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Terry Davies

Terry Davies

Composer

BAFTA Award nominee

Terry started his professional composing at the National Theatre, where he had been an experienced music director and orchestrator. As well as the National Theatre, he has written music for many UK theatres including the RSC and in the West End. He has written 2 musicals: 'The Birds' for the Istanbul City Theatre, which ran for 4 years, and 'Kes! The Musical' for the Octagon Theatre, Bolton, and York's Theatre Royal. He has an ongoing long collaboration with leading choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne, composing or adapting the music for his productions of ‘The Car Man’, ‘Play Without Words’, ‘Edward Scissorhands’, ‘Dorian Gray’, ‘Lord of the Flies’, ‘Romeo and Juliet’, ‘The Red Shoes’ and ‘The Midnight Bell’. Terry received an Olivier Award for ‘Play Without Words’. His ballet ‘Mrs. Robinson’ has been performed in San Francisco and Zurich. He recently composed the score for the animated film ‘The Land of Sometimes’ and on TV for Julia Donaldson’s ‘Tiddler’ and ‘The Scarecrows’ Wedding’ for which he received his 2nd BAFTA nomination. The 1st was for his songs for ‘Tipping the Velvet’. He has conducted or orchestrated for all genres of film and TV over many years, many of these receiving Academy Awards, BAFTAs and other major awards and nominations. Amongst them are ‘Hard Truths’, 'Youth', 'Florence Foster Jenkins', 'Mr Turner', 'The King's Speech', 'The Illusionist', 'Brideshead Revisited', 'The Gruffalo', ‘Shakespeare in Love’ and many more. He regularly conducts live orchestral performances to films and is an enthusiast for silent movies, often performing improvised scores on piano.

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Biography from IMDb.

Works as
Composer
Titles
22 on MovieCove · 28 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 11% in 30 days

What are Terry Davies' films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
58%
Self
37%
Ideas
6%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 1

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 0 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1

Gentle: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their gentle movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 3 · Charged 0 · Intense 1

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 3 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
2
Warm
2
Hopeful
2
Romantic
2
Tense
1
Other
2

How their films linger

Feel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Terry Davies' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 22 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (6).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Terry Davies' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

28 credits, 22 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Land of Sometimes(2026)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • The Scarecrows' Wedding(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Tiddler(2024)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Tabby McTat(2023)

    Additional Music · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Smeds and the Smoos(2022)

    Conductor · Music Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Superworm(2021)

    Conductor

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Matthew Bourne's the Red Shoes(2020)

    Composer · Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Matthew Bourne's Romeo + Juliet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Orchestrator

  • Moominvalley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 13 episodes · Music Consultant

  • The Highway Rat(2017)

    Conductor · Music Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Children Act(2017)

    Conductor

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Florence Foster Jenkins(2016)

    Music Director

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Stick Man(2015)

    Music Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Seve: The Movie(2014)

    Conductor

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • A Running Jump (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Conductor

  • Matthew Bourne's Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Composer

  • The Gruffalo's Child(2011)

    Conductor · Music Producer · Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Christopher and His Kind(2011)

    Music Director

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • The Illusionist(2010)

    Conductor · Music Producer · Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Happy-Go-Lucky(2008)

    Conductor

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Gone for a Dance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Composer

  • If Only(2004)

    Conductor · Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Tipping the Velvet(2002)

    Show 3 episodes · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • The Car Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Composer

  • The House of Mirth(2000)

    Conductor

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • All the King's Men(1999)

    Conductor

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • With or Without You(1999)

    Conductor

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Perdita Durango(1997)

    Conductor · Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 28 titles from 1997 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Tiddler (2024)

$732K worldwide

Highest rated

The Scarecrows' Wedding (2025)

Midcredits 69th

Most popular right now

The Land of Sometimes (2026)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Music12 of 28: 6 only music, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score82ndOther crew22 of 28: 16 only other crew, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score78th

28 titles, 6 with more than one role — other crew and music overlap on 6 of them.

By decade

1990s3 · crew2000s6 · crew2010s12 · crew2020s7 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

2 major nominations and no wins, 2003–2026.

  1. 2026
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Children’s Craft Team Award
  2. 2003
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Original Television Music

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Terry Davies' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 77th percentile, the median of all 21; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 61st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

57thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 22 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up13
  • 50th to 74th7
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

18 of their 22 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser18
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · composer

The Land of Sometimes (2026)

86th percentile spread · 41% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

The Illusionist (2010)

Midcredits 93rd · 80% liked

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Terry Davies work with?

People who share at least 2 of Terry Davies' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Axel Scheffler shares the most, 2.

Writers

Actors

Editors

Producers