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ALEX DAVIES
Alex Davies is a British musician, composer, songwriter, producer and former frontman of the UK chart topping band Elliot Minor.

From 2020 until present he’s been writing contemporary classical/cinematic music releasing under the pseudonyms ‘Wide Eyed’ and ‘Goldbæk’. Both artist led projects surpassing over 20 million streams.

Aside from classical endeavours he has spent over a decade writing for Pop artists including co-writing Kodaline’s hit single ‘Brother’ and France’s heavily synced emotional song ‘Grow’. His co-writes alone have amounted to over 350,000,000 streams

Davies has arranged and recorded strings for the likes of ‘Scouting_for_Girls’, ‘Calum_Scott’ and West Life’s ‘Shane Filan’

He also writes music for TV and is currently Co-writing the music for BBC1s ‘Silent Witness’ with Bafta nominated composer [Vince Pope] He has also assisted Vince Pope with the music on Silent Witness Series 26

ELLIOT MINOR
Elliot Minor was an English rock band from York, England. The band currently consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Alex Davies, vocalist and guitarist Ed Minton, drummer Dan Hetherton, bassist Ed Hetherton and keyboardist Ali Paul. The band had a string of Top 40 singles in the UK chart, including "Jessica", "The White One Is Evil", "Still Figuring Out" alongside their biggest hit "Parallel Worlds".

Elliot Minor signed a distribution deal with Warner Bros. Records and recorded their debut album in Santa Monica, California, with Jim Wirt, producer for Hoobastank, Jack's Mannequin, Something Corporate, Incubus and others, and it debuted on 14 April 2008. Many of the songs from the album were written during their school days. Upon release, the album managed to debut at No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart,[2] and at No. 30 on the Irish Albums Chart.[4]

That same year, Elliot Minor played at several large music festivals, including T in the Park, Reading and Leeds, and Download Festival. They made an appearance on Jo Whiley's Radio 1's Live Lounge – Volume 3, recording a cover of Take That's "Rule the World". Their song "Running Away" was featured on the BBC's coverage of the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics.

‘Goldbæk’ and ‘Wide Eyed’
After signing to PJPM and Sony Masterworks in late 2020. Wide Eyed went on to release a variety of popular pieces including ‘Mia’ which was written for his new born daughter in October 2021. ‘Mia’ was played over the speakers before and after her birth alongside lots of Goldbæk. Alex also wrote the track ‘Hugo’ (Goldbæk) for his godson (son of former band mate Ed Minton).

Alex was taught piano by Multi million streaming composer and Pianist Alexis Ffrench.

Other releases include Portside which is described as a musical reflection on a time of mental crisis, and the drive to escape, both in a physical and mental sense. The desire to be on a ship bound for the unknown, anywhere but the place you are, the sun on your face and the future bright. “As with all my music, it is a very personal piece. Expression in any form is so important to overcoming the challenges that life presents. I wanted the choruses, led by the violin to represent optimism and hope, the chink of light on the horizon.”

Wide Eyed has featured numerous artists including classical violinist Esther Abrami (with ‘Portal’) and cellist Raphaela Gromes (with ‘Emery’) He also collaborated with fellow friend Roy Stride (frontman in Chart topping band ‘Scouting For Girls) and TILI with the impassioned ‘Don't Wake Me Up’.

Alex’s music has lent itself to radio friendly territory with extensive plays on Scala Radio and most recently Classic FM.

Notable Songwriting credits

 * Kodaline ‘Brother’ (Single)
 * Frances ‘Grow’ (Single)
 * Galantis ‘San Fransisco’ (Single)
 * Sports Team ‘Landr’ (Uk number 2 album)
 * Chinaski ‘Venku Je Na Nule’ ‘Potkal Jsem Tê Po Letech’ (No.1 in Czech Republic)
 * Shane Filan ‘Right Here’
 * Grace Grundy ‘Headspace’
 * Jones ‘Wild’ ‘Tomorrow is new’ ‘Rainbow’

TV Composer Credits

 * BBC1 ‘Silent Witness’ Series 27 (Working on)
 * BBC1 ‘Silent Witness’ Series 26 (Assisting Vince Pope)