California Composer Peter Davison writes for clients like the History Channel, A&E, Biography, Warner Bros, Disney, Universal, Discovery, AMC, and PBS. With 20 CDs released by labels like Gaiam, EMI, Davisounds, and TSR/Baja, in 2010, his song "Sip of Wine" won New Age/Ambient Best Song of the Year Award at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards. Peter has scored many PBS series, including “The Endless Voyage,” currently nominated for the “Best Score of the Year, TV Show." Other credits include Batman, The Animated Series for Warner Brothers.
Peter Davison's additional credits include The Last Word, a Feature Documentary; Islands Of Adventure Theme Park - Orlando, Florida, for Universal Studios; and Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre: Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs, for Showtime.
For various PBS Series, Peter's credits include Our Families, Ourselves (18 Episodes) Inside Out (22 Ep.) The Way We Live (22 Ep.) The Unfinished Nation (52 Ep.) The Endless Voyage (26 Ep.) Life Lines (16 Ep.) Madison Heights (16 Ep.) Framework For Democracy (26 Ep.) The Examined Life (26 Ep.) Crossroads Cafe (26 Ep.) The Human Condition (26 Ep.) On Common Ground (15 Ep.) Earth Revealed (26 Episodes) Something Ventured (26 Episodes) Sales Connection (26 Episodes).
History Channel credits include Escape: True Tales Of Suspense, Escape: Breakout From Iran, Escape: From Bosnia, The Scott O'grady Story, Escape: From Kuwait, Escape: Chain Gang, Breakout, Escape: Fire In Mann Gulch, and Escape: Papillon.
Peter's music is also often featured on Bravo, Biography, A&E, AMC, and Discovery, including Smothered: Bio. /Smothers Bros., Mary Magdelene, Diplomats For The Damned Crimes In Time, and others.
Quirky, jerky, silly and dopey. A humorous scene, dropping the cooking pot, spilling the wine, a crazy guy run down the street. Silly sounding instruments create wacky sounds for harebrained scenes, dumb accidents, commercials and documentary statements. Instrumental, Comedy Music, Comedy Orchestral
Quirky, jerky, silly and dopey. A humorous scene, dropping the cooking pot, spilling the wine, a crazy guy run down the street. Silly sounding instruments create wacky sounds for harebrained scenes, dumb accidents, commercials and documentary statements. Instrumental, Comedy Music, Comedy Orchestral
Strings, woodwinds, military drums, timpani and cymbals drive this frenzied, intense and dramatic track, ending in a low held bass note. Chases, history channel, filmscore, video games. Instrumental, Action Music, Action Intense Orchestral
The tension and anticipation are building! Rockin’ drums and bass underlay different versions of this buildup to a cymbal swell ending. Who’s gonna get the prize?, Who’s gonna win?, Who’s gonna beat all the others?! Versions include different instruments over the Bass and Drum track! Instrumental, Theme Music, Game Show Music
Quirky, jerky, silly and dopey. A humorous scene, dropping the cooking pot, spilling the wine, a crazy guy run down the street. Silly sounding instruments create wacky sounds for harebrained scenes, dumb accidents, commercials and documentary statements. Instrumental, Comedy Music, Comedy Orchestral
The tension and anticipation are building! Rockin’ drums and bass underlay different versions of this buildup to a cymbal swell ending. Who’s gonna get the prize?, Who’s gonna win?, Who’s gonna beat all the others?! Versions include different instruments over the Bass and Drum track! Instrumental, Theme Music, Game Show Music
Quirky, jerky, silly and dopey. A humorous scene, dropping the cooking pot, spilling the wine, a crazy guy run down the street. Silly sounding instruments create wacky sounds for harebrained scenes, dumb accidents, commercials and documentary statements. Instrumental, Comedy Music, Comedy Orchestral
The tension and anticipation are building! Rockin’ drums and bass underlay different versions of this buildup to a cymbal swell ending. Who’s gonna get the prize?, Who’s gonna win?, Who’s gonna beat all the others?! Versions include different instruments over the Bass and Drum track! Instrumental, Theme Music, Game Show Music
Hiding out on the prairie, the bad guys are on the lookout. A western, yet bluesy background, Slide guitar, western harmonica with a dark bass drone. Think Ry Cooder slide guitar, soulful harmonica with a low bass drone. Westerns, Indians, out on the prairie. Instrumental, Americana Music, Americana Roots
The tension and anticipation are building! Rockin’ drums and bass underlay different versions of this buildup to a cymbal swell ending. Who’s gonna get the prize?, Who’s gonna win?, Who’s gonna beat all the others?! Versions include different instruments over the Bass and Drum track! Instrumental, Theme Music, Game Show Music
Out on the prairie, the West, an old time cue. Out on the ol' frontier. A haunting settler's melody of a hard life. Covered wagons roll by, the weeds blow in the wind. Life is hard, but they will make it. Think Ken Burns, History Channel, a chuck wagon out on the range. Instrumental, Americana Music, Americana Roots
Starts off with a choir chord, building to volcanic eruptions of sound to create a frantic paced soundtrack for chases, murders, history, threats, dramas of nature. Starts off with a slow build into a pounding rhythm, closing with a dynamic theme rushing to the end. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Hectic Music
Pounding piano chords lead into a dramatic theme, with soaring stings and non-verbal voice. This leads to a large closing theme, ending with a cymbal swell. Dramatic, urban, what is going to happen! ? Instrumental, Dangerous Music, Edgy Music
Quirky, jerky, silly and dopey. A humorous scene, dropping the cooking pot, spilling the wine, a crazy guy run down the street. Silly sounding instruments create wacky sounds for harebrained scenes, dumb accidents, commercials and documentary statements. Instrumental, Comedy Music, Comedy Orchestral
Big brass, strings, bass guitar, drums and cymbals create a great theme for chases, historical documentaries and filmscore. Starts off with a slightly patriotic/military theme, then changes to a dark, dramatic cinematic theme. Builds to a climax, with a tag ending. Instrumental, Action Music, Action Adventure Orchestral
A romantic and soaring theme-the big country, a lush love theme. Starts with soft strings, builds to a dramatic crescendo with full orchestra, then comes a softer, dreamy middle section. Then comes a large crescendo to soaring French Horns playing the theme, rushing to a huge chordal ending. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Romantic Music
Out on the prairie, the West, an old time cue. Out on the ol' frontier. A haunting settler's melody of a hard life. Covered wagons roll by, the weeds blow in the wind. Life is hard, but they will make it. Think Ken Burns, History Channel, a chuck wagon out on the range. Instrumental, Americana Music, Americana Roots
Quirky, jerky, silly and dopey. A humorous scene, dropping the cooking pot, spilling the wine, a crazy guy run down the street. Silly sounding instruments create wacky sounds for harebrained scenes, dumb accidents, commercials and documentary statements. Instrumental, Comedy Music, Comedy Orchestral
Quirky, jerky, silly and dopey. A humorous scene, dropping the cooking pot, spilling the wine, a crazy guy run down the street. Silly sounding instruments create wacky sounds for harebrained scenes, dumb accidents, commercials and documentary statements. Instrumental, Comedy Music, Comedy Orchestral
The tension and anticipation are building! Rockin’ drums and bass underlay different versions of this buildup to a cymbal swell ending. Who’s gonna get the prize?, Who’s gonna win?, Who’s gonna beat all the others?! Versions include different instruments over the Bass and Drum track! Instrumental, Theme Music, Game Show Music
Big brass, strings, woodwinds, military drums, timpani and cymbals drive this frenzied, intense and dramatic track, ending in a low held bass note. Chases, history channel, filmscore, video games. Instrumental, Action Music, Action Intense Orchestral
Quirky, jerky, silly and dopey. A humorous scene, dropping the cooking pot, spilling the wine, a crazy guy run down the street. Silly sounding instruments create wacky sounds for harebrained scenes, dumb accidents, commercials and documentary statements. Instrumental, Comedy Music, Comedy Orchestral
Out on the prairie, the West, an old time cue. Out on the ol' frontier. A haunting settler's melody of a hard life. Covered wagons roll by, the weeds blow in the wind. Life is hard, but they will make it. Think Ken Burns, History Channel, a chuck wagon out on the range. Instrumental, Americana Music, Americana Roots
Classical gothic piano starts this mysterious, crime ridden theme, with a flourish it leads to a gothic, dramatic, masterpiece mystery crime theme. Building to a large crescendo, ends with a dramatic build up to a soft muted trumpet leading to... the murder, mystery, suspense...... Instrumental, Dangerous Music, Edgy Music
Quirky, jerky, silly and dopey. A humorous scene, dropping the cooking pot, spilling the wine, a crazy guy run down the street. Silly sounding instruments create wacky sounds for harebrained scenes, dumb accidents, commercials and documentary statements. Instrumental, Comedy Music, Comedy Orchestral
Dark, dramatic haunting orchestral theme. Full of mystery, suspense and anticipation. Big brass, strings, woodwinds, drums, timpani and cymbals create a great dramatic theme for main titles, chases, historical documentaries and filmscore. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Hectic Music
Quirky, jerky, silly and dopey. A humorous scene, dropping the cooking pot, spilling the wine, a crazy guy run down the street. Silly sounding instruments create wacky sounds for harebrained scenes, dumb accidents, commercials and documentary statements. Instrumental, Comedy Music, Comedy Orchestral
