News and Updates

I have just found out that the big band will be playing at the Los Angeles Jazz Institute Big Band Olympics at the LAX Marriott on May 26th at 2.30pm. The line up is looking really good and it is an honor to be playing with all the other great bands. Work wise the year has been very busy so far. I just finished conducting the score for the next Batman game for composers Ron Fish and Nick Arundel. I also orchestrated nearly 2 hours…
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It is TV season right now and the great news is that several new shows are using live orchestras. I am orchestrating and conducting 2 of them that start showing this week. The Event is on Monday nights on NBC and features a score by Scott Starrett and No Ordinary Family is on ABC on Tuesday nights and has a score by Blake Neely. My latest big band album "Dialmentia" has been getting a lot of play on Satellite radio. I also also recently found…
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Despicable Me, which I conducted the score for has just opened at number 1. I have never seen so many posters around LA for one movie, I guess they did something. I have just finished a few commissions and some more charts for the Metropole Orchestra. In the next few months I am working on 3 big games, none of which I can mention by name ...
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If anyone has been to a movie in the last 2 months, I bet I conducted at least one of the scores! Things have been really busy. Recent releases that I have conducted include Hot Tub Time Machine, Date Movie, Percy Jackson and Dear John. I just finished work on Despicable Me and the season finale to House. In the game world, I recently orchestrated and conducted the score for a new Pirates of the Caribbean game for composer Ron Fish and Disney. I am…
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Happy New Year to everyone. December was pretty crazy with sessions for Percy Jackson, Wolfman and the A-Team trailer. I had a great time on Percy, Chris Beck asked me to arrange his themes for the end titles. I got to conducted it with a 98 piece band, all free time, no clicks or picture to worry about. I will post a link once the soundtrack is out. I am proud to announce that I have been invited to present a lecture at the inaugural…
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BREAKING NEWS! I have been nominated for a Grammy Best Instrumental Composition for Counting to Infinity. You can hear the track if you go to www.TimDaviesBigBand.com. It will play automatically. I am trying to celebrate when I can, but work is rather hectic right now. I am done with God of War 3. I recently conducted Christophe Beck's score for Date Night, starring Tina Fey and Steve Carrel. Currently I am working on Percy Jackson and the Olympians, also for Beck and then after that…
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I have recently finished the first round of sessions for God of War 3 at Skywalker Ranch. It was a hectic week, having been in London for a wedding, I arrived in San Francisco Sunday night and then conducted a triple session on Monday. That did nothing for the cold that was coming on. I ended up having to get a lift back to LA as my head was too stuffed up to fly. I think I can now say what one of the movies…
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A lot of people said they needed me in August, I did not believe them, turns out they really did need me. As well as ongoing work on God of War 3 for Sony, I am working on Ratchet and Clank for Boris Salchow and several arrangements for producer Salaam Remi to be featured in some big movies, can't mention titles yet, throw in a conducting gig or 2 and I guess I am busy. The AFM has featured me in another article, this one…
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The International Musician, the magazine of the American Federation of Musicians, has recently published a story about me. You can find it here.
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I am pleased to announce that I have just been commissioned by the Sydney Conservatorium of Music to write a big band work. The piece will be premiered next year at the ISCM World Music days which are being held in Australia for the first time. I used to submit pieces every year and never once would they play one and now they are going to pay me to write a new piece, I guess some things just take time. I recently completed work on…
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