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Peter Michael Davison

Peter Michael Davison (born 8th May 1978) is an English composer, conductor, orchestrator, arranger, educator and multi-instrumentalist.

Peter music is known for his fantastical orchestration style and melodic lines. He has written for numerous film and TV projects, including stop animation Strike and the AACTA nominated Emu Runner. He composes for LA based 411 Music, Brighton based Lift Music and South African bespoke music company Strange Fruit.

Growing up in Yorkshire, he studied Music at Leeds University, and specialised in conducting, studying with Eno Koco and Colin Metters (Royal Academy of Music), and composition with Philip Wilby.

Peter’s first break came in the form of a chance meeting with two times Ivor Novello winning composer Joris de Man. Peter has conducted and orchestrated most of de Man’s recent scores, including the 2017 Guerilla Games Release Horizon Zero Dawn for which the team received numerous awards, including a BAFTA Games Award nomination and an Ivor Novello for composer Joris de Man.

Conductor

Peter is a conductor as part of Brighton Dome Festival, Brighton and Hove Music and Arts, and works extensively in education. In 2017 he conducted a series of concerts, performing the seminal work by Roger McGough/ Andy Roberts Summer with Monika, with the Royal Liverpool Philamonic's ensemble 10/10. With the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, he conducted the score to the film 'Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires'.

Awards and Nominations

Emu Runner, AACTA nomination for best independent film (2019) Horizon Zero Dawn (Orchestrator/ conductor) BAFTA nomination (2018)

Sources

IMDB