Neil Davidge
Neil Davidge (born June 29, 1962 in Bristol , England ) is a British composer and music producer who became internationally known for his work for films and series such as Push and Hard Sun.
life and career
Davidge was born in Bristol in 1962. Since the late 1980s, the musician first worked as a music producer for groups such as the DNA (band) and later for the band Massive Attack . For their work on the successful album Mezzanine , the group Massive Attack won a 1998 Q Award for Best Album and was nominated for the Mercury Award.
Since 2004 Neil Davidge has also worked internationally as a composer for film music. He created the music for films such as Bullet Boy , Louis Leterrier's action film Unleashed - Unleashed with Jet Li in the lead role, in 2007 for Stuart Townsend's Battle in Seattle , and in 2009 for the science fiction thriller Push by director Paul McGuigan with Dakota Fanning and Chris Evans , and in 2014 for the films Good People and Monsters: Dark Continent .
He also wrote the music for television series such as in the 2010s Spotless , New Blood , Britannia or the TV miniseries In the Dark or 2018 Hard Sun .
In addition to his work as a composer for film and television, Davidge also composed the music for various video games, including the popular video game Halo 4 .
Awards
- 2009: David di Donatello Awards in the Best Song category for Gomorrah together with Robert Del Naja and Euan Dickinson
Filmography (selection)
Movies
- 2004: Bullet Boy
- 2005: Unleashed - Unleashed (Unleashed)
- 2007: Battle in Seattle
- 2007: In Prison My Whole Life (documentary)
- 2008: Trouble the Water (documentary)
- 2009: Push
- 2014: Good People
- 2014: Monsters: Dark Continent
watch TV
- 2015: Spotless (TV series, 10 episodes)
- 2016: New Blood (TV series, 7 episodes)
- 2017: In the Dark (TV miniseries, 4 episodes)
- 2017-2018: Britannia (TV series, 9 episodes)
- 2018: Hard Sun (TV miniseries, 6 episodes)
- 2019: Earth from Space (TV documentary series, 4 episodes)
- 2019: 8 Days: To the Moon and Back (TV documentary)
literature
- Neil Davidge. In: Neil Pace: Writing about music: Submissions from the front line of local music journalism. , 2015
Web links
- official website
- Neil Davidge in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- In: Discogs
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Davidge, Neil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British composer and music producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 29, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bristol , England |