Just heard the sad news via The Carl Davis Collection Facebook page that Carl died this morning. He was a prolific composer and conductor, but surely his output of work creating new scores for silent films was his crowning achievement. I will never forget watching him conduct the score for a screening of the 1925 Ben-Hur in The Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, and also a screening of Napoleon (all 5+ hours of it) at the Royal Festival Hall in London. RIP.
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Carl Davis CBE 1936 - 2023
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