Kevin Brownlow restoration of Abel Gance's "Napoleon," the reconstructed 1925 "Ben Hur" and Erich von Stroheim's masterpiece "Greed" for Thames Television), Davis also has conducted his scores at theatrical presentations of silent films. In 1991 he collaborated with Paul McCartney on his "Liverpool Oratorio" and conducted the London and US premieres. Since 1987 Davis has also served as associate conductor of the London Philharmonic.

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Highest rated movies

98% 77% Intolerance Watchlist
97% 88% Ethel & Ernest
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97% 93% Safety Last
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97% 83% Anne Frank Remembered
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96% 90% Greed
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94% 51% Widows' Peak
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92% 85% The Kid Brother
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92% 87% Show People
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90% 79% Topsy-Turvy
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83% 67% The French Lieutenant's Woman
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Filmography

Movies

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97% 88% Ethel & Ernest Original Music - 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet I'm King Kong!: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper Original Music - 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mothers and Daughters Original Music - 2004
No Score Yet 71% The Book of Eve Original Music - 2002
No Score Yet 27% The Great Gatsby Original Music - 2000
90% 79% Topsy-Turvy Original Music $6.2M 1999
97% 83% Anne Frank Remembered Original Music $1.0M 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Liberation Original Music - 1994
94% 51% Widows' Peak Music $6.2M 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Raft of the Medusa Original Music - 1994
No Score Yet 48% The Return of the Native Original Music - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Echoes That Remain Original Music - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fragments of Isabella Original Music - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Song for Europe Original Music - 1985
No Score Yet 58% George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey Original Music - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sakharov Original Music - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Home Sweet Home Original Music - 1982
83% 67% The French Lieutenant's Woman Original Music - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Staying On Original Music - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls Original Music - 1980
No Score Yet 58% Birth of the Beatles Original Music - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet What's Next? Music - 1975
No Score Yet 43% Up Pompeii Music - 1971
92% 87% Show People Original Music - 1928
92% 85% The Kid Brother Original Music - 1927
96% 90% Greed Original Music - 1924
97% 93% Safety Last Original Music - 1923
98% 77% Intolerance Original Music - 1916
No Score Yet No Score Yet Intolerance - Part 1 Original Music - 1916
No Score Yet No Score Yet Intolerance - Part 2 Original Music - 1916

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No Score Yet No Score Yet The Mayor of Casterbridge Music 1978
No Score Yet 100% The World at War Music 1973-1974