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 Davies performing withJohn Carpenter at the Victoria Warehouse,Manchester in October 2016 | |
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Daniel Davies is a British-American composer, musician and songwriter. He is best known for his contributions to horror directorJohn Carpenter'sLost Themes andLost Themes II albums, and for his work with rock bandsYear Long Disaster,Karma to Burn, andCKY. Davies is the son of guitaristDave Davies ofThe Kinks, and the godson ofJohn Carpenter.
Davies was born inLondon,England toThe Kinks guitar playerDave Davies and his wife Nancy. His first nine years were in part spent on the road touring with his father. Davies moved toLos Angeles,California with his parents at the age of 11.[1][2] His godfather, horror directorJohn Carpenter, helped to raise Davies during a portion of his high school years.[3]
Davies attendedTomales High School nearInverness, California. It was during this time that Davies began learning guitar and drums, finally settling on guitar as his main instrument.[1] Davies later graduated fromHollywood High School in Hollywood.[2]
Davies metKarma to Burn bass playerRich Mullins in a Hollywood grocery store in 2003. The two became friends and formed thestoner rock bandYear Long Disaster withThird Eye Blind drummerBrad Hargreaves in 2004.[4] Year Long Disaster were signed toVolcom Entertainment in 2007,[5] and released two albums,Year long Disaster (2007) andBlack Magic; All Mysteries Revealed (2010).[4] The band toured withMotörhead,The Cult,Velvet Revolver, andFoo Fighters amongst others.[2][6]
In 2009, stoner rock bandKarma To Burn reunited, and in 2010 announced an American tour with Year Long Disaster.[7] Over the course of the year, both Davies and Mullins confirmed that the two bands were merging.[6][8] Davies went on to sing vocals on Karma to Burn's next albums,Appalachian Incantation (2010) andV (2011).[9]
In 2012, rock bandCKY announced that they were hiring Davies to replace founding vocalistDeron Miller after disagreements with Miller had put the future of the band in uncertainty. Davies fronted the group as a touring member in 2012,[10] and fronted the group again in 2015 for a performance atAmnesia Rockfest inMontebello, Quebec.[11] The band initially stated their intentions to record with Davies as vocalist,[10] however announced in 2016 that they would be recording a new album as a trio, presumably without Davies.[12]On November 26, 2021, a song was released with Davies on vocals entitled “Lost in Departures”.[13]
In 2014, Davies' godfather, directorJohn Carpenter, began work on an album of instrumental music entitledLost Themes. The initial work was a collaboration between Carpenter and his son Cody, but after the younger Carpenter went to Japan to teach, Carpenter brought in Davies to continue collaboration on the album, with Davies playing guitar and contributing as a songwriter and co-producer to the project. The album was released bySacred Bones Records in 2015.[14][15]
In 2016, Carpenter followed upLost Themes with the albumLost Themes II. The album again featured Davies' contributions, as well asCody Carpenter's.[16] While recording the album, the trio also scored the main titles for theCBS television seriesZoo.[17] Carpenter toured to supportLost Themes II throughout 2016, with Davies as a member of his touring band.[16][18]
He composed the music for the 2018 filmHalloween,Halloween Kills, and the 2022 remakeFirestarter, with Carpenter and his son Cody.[19][20]
Davies contributed guitar work to the soundtrack ofVampires. In 2013, Davies composed the soundtrack to the Australian horror filmI, Frankenstein (2014) in collaboration with ex-Filter guitarist Geno Lenardo under the name "By Maker".[21]
Davies has contributed to several film soundtracks in collaboration with composer and authorSebastian Robertson.[22] Davies and Robertson contributed the original track "Rebel Shake" to the filmThe Vatican Tapes (2015),[23] and provided anew wave style cover ofPixies' "Wave of Mutilation" for theSyFy television filmSharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015).[24] The duo also scored the Eli Morgan Gesner-directed horror filmCondemned (2015).[25]
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