Biography

Donald Davis is an American film composer and conductor who is known for composing the music of The Matrix trilogy, Enter the Matrix, The Animatrix, SeaQuest 2032, the Beauty and the Beast television series and Jurassic Park III. He did orchestration for films composed by James Horner, Randy Newman and Alan Silvestri.
- IMDb mini biography by: Christian Frates

Virtuoso orchestral writing, especially for the brass section, including polytonality and extremly fast high staccato notes for the trumpets. Often uses "pyramid chords" (large chords building gradually up from the lowest note).

Went to UCLA where he discovered his passion for scoring movies.

Member: American Federation of Musicians, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, American Music Center, Opera America, Hispanics for L.A. Opera, American Composers Forum, Broadcast Music Inc., American Civil Liberties Union, Center for Contemporary Opera, Amnesty International, Sierra Club, MoveOn.org, Act Now to Stop War and End Racism, Progressive Democrats of America, UCLA Alumni Association.

Renowned contemporary music conductor Ernest Bour, who led the Südwestfunk Symphony Orchestra in Baden-Baden, premiered Chamber Symphony (1981) at the Gaudeamus Foundation International Music Week.

Played the trumpet as a young boy.

We're all pigeonholed, to a certain extent. People have their perceptions of what we do best. But, of course, it's better to be pigeonholed than not get any work. I'm not asked to do comedies very often, which would be a drag except I have friends who can't stand being pigeonholed as comedy scorers.

That's just to keep me from going insane. Actually, I think it's more of a procrastination device because I spend more time trying to think up a title more than I do to write the thing. - when asked about his offbeat names to his score cues