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One of television’s most prolific composers, Don Davis was born on February 4, 1957 in Anaheim, California. As a young boy, he took great interest in jazz and began composing music at the age of 12. Soon after he landed small one-time jobs as an arranger for various jazz ensembles and small orchestras.
Interested in pursuing a serious career in music, he attended the University of California and Los Angeles, where he discovered his affinity for composing film music, under which he studied composition with Henri Lazarof and orchestration under Albert Harris. The latter introduced him to television composer Joe Harnell, of “The Incredible Hulk” fame, who was extremely impressed with Davis’s style of orchestration. Harnell became Davis’s mentor of sorts, and secured him a spot in professional television and film scoring. For the next 20 years, he encountered non-stop success, working on over 40 television series and made-for-TV movies, including the successful Sea Quest DSV, Beauty and the Beast, and Tiny Toon Adventures.
In 1994, young directing brothers Larry and Andy Wachowski discovered Don Davis after seeing his work on Sea Quest. They hired him to compose their first feature film, Bound, released in 1996, which became a box-office success. Only 3 years later, they hired him again to compose their film The Matrix, now considered one of the greatest Sci-Fi films of all time. This film opened Don to the world of major motion picture composition. Since working on the Matrix, he’s worked on 14 other motion pictures.
Interested in pursuing a serious career in music, he attended the University of California and Los Angeles, where he discovered his affinity for composing film music, under which he studied composition with Henri Lazarof and orchestration under Albert Harris. The latter introduced him to television composer Joe Harnell, of “The Incredible Hulk” fame, who was extremely impressed with Davis’s style of orchestration. Harnell became Davis’s mentor of sorts, and secured him a spot in professional television and film scoring. For the next 20 years, he encountered non-stop success, working on over 40 television series and made-for-TV movies, including the successful Sea Quest DSV, Beauty and the Beast, and Tiny Toon Adventures.
In 1994, young directing brothers Larry and Andy Wachowski discovered Don Davis after seeing his work on Sea Quest. They hired him to compose their first feature film, Bound, released in 1996, which became a box-office success. Only 3 years later, they hired him again to compose their film The Matrix, now considered one of the greatest Sci-Fi films of all time. This film opened Don to the world of major motion picture composition. Since working on the Matrix, he’s worked on 14 other motion pictures.
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henry352 wrote:
Neodämmerung is one of the most perfect apocalyptical songs
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NickCurran wrote:
Matrix... Great soundtrack !
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LuKastein wrote:
Hmm
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TheBluesBrother wrote:
Main Title from "House on Haunted Hill"... simply great!
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Clackers wrote:
I have always thought Don Davis' score was the worst thing about the original Matrix, however his scores for Reloaded and Revolutions were the ONLY good things about those movies. lol.
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eppelpai wrote:
ffs you guys couldnt find a more apropiate picture of him? it looks like hes doing a peek-a-boo on the gallery. Besides that picture doesn say much about what kind of music he does
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dj_buraq wrote:
music makes the movie amazing
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Omnail wrote:
Amazing... simple, its the Matrix!
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Tatoru wrote:
Music far better than movie. Epic, touching, dynamic. For me. Of course.
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Epak wrote:
Amazing compositions!
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NicoGuzzi wrote:
Hi guys, maybe you like some songs of my album "Instrumental love and disasters" http://www.lastfm.it/music/Nico+Guzzi/Instrumental+love+and+disasters If you like add in your library ;)
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PathfinderGem wrote:
Epic... Pure epic
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B-Ram wrote:
I agree.
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LDirtyBastard wrote:
Neodämmerung : best movie's song ever.
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CloudyMemory wrote:
To be exact, Navras is written by Don Davis and Ben Watkins, produced by Juno Reactor, co-produced by Don Davis and performed by Juno Reactor and Don Davis :P
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Zwara_ wrote:
Navras is by Juno Reactor :S [2]
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aliastrinity wrote:
Trinity Dream make me sad =[ Neodämmerung and Navra are steller =]
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illway wrote:
Neodämmerung !
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trynity34 wrote:
Supeerr muza
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ufukozdes wrote:
yeah burly brawl rocks!
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