Tim Davies (born 1972) is an Australian orchestrator and composer for film, television, video games and the concert stage.
Education Davies studied percussion and composition at the Queensland Conservatorium in Brisbane, and composition at the Elder Conservatorium and the University of Melbourne.
Career After moving to the United States in 1998, he began his career working as a music arranger and orchestrator for numerous features, including Plan B, The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest, and Missing Brendan. From there, he went on to work as the orchestrator on numerous larger budget films, including When a Stranger Calls, Death Race, Repo Men, and Kick Ass 2. As of 2021, he was the lead orchestrator for composers Christophe Beck, Mark Mothersbaugh, and Fil Eisler. He was lead orchestrator for Frozen and Frozen 2, Ant-Man and Ant-Man and the Wasp, Free Guy, The Lego Movie 2, The Croods: A New Age, Superintelligence and Thunder Force. He also conducted an arrangement of "When You Wish Upon a Star", composed by Christophe Beck, for Disney's 100th anniversary logo.
In 2002, Davies also started working in the realm of television, as the music arranger for the TV Movie Fitzgerald. Since then, he has worked as conductor and orchestrator on series such as Invasion, Pushing Daisies, Revenge, Empire, WandaVision, and Hawkeye.
In 2014, Davies collaborated with Gustavo Santaolalla to compose the score to the film The Book of Life. In 2015, Guillermo del Toro, one of the producers on The Book of Life, brought Davies on to help score his movie Crimson Peak. From 2016 to 2018 Davies then composed the score to del Toro's animated Netflix show Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia. In 2021 Davies reunited with The Book of Life director Jorge Gutierrez to score Gutierrez's Netflix show Maya and the Three.
Davies has also worked as the conductor and orchestrator on numerous video game titles, his debut work being for Sony's 2005 SOCOM 3 U.S. Navy SEALs. Since then, he's worked on titles such as Prototype, Resistance 3, Batman: Arkham City, Spider-Man, and Halo Infinite. He provided symphonic sound design on The Last of Us and Batman: Arkham Knight.
Davies also has experience as an arranger. In 2014, he arranged and played drums for the twentieth anniversary concert of NAS' Illmatic. In 2015, he served as lead arranger for Kendrick Lamar's performance of To Pimp a Butterfly, with the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center. In 2018, Davies provided arrangements for Kenny 'Babyface' Edmonds, again with the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center. Davies has also contributed a number of arrangements for concerts of the Metropole Orkest, working with artists such as Ledisi, Donny McCaslin, Cory Henry, and Moses Sumney.
Tim Davies Big Band Tim Davies Big Band was founded in 1998, shortly before Davies moved to the United States. Once in LA, he created a new iteration of the band. Their first album, Epic, was released in 2002, followed, in 2009, by Dialmentia. In 2010, Davies was awarded a Grammy for his composition "Counting to Infinity". In 2016, Davies released his third album, The Expensive Train Set, incorporating performances from both Melbourne and LA iterations of his band, for which he received another Grammy nomination.
Filmography
Films YearTitleCredits2026 The Sheep Detectives Conductor, orchestrator2026 Hoppers Conductor, orchestrator2025 Final Destination Bloodlines Conductor, orchestrator2025A Minecraft MovieConductor, orchestrator2022The Bob's Burgers MovieConductor, arranger, orchestrator2022Hotel Transylvania: TransformaniaLead orchestrator2021Free GuyConductor, lead orchestrator2021Snake EyesLead orchestrator2021The Mitchells vs. the MachinesLead orchestrator2021Thunder ForceLead orchestrator2021Flora and UlyssesConductor, orchestrator2020SuperintelligenceLead orchestrator2020The Christmas Chronicles: Part TwoLead orchestrator2020The Croods: A New AgeLead orchestrator2019Frozen IIConductor, lead orchestrator2017Going in StyleLead orchestrator2017RingsConductor, lead orchestrator2017Monster TrucksConductor, lead orchestrator2016La La LandConductor2016TrollsConductor, lead orchestrator2016Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar ChildrenConductor, lead orchestrator2016Independence Day: ResurgenceConductor, lead orchestrator2015The Peanuts MovieConductor, orchestrator2015Scouts Guide to the Zombie ApocalypseConductor, lead orchestrator2015Crimson PeakComposer (additional music)2015Ant-ManConductor, orchestrator2015MinionsLead orchestrator2015Hot Tub Time Machine 2Conductor2014The Book of LifeConductor, score arranger2014Edge of TomorrowConductor2014Muppets Most WantedConductor, lead orchestrator2013FrozenConductor, orchestrator2013Kick-Ass 2Orchestrator2013White House DownConductor2013The Hangover Part IIIConductor2012Jack ReacherConductor2011The Three MusketeersLead orchestrator2010Despicable MeConductor2010Hot Tub Time MachineConductor2010Repo MenOrchestrator2010The WolfmanConductor2009Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's AssistantConductor2008Death RaceConductor2007The Simpsons MovieOrchestrator2006When a Stranger CallsConductor2005Forbidden WarriorOrchestrator2004The Final CutMusic arranger2002The First $20 Million Is Always the HardestOrchestrator2001Plan BConductor, music arranger2000Bit Players (Short)Music arranger
Television YearTitleCredits2021HawkeyeLead orchestrator2021Maya and the ThreeComposer, conductor2021WandaVisionLead orchestrator2020Council of DadsLead orchestrator2019What/IfLead Orchestrator2016TrollhuntersComposer2015–2020EmpireLead orchestrator2014–2015RevengeLead orchestrator2014Bates MotelConductor (2 episodes)2011Teen WolfOrchestrator (12 episodes)2010–2011The EventConductor, orchestrator (15 episodes)2010–2011No Ordinary FamilyConductor2007–2009Pushing DaisiesConductor, orchestrator2005–2006InvasionConductor, orchestrator2002FitzgeraldMusic arranger
Video games YearTitleCredits2021Halo InfiniteLead orchestrator2018Spider-ManLead orchestrator2015Batman: Arkham KnightLead orchestrator, symphonic sound designer2013KnackOrchestrator2013The Last of UsSymphonic sound design2011Batman: Arkham CityConductor, orchestrator2011Resistance 3Orchestrator2011Infamous 2Orchestrator2010Lost Planet 2Orchestrator2010DarksidersOrchestrator2009Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in TimeOrchestrator2009The Sims 3Conductor2009PrototypeLead orchestrator2008Gears of War 2Conductor2007The Simpsons GameConductor, lead orchestrator2007Clive Barker's JerichoConductor2005SOCOM 3 U.S. Navy SEALsConductor, orchestrator
Awards and nominations +YearAwardCategoryNomineeResult2010GrammyBest Instrumental Composition"Counting to Infinity"2016GrammyBest Instrumental Composition"The Expensive Train Set: An Epic Sarahnade"2017Annie AwardsOutstanding Achievement, Music in an Animated TV/Broadcast ProductionAlexandre Desplat and Tim Davies, Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia, "Becoming: Part 1"2022Annie AwardsBest Music - TV/MediaTim Davies and Gustavo Santaolalla, Maya and the Three, "The Sun and the Moon"
References
External links
Official Website Official Blog