Editing Carl Davis

{{Short description|US–UK conductor and composer (1936–2023)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{About|the American-born conductor and composer}}
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{{Infobox person
| name             = Carl Davis
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}}
| image            = Carl Davis.jpg
| landscape        = yes
| caption          = Davis in 2009
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1936|10|28}}
| birth_place      = New York City, US
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|2023|08|03|1936|10|28}}
| death_place      = [[Oxford]], England
| citizenship      = <!-- {{hlist|United Kingdom|United States}} -->
| occupation       = Conductor and composer
| years_active     = 1960–2023
| website          = {{URL|http://carldaviscollection.com/}}
| spouse           = {{marriage|[[Jean Boht]]|1970}}
| children         = 2
| alma_mater       = [[Bard College]]
}}

'''Carl Davis''' (October 28, 1936 – August 3, 2023) was an American-born British conductor and composer. He wrote music for more than 100 television programmes, notably the landmark ITV series ''[[The World at War]]'' (1973) and BBC's ''[[Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series)|Pride and Prejudice]]'' (1995), and he created new scores for concert and cinema performances of vintage silent movies and composed many film, ballet and concert scores that were performed worldwide, including the ''[[Liverpool Oratorio]]'' in 1991, in collaboration with [[Paul McCartney]].<ref>{{cite news | last1=Kozinn | first1=Allan | date=June 29, 1991 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/29/arts/review-music-crossover-dream-comes-true-liverpool-philharmonic-plays-mccartney-s.html | title=Review/Music; A Crossover Dream Comes True in Liverpool: The Philharmonic Plays McCartney's Oratorio | work = [[The New York Times]] }}</ref> Davis's publisher was [[Faber Music]].<ref name=faber/>

==Early life and career==
Carl Davis was born in [[Brooklyn]], New York, on October 28, 1936,<ref name="Telegraph-Obit">{{cite news |title=Carl Davis, prolific composer whose work included the haunting theme tune to The World at War – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/08/03/carl-davis-prolific-composer-film-tv-concert-hall-obituary/ |access-date=August 4, 2023 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=August 3, 2023}}</ref><ref name="THR-obit">{{cite web |last1=Barnes |first1=Mike |title=Carl Davis, 'French Lieutenant's Woman' and 'Napoleon' Composer, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/carl-davis-dead-french-lieutenants-woman-napoleon-composer-1235550307/ |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=August 4, 2023 |date=August 3, 2023}}</ref> to Jewish parents,<ref>[https://www.thejc.com/culture/interviews/interview-carl-davis-1.20186 "Interview: Carl Davis". ''Jewish Chronicle'', 22 December, 2010] (accessed August 4, 2023)</ref> Sara (née Perlmutter) and Isadore Davis.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/83/Carl-Davis.html |title=Carl Davis Biography (1936–) |publisher=Filmreference.com |access-date=February 10, 2013}}</ref> He studied composition with [[Paul Nordoff]] and [[Hugo Kauder]], and subsequently with [[Per Nørgard]] in Copenhagen. He attended [[Bard College]], in [[Annandale-on-Hudson, New York]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chur |first1=Elizabeth |title=For Composer Carl Davis, Life Is A Musical Merry-go-round |date=August 27, 1992 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/08/27/for-composer-carl-davis-life-is-a-musical-merry-go-round/ |publisher=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref> His early work in the US provided valuable conducting experience with organisations such as the [[New York City Opera]] and the [[Robert Shaw Chorale]]. In 1959, the revue ''Diversions'', of which he was co-author, won an off-Broadway award and subsequently travelled to the [[Edinburgh Festival]] in 1961. As a direct result of its success there, Davis was commissioned by [[Ned Sherrin]] to compose music for the original British version of ''[[That Was the Week That Was]]''. Other radio and TV commissions followed and Davis's UK career was launched.<ref name="Telegraph-Obit"/>

==Television==
Davis achieved early prominence with the title music for the [[BBC]]'s anthology play series ''[[The Wednesday Play]]'' and later for ''[[Play for Today]]''.<ref name="Variety">{{cite news |last1=Ramachandran |first1=Naman |title=Carl Davis, BAFTA-Winning Composer of 'The French Lieutenant's Woman,' Dies at 86 |url=https://variety.com/2023/artisans/global/carl-davis-dead-composer-the-french-lieutenants-woman-1235686842/ |access-date=August 3, 2023 |work=Variety |date=August 3, 2023}}</ref> For the critically acclaimed and popular success ''[[Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series)|Pride and Prejudice]]'' (1995) Davis used period classical music as his inspiration, in particular Beethoven's [[Septet (Beethoven)|Septet E flat major]], Op. 20 and a theme strongly reminiscent of the finale of his [[Emperor Concerto]].<ref>{{cite book | title = The Making of Pride and Prejudice | author1 = [[Sue Birtwistle|Birtwistle, Sue]] |author2 = Conklin, Susie |name-list-style=amp | year = 1995 | publisher = [[Penguin Books]] | isbn = 0-14-025157-X }}</ref>

Davis' television scores included ''[[The Naked Civil Servant (film)|The Naked Civil Servant]]'' (1975), ''[[Shades of Greene]]'' (1975), ''[[Kiss of Death (1977 film)|The Kiss of Death]]'' (1977), ''[[Langrishe, Go Down]] (1978),''<ref name="TVguide" /> ''[[Prince Regent (TV series)|Prince Regent]]'' (1979),<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Programme Index |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/6d50cfa6b80e47e38d25b3569d499c2b |website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk |access-date=August 3, 2023 |date=October 9, 1979}}</ref> ''[[Private Schulz]]'' (1980),<ref>{{cite web |title=Private Schulz Episode 1 (1981) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b75c51bb1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817102235/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b75c51bb1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 17, 2019 |website=BFI |access-date=August 3, 2023 |language=en}}</ref> ''[[Oppenheimer (TV series)|Oppenheimer]]'' (1980), ''[[Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years]]'' (1981),<ref>{{cite web |title=Television in 1982 {{!}} BAFTA Awards |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1982/television |website=awards.bafta.org |access-date=August 3, 2023}}</ref> ''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles (TV serial)|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]'' (1982), ''[[The Far Pavilions]]'' (1984), ''[[The Day the Universe Changed]]'' (1985),<ref>{{cite web |title=The Day The Universe Changed {{!}} Faber Music |url=https://www.fabermusic.com/music/day-the-universe-changed-the-2092 |website=www.fabermusic.com |access-date=August 3, 2023 |language=en}}</ref> ''[[The Pickwick Papers (TV series)|The Pickwick Papers]]'' (1985), ''[[Hotel du Lac (film)|Hotel du Lac]]'' (1986), ''[[Ashenden (TV series)|Ashenden]]'' (1991), ''[[Anne Frank Remembered]]'' (1995), ''[[Seesaw (TV series)|Seesaw]]'' (1998), ''[[Coming Home (TV serial)|Coming Home]]'' (1998), ''[[Upstairs Downstairs (2010 TV series)|Upstairs Downstairs]]'' (2010),<ref name="Variety" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Carl Davis |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9feb48c9 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160723222633/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9feb48c9 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 23, 2016 |website=BFI |access-date=August 3, 2023 |language=en}}</ref> and ''Brexicuted'' (2018).<ref name="Faber Credits">{{cite web |title=Carl Davis {{!}} Credits {{!}} Faber Music |url=https://www.fabermusic.com/we-represent/carl-davis/credits |website=www.fabermusic.com |access-date=August 3, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

Davis also worked for television producer [[Jeremy Isaacs]] in providing the original music for the documentary history series ''[[The World at War]]'' (1973) for [[Thames Television]],<ref name="The Guardian" /> and later ''[[Cold War (TV series)|Cold War]]'' (1998) for the BBC.<ref name="TVguide">{{cite web |title=Carl Davis |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/carl-davis/credits/3000405155/ |website=TVGuide.com |access-date=August 3, 2023 |language=en}}</ref> He conducted the BBC's theme song for its coverage of the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]], adapted from [[George Frideric Handel]]'s "See the Conquering Hero Comes".<ref>{{cite web |title=Carl Davis Theme for BBC World Cup Coverage {{!}} Faber Music |url=https://www.fabermusic.com/news/carl-davis-theme-for-bbc-world-cup-coverage-292 |website=www.fabermusic.com |access-date=August 3, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

==Silent film music==
In the late 1970s, Davis was commissioned by documentarians [[Kevin Brownlow]] and [[David Gill (film historian)|David Gill]] to create music for Thames Television's ''[[Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film]]'' (1980). His association with them continued the same year with the restoration of [[Abel Gance]]'s 1927 epic silent film ''[[Napoléon (1927 film)|Napoléon]]'', for which Davis' music – drawing once again on Beethoven as a source – was used in its cinematic re-release and television screenings.<ref>'[http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2017/Feb/Davis_Napoleon_CDC028.htm Carl Davis: Napoléon]', reviewed at ''MusicWeb International''</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Brownlow |first=Kevin |author-link=Kevin Brownlow |title=Napoleon: Abel Gance's classic film |volume=1 |publisher=Photoplay |year=2004 |pages=217–236 |isbn=978-1-84457-077-5}}</ref> There was a similar treatment for [[D. W. Griffith]]'s ''[[Intolerance (movie)|Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through The Ages]]'' (1916). This had orchestral music originally, but Davis's new score was used instead in 1989. In March 2012 Davis conducted the [[Oakland East Bay Symphony]], performing his score live during a presentation of ''Napoleon'' in the complete Brownlow restoration at the [[San Francisco Silent Film Festival]] in Oakland.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sfsilentfilmfestival.blogspot.com/2011/07/silent-film-festival-to-present.html |title=Silent Film Festival to present 'Napoleon' |publisher=[[San Francisco Silent Film Festival]] |date=July 15, 2011 |access-date=July 17, 2011}}</ref>

The ''Hollywood'' documentary series was followed by the documentaries ''[[Unknown Chaplin]]'' (1983),<ref>{{cite web |title=Charlie Chaplin : A new DVD: Unknown Chaplin The Master at work |url=https://www.charliechaplin.com/en/infos/130-A-new-DVD-Unknown-Chaplin-The-Master-at-work |website=Charlie Chaplin: Official Site |access-date=August 3, 2023 |language=en}}</ref> ''[[Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow]]'' (1987)<ref>{{cite web |title=Buster Keaton – A Hard Act to Follow (Production Material) (1987) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b79232d8a |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114021242/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b79232d8a |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 14, 2017 |website=BFI |access-date=August 3, 2023 |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Harold Lloyd|Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius]]'' (1989).<ref>{{cite web |title=Harold Lloyd The Third Genius (1989) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7f129d75 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104121517/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7f129d75 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 4, 2018 |website=BFI |access-date=August 3, 2023 |language=en}}</ref> In the 1980s and 1990s, Davis wrote and conducted the scores for numerous [[Thames Silents]] releases and television screenings.<ref name="The Times">{{cite news |last1=Appleyard |first1=Bryan |title=Carl Davis: The silent treatment |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/carl-davis-gives-the-silent-treatment-bv3w2hgtk |access-date=August 3, 2023 |work=The Sunday Times |date=August 3, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

By 1993, his reputation made him the number one choice for new scores to silent films. Many DVD releases, including ''[[Ben-Hur (1925 film)|Ben-Hur]]'' (1925), ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'' (1925),<ref name="Variety" /><ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |title=Carl Davis Albums and Discography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/carl-davis-mn0001645929/discography |website=AllMusic |access-date=August 3, 2023 |language=en}}</ref> ''[[Safety Last]]'' (1923), [[Cecil B. DeMille|DeMille]]'s ''[[The Godless Girl]]'' (1928), [[Charlie Chaplin|Chaplin]]'s ''[[City Lights]]'' (1931, re-orchestrated by Davis based on Chaplin's and [[José Padilla (composer)|José Padilla]]'s original written score),<ref name="music">{{cite web |url=https://www.charliechaplin.com/en/biography/articles/205-Chaplin-as-a-composer|title=Chaplin as a Composer|publisher=CharlieChaplin.com}}</ref> and [[Erich von Stroheim]]'s ''[[Greed (1924 film)|Greed]]'' (1924), use Davis's music. Davis also entirely re-scored [[Clarence Brown]]'s ''[[Flesh and the Devil]]'' (1927).<ref>{{cite web |title=Silent Film |url=https://carldaviscollection.com/silent-film/ |website=Carl Davis Collection |access-date=August 3, 2023}}</ref> On several occasions he conducted these scores live in the cinema or concert hall as the film was being screened.{{cn|date=August 2023}}

==Film music==
Davis also composed for contemporary films, including the [[BAFTA Award for Best Film Music|BAFTA]] and [[Ivor Novello Awards|Ivor Novello]] award winning score for ''[[The French Lieutenant's Woman (film)|The French Lieutenant's Woman]]'' in 1981.<ref name="The Guardian" /> His other films included ''[[The Bofors Gun]]'' (1968),<ref>{{cite web |title=The Bofors Gun |url=https://mubi.com/en/no/films/the-bofors-gun |website=mubi.com |access-date=August 3, 2023 |language=en}}</ref> ''[[The Only Way (1970 film)|The Only Way]]'' (1970), ''[[I, Monster]]'' (1971),<ref>{{cite book |last1=Miller |first1=Mark A. |last2 = Johnson|first2 = Tom|title=The Christopher Lee Filmography: All Theatrical Releases, 1948–2003 |date=2009 |publisher=McFarland & Company |isbn=978-0786446919 |page=226}}</ref> ''[[Up Pompeii (film)|Up Pompeii]]'' (1971), ''[[Up the Chastity Belt]]'' (1971), ''[[Rentadick]]'' (1972), ''[[What Became of Jack and Jill?]]'' (1972), ''[[Catholics (film)|Catholics]]'' (1973), ''[[Man Friday (1975 film)|Man Friday]]'' (1975), ''[[The Sailor's Return (film)|The Sailor's Return]]'' (1978), ''[[Champions (1983 film)|Champions]]'' (1983), ''[[King David (film)|King David]]'' (1985), ''[[The Girl in a Swing (1988 film)|The Girl in a Swing]]'' (1988),<ref>{{cite web |title=The Girl in a Swing |url=https://mubi.com/en/no/films/the-girl-in-a-swing |website=mubi.com |access-date=August 3, 2023 |language=en}}</ref> ''[[Scandal (1989 film)|Scandal]]'' (1989), ''[[The Rainbow (1989 film)|The Rainbow]]'' (1989), ''[[Frankenstein Unbound]]'' (1990),<ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book|title=[[The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=637/8}}</ref> ''[[The Trial (1993 film)|The Trial]]'' (1993), ''[[Widows' Peak]]'' (1994), ''[[The Great Gatsby (2000 film)|The Great Gatsby]]'' (2000), ''[[Mothers & Daughters (2004 film)|Mothers & Daughters]]'' (2004)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Alberge |first1=Dalya |title=British couple serve up a family drama |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/british-couple-serve-up-a-family-drama-3dmd8rsc33c |access-date=August 3, 2023 |work=The Sunday Times |date=August 3, 2023 |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[The Understudy (2008 film)|The Understudy]]'' (2008).<ref name="TVguide" />

==Stage and concert works==
Although Carl Davis wrote several substantial orchestral and concertante pieces – including the symphonic ''A Circle of Stones'' for full orchestra in 1997 – the core of his work outside of film and television was drama and dance, particularly musicals and ballet. He continued to actively compose over the last decade of his life,<ref name="The Guardian"/> during which he produced four large scale dance works: ''Nijinsky'' (2016) and ''Chaplin, the Tramp'' (2019), both for the Slovak National Ballet in [[Bratislava]]; ''The Great Gatsby'' for the [[Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre]] (2019); and most recently the two-act ''Le Fantôme et Christine'', from [[Gaston Leroux]]'s 1911 novel, which develops themes he first composed for the 1925 silent movie ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film)|Phantom of the Opera]]''. This received its premiere by the [[Shanghai Ballet]] on May 11, 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shanghai Ballet premiere Davis' Le Fantôme et Christine |publisher=Faber Music |url=https://www.fabermusic.com/news/shanghai-ballet-premiere-davis-le-fant%C3%B4me-et-christine09052023 |access-date=August 4, 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Other works include:
* ''Alice in Wonderland'' is a musical adaptation of [[Lewis Carroll]]'s novel ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'', with additional lyrics by [[John Wells (satirist)|John Wells]]. The first performance took place on 13 December 1986 at [[Lyric Theatre, London|The Lyric Theatre]] in London by the London Lyric Company, directed by Stuart Hutchinson.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alice in Wonderland |url=https://www.fabermusic.com/music/alice-in-wonderland-2399 |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=www.fabermusic.com}}</ref>  On December 12 1977, a radio adaptation of the musical with [[Polly James]] as Alice premiered on [[BBC Radio 4]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=1977-12-12 |title=BBC Programme Index |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5e0b9b76e3b840c884a1a84f50d50436 |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> 
* ''Aladdin'', commissioned by [[Scottish Ballet]] in 2000 for the [[Edinburgh Festival Theatre]], is a three act ballet with choreography by [[Robert Cohan]].<ref>James McCarthy. '[https://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/article/carl-davis-s-magical-carpet-ride-towards-aladdin Carl Davis's magical carpet ride towards Aladdin]', in ''Gramophone'', March 14, 2013</ref>
* ''A Christmas Carol'', a ballet in three acts written in 1992, having been commissioned by Scottish Ballet. Choreography by Massimo Moricone. <ref>{{cite web |title=Carl Davis Collection: Ballet & Dance |url= https://carldaviscollection.com/ballet-dance |access-date=January 1, 2025}}</ref>
* ''A Circle of Stones'', four symphonic pictures for orchestra, was written for broadcast on [[S4C]] in 1997.<ref>{{cite web |title=Carl Davis: Featured Composer at Boosey.com Music Shop. |url=https://www.boosey.com/shop/composer/Carl+Davis |access-date=August 3, 2023}}</ref>
* The Clarinet Concerto was commissioned by the [[Greenwich|Greenwich Festival]] in 1984, where it was performed by the [[English Chamber Orchestra]] with soloist David Campbell.<ref>{{cite web |title=Concerto for Clarinet |publisher= Faber Music |url=https://www.fabermusic.com/music/concerto-for-clarinet-1898 |access-date=August 3, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Cyrano'', a [[Birmingham Royal Ballet]] commission, was premiered at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, (one excerpt), by the [[Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra]] conducted by the composer in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fabermusic.com/music/cyrano-4417 |title=Cyrano |publisher=Faber Music |access-date=August 4, 2023}}</ref>
* The ''Fantasy for Flute, Strings and Harpsichord'' was first performed at the [[Chichester|Chichester Music Festival]] in 1985 by the [[Academy of St Martin in the Fields]], soloist Susan Milan.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fantasy for Flute |publisher= Faber Music |url=https://www.fabermusic.com/music/fantasy-for-flute-1897 |access-date=August 3, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''The Lady of the Camellias – La Dame Aux Camelias'' is a ballet in two acts and was first performed at the [[Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb|Croatian National Theatre]], Zagreb by the Croatian National Theatre Ballet in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fabermusic.com/music/lady-of-the-camellias-the-5105 |title=Lady of the Camellias, The |publisher=Faber Music |access-date=August 4, 2023}}</ref>
*''The Last Train to Tomorrow'' for children's choir, actors and orchestra, based on the wartime [[Kindertransport]] rescue effort of children from Nazi-controlled territory, was premiered by the [[Hallé Orchestra]] and Children's Choir in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=Last Train to Tomorrow |publisher=Faber Music |url=https://www.fabermusic.com/music/last-train-to-tomorrow-the-5479 |access-date=August 3, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Lipizzaner'' is a ballet for chamber orchestra commissioned by [[Northern Ballet Theatre]]. It premiered in November 1989 at the Manchester Palace.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fabermusic.com/music/lippizaner-2011 |title=Lippizaner |publisher=Faber Music |date=November 29, 1989 |access-date=August 4, 2023}}</ref>
* ''[[Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio|The Liverpool Oratorio]]''. In 1991, Davis and [[Paul McCartney]] collaborated on an eight-movement choral work, recorded to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. Loosely based on McCartney's own life, the ''Liverpool Oratorio'' was jointly composed by Davis and McCartney and conducted by Davis.<ref name="The Guardian">{{cite news |title=Bafta-winning composer Carl Davis dies aged 86 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/aug/03/bafta-winning-composer-carl-davis-dies-aged-86 |access-date=August 3, 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=August 3, 2023}}</ref>
* ''The Mermaid'' is a musical set to text by Hiawyn Oram, based on the fairy tale by [[Hans Christian Andersen]]. Composed in 2003, it received its debut performance at Fairfield Preparatory School: Loughborough Endowed Schools in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fabermusic.com/music/mermaid-the-676 |title=Mermaid, The |publisher=Faber Music |date=February 17, 2011 |access-date=August 4, 2023}}</ref>

==Personal life and death==
Davis married the British actress [[Jean Boht]] on December 28, 1970.<ref name="JeanBoht">{{cite web |title=Jean Boht |url=http://jean-boht.fullmoviereview.com |publisher=FullMovieReview.com |year=2010 |access-date=April 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110818213555/http://jean-boht.fullmoviereview.com/ |archive-date=August 18, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> They had two daughters, filmmakers Hannah Louise (born 1972) and Jessie Jo (born 1974).<ref name="JeanBoht" /> Davis also composed music for his daughter Hannah's films ''[[Mothers & Daughters (2004 film)|Mothers & Daughters]]'' (2004) and ''[[The Understudy (2008 film)|The Understudy]]'' (2008). Davis and his wife were executive producers on the latter, and they appeared in the film as a married couple, the Davidovitches.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Understudy |url=https://carldaviscollection.com/albums/the-understudy/ |website=Carl Davis Collection |access-date=August 3, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Understudy (2008) – Cast & Crew on MUBI |url=https://mubi.com/en/films/the-understudy-2008/cast |website=mubi.com |access-date=August 3, 2023}}</ref> 

Davis died from a brain haemorrhage in [[Oxford]] on August 3, 2023, aged 86.<ref name="faber">{{cite web |title=In Memoriam: Carl Davis CBE (1936–2023) {{!}} Faber Music |url=https://www.fabermusic.com/news/carl-davis-cbe-1936-202303082023 |website=www.fabermusic.com |publisher=Faber Music |access-date=August 3, 2023 |language=en}}</ref> His wife Jean Boht died a month later on September 12, 2023, aged 91, having suffered from [[vascular dementia]] and [[Alzheimer's disease]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jean Boht: 'Beloved and renowned' Bread star dies aged 91|url=https://news.sky.com/story/jean-boht-beloved-and-renowned-bread-star-dies-aged-91-12960433|access-date=2023-09-13|language=en-US}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://carldaviscollection.com/ Official website]
* {{IMDb name|2301}}
* {{discogs artist|Carl Davis (5)}}
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p009mkgb Carl Davis on ''Desert Island Discs'', 21 August 1982]

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