Oliver Davis (composer)

Oliver Reynolds Davis (born January 1972) is an English writer, composer, pianist and singer.

Oliver Davis
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

Early life and studies

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]

Composition

Oliver Davis 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, Davis has scored feature films and over 15 Television series.^[4]

Credits

Albums

Album	Label	Publisher	Performers	Year
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
Life	Signum Records	Eaton Music	Huw Watkins, Kerenza Peacock, Benjamin Baker, Katherine Jenkinson. Accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Julian Kershaw	2025

Films and animation

Film[5]	Director	Details	Year
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

Television series

Show	Series	Director	Details	Year
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

Ballet	Company	Choreographer	Venue	Details	Year
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

Instrumental works

Orchestra

Work	Details	Year
Bacchus	Orchestra	2019
Pacific Northwest Ballet	Orchestra	2019
Poseidon	Orchestra	2012

Soloist(s) and orchestra

Work	Details	Year
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

Soloist(s) and large ensemble (7 or more players)

Work	Instrumentation	Year
Epilogue	Solo violin and strings	2014

Works for 2–6 players

Work	Instrumentation	Year
Chillingham	Soprano, Cello, Piano, Viola, Violin	2011
Elements		2011
Three days in November	Violin and Piano	2012

Solo keyboard(s)

Work	Instrumentation	Year
Childhood Sketches	Piano	2011
Scenes from the Solent	Piano	2012
The Calm, The Storm	Piano	2012

Chorus a cappella / chorus plus 1 instrument

Work	Instrumentation	Year
A Song for Malala	Male Voice Choir and Piano	2013

Chorus and orchestra/ensemble

Work	Instrumentation	Year
Air Waltz	Violin, Trebles, Strings, Harps	2013
Air	Orchestra and Voice	2022

Solo voice(s) and up to 6 players

Work	Instrumentation	Year
London Song Cycle	Soprano, 2 flutes, 2 marimba, and cello	2011

Sound design

Work	Director	Details	Year
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

Musicals

Work	Details	Year
TV22	Lyrics and story by Paul Gambaccini	2000
Thomas & Friends: The Great Race	David Stoten	2016