Carl Davis' 70th Birthday at Queen Elizabeth Hall

To celebrate the extraodinarily talented composer Carl Davis's 70th birthday, he conducted the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra through Buster Keaton's "Our Hospitality" and Charlie Chaplin's "The Fireman" at Queen Elizabeth Hall - the first time his scores for these films had been performed live in London. The scores were beautiful, entertaining, and simply perfect accompaniment to the films. It really makes me think that more movies today should be shown with the score performed live - it adds an entire new dimension to the film. It just takes the cinematic experience to a whole other level.



The films themselves were both absolutely fantastic, though I have a strong preference for "Our Hospitality" due to its more developed plot and lack of overly repetitive silly humour. I think the silent film genre in general is quite neglected these days and am happy to find its still alive and well in some niches of London culture!


I was lucky enough to be introduced to Carl Davis afterwards at his birthday reception, and am pleased to have found him to be as nice, interesting, and charming as his music is rich, expressive, and extraordinary.


Referring back to my previous post on "Phantom of the Opera" at the Royal Opera House - below you can find a taste of Carl Davis' "Pride and Prejudice" score, as well as purchase some of his work on CD via Amazon.com. Enjoy!


On a side note, all previously posted songs will most likely not be working. This is because our file host, EzArchive, have made some major changes. We will be eventually updating all these previous posts for those of you who'd like to use our archives, but it will be done gradually over the next week. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Download:

Pride and Prejudice: Theme - Carl Davis

Buy:

Phantom of the Opera Score (1925 Silent Film) - Composed by Carl Davis (Amazon)


Pride and Prejudice Original Score (BBC 1996 MiniSeries) - Composed by Carl Davis (Amazon)


The Orchestral Works of Carl Davis (Amazon)