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Don Davis

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Donald Romain Davis (born February 4, 1957) is an American composer, conductor, and orchestrator known for his film and television scores. He has also composed opera, concert and chamber music. He has collaborated with well-known directors including the Wachowskis, Ronny Yu, and Jonathan Hensleigh in genres ranging from horror, to action, to comedy. Some of his best known compositions were scores for Beauty and the Beast (1988), My Life and Times (1991), Lies Before Kisses (1991), A Little Piece of Heaven (1992) and seaQuest 2032 (1995), A Goofy Movie (1995), Bound (1996), House of Frankenstein (1998), Universal Soldier: The Return (1999), House on Haunted Hill (1999), and Behind Enemy Lines (2001), and most notably The Matrix (1999), The Matrix Reloaded (2003), The Animatrix (2003), and The Matrix Revolutions (2004). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Don Davis is the 1,393rd most popular composer (down from 1,383rd in 2019), the 13,350th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,356th in 2019) and the 131st most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Don Davis ranks 1,393 out of 1,451. Before him are Christophe Beck, Jesper Kyd, Yuzo Koshiro, Elisabeth Lutyens, William Grant Still, and Bernie Worrell. After him are Ned Rorem, Charles Wuorinen, Erik Mongrain, Jimmy McHugh, Randall Thompson, and Frank Loesser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Don Davis ranks 619. Before him are Olga Slavnikova, Vyacheslav Yanovskiy, Road Warrior Hawk, Ángel Herrera Vera, Rachel Levine, and Vince Gill. After him are Billy Bragg, Lionel Shriver, Xu Haifeng, Geri Allen, Marco Cornez, and Luciano Favero.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Don Davis ranks 13,354 out of 20,380. Before him are Steve Beshear (1944), Stephen Robinson (1955), Vince Gill (1957), Bobby Henderson (1980), Elaine Hendrix (1970), and Kay Bailey Hutchison (1943). After him are Doja Cat (1995), D'Angelo Dinero (1978), Elisabeth Harnois (1979), Lionel Shriver (1957), Preston Foster (1900), and Lee Greenwood (1942).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Don Davis ranks 131. Before him are Raymond Scott (1908), George Whitefield Chadwick (1854), David Newman (1954), Jerry Bock (1928), William Grant Still (1895), and Bernie Worrell (1944). After him are Ned Rorem (1923), Charles Wuorinen (1938), Jimmy McHugh (1894), Randall Thompson (1899), Frank Loesser (1910), and Robert Ashley (1930).

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