TERRY DAVIES

TERRY DAVIES
  • Terry Davies Biography

Works include: J’Aurais Voulu Etre un Danseur; The Car Man; Vanity Fair (Dances); Byron (Dances); Tipping the Velvet (Songs); Dearler’s Choice (Chocolate Factory); Alice in Wonderland (RSC); Coriolanus (RSC); Play Without Words (National Theatre); The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (National Theatre)

Terry graduated from the Tonmeister course at Surrey University with a B.Mus and went on to work as an engineer, which led to a period of freelance arranging, then composing, orchestrating and conducting where he worked up credits on a wide range of musical projects all around the world.  His work ranges from compositions for small fringe theatres to conducting the Oscar-winning score for ‘Shakespeare in Love’. In 2003 he won the Olivier Award for Best Entertainment on the theatre project ‘Play Without Words’, with Matthew Bourne and was nominated for a 2003 BAFTA for ‘Tipping the Velvet’.

Terry has conducted the music for 35 feature films, many of which he also orchestrated. He has worked with many of the leading London theatre directors, and, in film and TV, he has worked with directors such as Michael Hoffman, Mira Nair, Stephen Poliakoff and Terence Davies. More recently he scored the Ipso Facto film 'Gone For a Dance' (J'aurais voulu etre un danseur).
Work on the highly successful   ‘Guys and Dolls’ has led to a long and happy association with the National Theatre and involvement in 32 of their productions.  Terry’s latest collaboration with Matthew Bourne, ‘Edward Scissorhands’ is now on international tour, currently in the US following Japan, Korea and Canada.

COMPOSING:

  • THE NUTCRACKER – Musical Director
  • SWEENEY TODD – Music Arranger (Pre-Records)
  • BROADWAY DANS LA TETE – (Score) Ipso Facto Films
  • JERICHO –  (Arr. SONGS) ITV Drama
  • BYRON (DANCES)
  • TIPPING THE VELVET (SONGS)
  • VANITY FAIR – Dance music

COMPOSING (THEATRE):

  • DEALER’S CHOICE – Sam West
  • EDWARD SCISSORHANDS – Matthew Bourne (Co-work with Danny Elfman)
  • PLAY WITHOUT WORDS – Matthew Bourne
  • CAR MAN – dr. Ross McGibbon/Matthew Bourne
  • ALARMS AND EXCURSIONS (Gielgud Theatre)
  • ALICE IN WONDERLAND (RSC)
  • ANTIGONE (National Theatre)
  • CORIOLANUS (RSC)
  • A DOLL’S HOUSE (Birmingham Rep)
  • EDWARD II (Octogon Theatre, Bolton)
  • EDMOND (National Theatre)
  • THE FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAYS (National Theatre)
  • HONEYMOON SUITE (Royal Court Theatre)
  • HUSHABYE MOUNTAIN (English Touring Theatre)
  • LIFE AFTER GEORGE (Duchess Theatre)
  • LUTHER (National Theatre)
  • THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR (RSC)
  • A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Open Air Theatre, Regents Park)
  • THE MISANTHROPE (National Theatre)
  • MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Open Air Theatre, Regents Park)
  • NEAPTIDE (National Theatre)
  • NEW ENGLAND (RSC)

COMPOSING (THEATRE):

  • ORIGINAL SIN (Crucible Theatre)
  • A PATRIOT FOR ME (RSC)
  • PLAY WITHOUT WORDS (National Theatre)
  • THE RISE AND FALL OF LITTLE VOICE (National Theatre)
  • ROMEO AND JULIET (RSC)
  • SCENES FROM THE BIG PICTURE (National Theatre)
  • SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN CHICAGO (Comedy Theatre)
  • SPEED THE PLOW (Ambassador/Duke of York’s)
  • TALES FROM HOLLYWOOD (National  Theatre)
  • THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA (Open Air Theatre, Regents Park)
  • THE RIVALS (Bristol Old Vic)
  • TONGUE OF A BIRD (Almeida Theatre)
  • TWELFTH NIGHT (Open Air Theatre, Regents Park)
  • THE WAY OF THE WORLD (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith)
  • THE YORK REALIST (Royal Court/Strand Theatres

ORCHESTRATION & CONDUCTING (FILM):

  • FREE JIMMY – dr. Christopher Neilsen
  • KINKY BOOTS – dr. Julian Jarrold
  • THE RIVER KING – dr. Nick Willing
  • BORN ROMANTIC – dr. David Kane
  • COUSIN BETTE –dr. Dec McAnuff
  • DIVORCING JACK – dr. David Caffrey
  • DOCTOR SLEEP (aka HYPNOTIC)– dr. Nick Willing
  • A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM – dr. Michael Hoffman
  • THE PAROLE OFFICER – dr. John Duigan
  • PERDITA DURANGO – DR. Alex de la Igleria
  • PHOTOGRAPHIC FAIRIES – dr. Nick Willing
  • THE SLEEPING DICTIONARY – dr.  Guy Jenkin
  • IF ONLY – dr. Gil Junger
  • THE WAR ZONE – dr. Tim Roth
  • WOMEN TALKING DIRTY – dr. Coky Giedroye

CONDUCTING (FILM):

  • BRICK LANE – dr. Sarah Gavron
  • CAÓTICA ANA – dr. Julia Medem
  • BECOMING JANE – dr. Julian Jarrold
  • SPARKLE – dr. Tom Hunsinger & Neil Hunter
  • SUDEN ARVOITUS – dr. Raimo O. Niemi
  • COUP! – dr. Simon Cellan Jones
  • LASSIE – dr. Charles Sturridge
  • ISOLATION – dr. Billy O’Brien
  • NABOER – dr. Pål Sletaune
  • THE MIGHTY CELT – dr. Pearce Elliott
  • LEPEL – dr. Willen van de Sande Bakhuyzen
  • PICCADILLY JIM – dr. John McKay
  • ABOUT ADAM – dr. Gerard Sturbridge
  • THE DEBT COLLECTOR – dr. Anthony Nielson
  • THE HOUSE OF MIRTH – dr. Terence Davies.
  • THE LAST YELLOW – dr. Julian Farino
  • THE LAWLESS HEART – dr. Tom Hunsinger & Neil Hunter
  • SHAKEPEARE IN LOVE – dr. John Madden
  • SOME VOICES – dr. Simon Cellan Jones
  • THE SUICIDE CLUB – dr. Rachel Samuals
  • WITH OR WITHOUT YOU – dr. Michael Winterbottom
  • VANITY FAIR – dr. Mira Nair

ORCHESTRATION & CONDUCTING (TV FILM/DRAMA):

  • DEACON BRODIE – dr. Philip Saville
  • JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS – dr. Nick Willing
  • SEA OF SOULS – dr. James Hawes, Richard Laxton, Nick Willing

CONDUCTING (TV FILM/DRAMA):

  • SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE CASE OF THE SILK STOCKING – dr. Simon Cellan Jones
  • PERFECT STRANGERS – dr.
  • ALL THE KING’S MEN – dr. Julian Jarrold
  • CRIME AND PUNISHMENT – dr. Julian Jarrold
  • THE DARKEST LIGHT – dr. Simon Beaufoy and Billie Eltringham
  • DALZIEL AND PASCOE
  • FLESH AND BLOOD – dr. Julian Farino
  • THE INSPECTOR LINLEY MYSTERIES – dr. Robert Young, Kim Flitcroft, Richard Laxton, Tim Leandro, Brian Stirner, Edward Bennett
  • JOINED – THE WORLD OF SIAMESE TWINS
  • THE LOST PRINCE – dr. Stephen Poliakoff
  • THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE – dr. David Thacker
  • OUR MUTUAL FRIEND – dr. Julian Jarrold
  • PERFECT STRANGERS – dr. Stephen Poliakoff
  • RHINOCEROS
  • SHOOTING THE PAST – dr. Stephen Poliakoff
  • SHACKLETON – dr. Charles Sturridge
  • SINNERS – dr. Aishling Walsh
  • SUNDAY – dr. Charles McDougall
  • SUPER HUMAN
  • TIPPING THE VELVET – dr. Geoff Sax
  • TURN OF THE SCREW
  • WILD DOWN UNDER

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