Oliver Davis | |
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Born | Oliver Reynolds Davis England |
Occupation | Composer, pianist, singer |
Education | Composition |
Alma mater | Royal Academy of Music |
Genres | Classical Film Animation Ballet |
Notable works | Flight Seasons Dance Liberty |
Oliver Reynolds Davis (born January 1972) is an English writer, composer, pianist and singer.
Davis studied at the Royal Academy of Music, graduating in 1994. [1] He has since composed and produced albums, soundtracks, concertos and television scores working with London orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra. [2]
Oliver Davis graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in 1994. He has composed numerous works for stage and concert hall with much of his work concentrated on his series of albums which feature the LSO and RPO orchestras, his latest album reaching no.1 in the iTunes Classical Charts. He has worked with many leading ballet companies including The Royal Ballet, San Francisco Ballet and New York City Ballet. [3] In addition, Oliver has scored feature films and over 15 Television series. [4]
Album | Label | Publisher | Performers | Year |
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Flight | Signum Records | Eaton Music | Kerenza Peacock, Huw Watkins accompanied by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paul Bateman | 2015 |
Seasons | Signum Records | Eaton Music | Kerenza Peacock, Grace Davidson accompanied by Trafalgar Sinfonia conducted by Ivor Setterfield | 2015 |
Dance | Signum Records | Eaton Music | Kerenza Peacock, Huw Watkins accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Paul Bateman. | 2016 |
Liberty | Signum Records | Eaton Music | Kerenza Peacock, Huw Watkins, Katherine Jenkinson, Tim Ridout, Jonathan Hill, Grace Davidson. Accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Paul Bateman. | 2018 |
Solace | Signum Records | Eaton Music | Kerenza Peacock, Jonathan Hill, Grace Davidson, Oliver Wass, Sam Brophy, Benedict Moriarty, Sergio Puccini, Henry Hanssen, Beth & Flo, Katherine Jenkinson, Nicholas Holland, Huw Watkins, Budapest Scoring Symphonic Orchestra conducted by Péter Illényi | 2021 |
Film | Director | Details | Year |
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Seaview Knights | Richard Kurtis | Full-length film starring James Bolam, Sarah Alexander and Anita Dobson | 1994 |
Virgin Moon | Peter Callow | 1994 | |
Dear Nelson | Sarah Cox | Channel 4 – BAA Best Short Film Nomination | 1998 |
How to Cope with Death (TV Short) | Ignassio Ferarez | Channel 4 – Nominated best music British Animation Awards | 2002 |
The Girl and the Horse (short) | Rebecca Manley | Slinky Pictures – nominated for 'Best Music' BAAs 2004 | 2003 |
Inseparable Bonds (short) | Dr Frankenskippy | The Moving Picture Co. | 2003 |
The Big Top | Rebecca Manley | Commissioned by the Hype Gallery and produced by Maria Manton for Slinky Pictures | 2004 |
Dagmars Friend | Ian Colbart and Ian Carney | 2006 | |
Silence is Golden | Chris Sheperd | Slinky Pictures Won the 2006 TCM Classic Shorts Award at the London Film Festival | 2006 |
Over the Hill | Peter Baynton | McLaren Award for Best New British Animation at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2007 | 2007 |
A-Z | Sally Arthur | 2007 | |
Little Face | Matthew Walker | Winner 'Best Music' San Gio Film Festival 2008 – 3-minute AIR for Channel 4 | 2009 |
Playhouse Presents – Nelly and Melba | Christine Gernon | Sky Arts | 2012 |
Playhouse Presents – City Hall | Richard Loncraine | Sky Arts | 2012 |
Lifeclass (short) | Chris Shepherd | Random Acts | 2013 |
The Ringer (short) | Chris Shepherd | Canal Plus | 2013 |
Stick Out | Anthony Farquar Smith | Nominated for Virgin Media Shorts | 2013 |
BAAs Title Sequence | Anthony Farquar Smith | Winner BAAs Title Sequence category | 2014 |
A Mountain to Climb | Rebecca Manley | Selected for Nowness | 2015 |
Thomas & Friends: The Great Race | David Stoten | CGI animated musical adventure film | 2016 |
Johnno's Dead | Chris Shepherd | Featured in the Barbican | 2016 |
Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor | David Stoten | CGI animation film | 2017 |
Doozy | Richard Squires | Feature length biopic | 2018 |
Show | Series | Director | Details | Year |
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Pongwiffy | Series 1 – 26 episodes | Alan Simpson | Teleimagination for CiTV | 2001 |
Something Else | Series 1 -26 episodes | Brad Neave | Loonland | 2001–2007 |
Metalheads [5] | Series 1 – 6 episodes | Steve Moore | Teleimagination for CBBC | 2003 |
The Cramp Twins [5] | Series 2 | Brian Wood | Teleimagination for Cartoon Network / BBC | 2004 |
The Likeaballs [5] | Series 1 – 26 episodes | Jim Quick | BBC / Cosgrove Hall for CBBC | 2006 |
Humf | Series 1 – 78 episodes | Leo Neilson | King Rollo / E1 Kids for Nick Jr | 2007 |
Boblins | Series 1 and 2 – 52 episodes | Dave Garbitt | Inspire GLG for CiTV currently broadcasting in over 20 countries | 2008 |
City Hall | Series 1 | Richard Loncraine | Sky Arts | 2012 |
Skatoony | Series 1, 2 and 3 – 39 episodes | James Fox | Cartoon Network | 2007–2012 |
Poppy Cat [6] | Series 1 and 2 – 104 episodes | Mallory Lewis | King Rollo / Coolabi | 2011–2014 |
The Simpsons | Couch gag | Sylvain Chomet | 20th Century Fox | 2014 |
Odd Jobbers | Series 1 – 26 episodes | CiTV | ||
Monsters vs Monsters | 7 shorts | Ian Colbart | Nickelodeon | |
Olly the Little White Van | Series 1, 2 and 3 – 65 episodes | Dave Garbitt | Channel 5 |
Ballet | Company | Choreographer | Venue | Details | Year |
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Within the Hours | The Royal Ballet | Erico Montes | The Lindbury | Recorded by the LSO & Kerenza Peacock and reaching number 2 in the UK Specialist Classical Charts | 2013 |
Prometheus | The Royal Ballet | Erico Montes | The Lindbury and St James Theatre | 2014 | |
Flight of Fancy | Tulsa Ballet | Ma Cong | Tulsa Ballet [7] | 2016 | |
Dance Odyssey [8] | New York City Ballet | Peter Walker | David H. Koch Theater | 2018 | |
The Infinite Ocean | San Francisco Ballet | Edwaard Liang | San Francisco Ballet | Piece commissioned for new ballet as part of the Unbound Festival [9] | 2018 |
Bacchus | Pacific Northwest Ballet | Mathew Neenan | McCaw Hall | Part of the Director's Choice mixed bill [10] | 2019 |
13th Heaven | Singapore Dance Theatre | Edward Liang | Location: Esplanade, Singapore | 2019 |
Work | Details | Year |
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Bacchus | Orchestra | 2019 |
Pacific Northwest Ballet | Orchestra | 2019 |
Poseidon | Orchestra | 2012 |
Work | Details | Year |
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Lost Lake | Violin and Strings | 2011 |
Skyward | 2013 | |
Voyager | Violin, Strings and Piano | 2013 |
Flight – Concerto for Violin | Violin and strings | 2013 |
Airborne Dances | Solo violin and strings | 2014 |
Frontiers | Violin and strings | 2015 |
Arco | Violin and Orchestra | 2016 |
Morpheus | Cello, Piano and Orchestra | |
Three Piece Suite | Premiered by Katherine Jenkinson and Alison Ferr at the Derby Chamber Society Concert | 2016 |
Sonar | Piano, Violin and Orchestra | |
Anno | Solo violin and strings | 2018 |
Spiral | Piano, Violin and Orchestra | 2018 |
Liberty | Piano, Viola, Violin, Orchestra |
Work | Instrumentation | Year |
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Epilogue | Solo violin and strings | 2014 |
Work | Instrumentation | Year |
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Chillingham | Soprano, Cello, Piano, Viola, Violin | 2011 |
Elements | 2011 | |
Three days in November | Violin and Piano | 2012 |
Work | Instrumentation | Year |
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Childhood Sketches | Piano | 2011 |
Scenes from the Solent | Piano | 2012 |
The Calm, The Storm | Piano | 2012 |
Work | Instrumentation | Year |
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A Song for Malala | Male Voice Choir and Piano | 2013 |
Work | Instrumentation | Year |
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Air Waltz | Violin, Trebles, Strings, Harps | 2013 |
Air | Orchestra and Voice | 2022 |
Work | Instrumentation | Year |
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London Song Cycle | Soprano, 2 flutes, 2 marimba, and cello | 2011 |
Work | Director | Details | Year |
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Dead Cow Farm | Carl Cresser | 1997 | |
Sucked up | Carl Cresser | Animation film for Channel 4 made by John Parry | 2003 |
AnnLee You Proposes | Artist: Liam Gillick | Animated CG installation for Tate Britain created by MPC (Turner Prize entry) | 2003 |
Eye Ball | Lars Magnus Holmgren AKA Dr Frankenskippy | 2004 |
Work | Details | Year |
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TV22 | Lyrics and story by Paul Gambaccini | 2000 |
Thomas & Friends: The Great Race | David Stoten | 2016 |
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