Peter Davison | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 1948 (age 75–76) |
| Genres | New-age |
| Occupation(s) | Composer - CDs and TV/Film scoring |
| Years active | 1974–present |
| Website | peterdavison |
Peter Davison (born 1948) is an American composer known for New Age/Neo Classical works, and television and film scores.
Davison was born in Los Angeles, California. He played flute, saxophone, guitar, keyboards and electric bass in all sorts of ensembles throughout his public school years. He received his Bachelor's and master's degrees in Music Composition from California State University, Northridge. [1]
Davison has composed music scores for Indie Features, the History Channel, A+E, Biography, PBS, Warner Bros., Disney, Universal, Discovery, Gaiam (Yoga/Relaxation music). [2] Over 40 CDs of his music are on Higher Octave/Universal, Gaiam, Davisounds and TSR/Baja. [3] [4] [5] His CDs Meditate and Exhale were both in the Billboard Top 10 New Age Albums. His music is widely played in internet radio. On Pandora [6] at this time there are 90 million streams of his music [7] with similar stats on the other internet music providers such as Spotify. [8] He has received awards and nominations from the Global Music Awards, Hollywood Music in Media Awards, Accolade Global Film Awards, Colortape International Film Festival and others. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] Davison's first 7 releases (1980-1986) are considered pioneers of New Age Music. [15] Fact of Being, a European label has re-released the first 2 of these [16] [17] on vinyl LP. They will re-release the remaining 5 over the next 2 years, as a retrospective of Davison's early work. Davison has also received commissions for classical orchestral music. [18] [19] [20] [21] GQ, Gentleman's Quarterly, published a feature article about Davison in their June, 2023 issue. [22]
| Davisounds Label 2008–present | GAIAM Label CDs 1986 - 2002 | Higher Octave/Universal Label 1980 - 1986 | |
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| Winds of Time | |||
| The Unfolding Self | |||
| On Shores of Crystal Dreams | |||
| Wanderings | Yoga | Winds of Space | |
| Rest and Be Thankful | Comfort | Glide | |
| Poems Without Words | Solace | Star Gazer | |
| Plateau | Presence | Forest | |
| GAIA - Music for Our Mother Earth | Exhale | Mountain | |
| The Colors of Sound | T'ai Chi | Traces | |
| On the Edge of Now | Meditate | Music on the Way | |
| When I Go Inside | AM & PM Yoga | ||
| My Universe in Harmony | Rejuvenate | ||
| Iris - Bringer of Dreams | Vitality | ||
| Clarity Rising | TSR/Baja Label, 1996 | ||
| Enchanted Lagoon | Focal Point | ||
| What Happened Next | |||
| NOW...the Present is a Gift | GAIAM Label DVDs 1986 - 2002 | ||
| Moments of Transformation | AM & PM Yoga | ||
| Floating in Bliss | Yoga for Beginners | ||
| The Pleiades | Rodney Yee DVDs, multiple | ||
| Music from the Heart of the Forest | Power Yoga DVDs, multiple | ||
| Galileo's Telescope | Qigong DVDs, multiple | ||
| Getting Closer | T'ai Chi DVDs, multiple | ||
| Forest Home | |||
| Future, Present, Past | |||
| Possibility | |||
| Release | |||
| Take Me Back to Eden | |||
| History Channel: | PBS Series: | Warner Brothers: |
| Escape: True Tales of Suspense | Earth Revealed (26 episodes) | Batman, The Animated Series |
| Breakout from Iran | Our Families, Ourselves (18 Episodes) | The Flash |
| Escape from Kuwait | Inside Out (22 Episodes) | Show Time: |
| Chain Gang Breakout | The Way We Live (22 Episodes) | Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre: |
| Fire in Mann Gulch | The Unfinished Nation (52 Episodes) | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
| Papillon | The Endless Voyage (26 Episodes) | Universal Studios: |
| Escape from Bosnia, the Scott O'Grady Story | Madison Heights (16 Episodes) | SeaQuest DSV |
| Bravo, Biography, A+E, AMC: | Framework for Democracy (26 Episodes) | Islands of Adventure, |
| Mary Magdelene | The Examined Life (26 episodes) | Theme Park in Orlando, Florida |
| Diplomats for the Damned | Crossroads Cafe (26 episodes) | Cinco Rosas Productions: |
| Crimes in Time | On Common Ground (15 episodes) | The Last Word |
| The Hollywood Soundtrack Story | Something Ventured (26 episodes) | Harmony Gold: |
| Smothered, Bio of the Smothers Brothers | Sales Connection (26 episodes) | Secret of the Lens |
| Bella Lewitzky, feature documentary, BAM Entertainment | The Human Condition (26 episodes) | Media FX Media: |
| Life Lines (16 Episodes) | The Stewards of Shaver's Fork | |
| Legacy Interactive Media: | ||
| Emergency Room (Video Game) |
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