1. Career
     DNA (1989–1992)    Massive Attack (1995–present)    Film projects (2004–present)   Halo 4 Original Soundtrack (2012)   Debut Solo Album Slo Light (2014) 

2. Discography

3. References

4. External links

Neil Davidge (born 1962) is a British record producer, songwriter, film score composer, musician, and occasional backing vocalist. Once an associate of dance producers DNA, he is best known as the long-term co-writer and producer for the music production outfit Massive Attack.^[1] In 1997, he also produced the Sunna album One Minute Science. During that time he has established a career as a film score composer including projects such as Push, Bullet Boy, Trouble the Water, and additional music for Clash of the Titans.

Artists he has worked with include Unkle, Damon Albarn, Elizabeth Fraser, Mos Def, David Bowie, and Snoop Dogg.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}^[2]

In 2012, he composed the soundtrack to the video game Halo 4 and recorded "The Storm That Brought Me To You" with Tina Dico for the Clash of the Titans soundtrack, the first vocal track for which he is credited as an artist separately from Massive Attack.^[1] In 2017, Davidge composed the critically acclaimed soundtrack for the TV series, Britannia.^[3]

Career

DNA (1989–1992)

Davidge worked with UK Band DNA in the period between 1989 and 1992 co-producing four singles and one album.^[4]

Massive Attack (1995–present)

Davidge had met Massive Attack's Andrew Vowles as early as 1991, and was in and around Bristol's Coach House Studios when Portishead recorded their debut album Dummy between 1991 and 1994. Neil was introduced to the rest of Massive Attack in 1996, and hitting it off, he produced 'The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game', a song for the Batman Forever soundtrack that featured Everything But The Girl vocalist Tracey Thorn.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

Working in close collaboration with Massive's Robert Del Naja, Neil shaped the sound of the band's third album, 1998's Mezzanine, including the song "Teardrop", which became the theme song for the medical drama "House". Mezzanine won a Q Award for Best Album{{citation needed|date=October 2015}} and was nominated for a Mercury Award.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

As with Mezzanine, Massive Attack's fourth album 100th Window was largely piloted by Davidge and Robert Del Naja. Sessions were protracted and pressurised, the group discarding material to re-write the whole record in the last six months of a three-year odyssey. "Some great things had been said about Mezzanine and we didn't want to repeat ourselves", says Neil "It was a strange period of isolation and the weirdness of 9/11, but we got there in the end."^[5]{{primary source inline|date=October 2015}}

Collected was Massive Attack's best of album released on 27 March 2006. The album was preceded by the release of the single "Live With Me" on 13 March. "Live With Me" was co-written and produced by Davidge.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

Heligoland is the fifth studio album by Massive Attack, released almost exactly seven years after 100th Window. Co-produced by Davidge and Robert Del Naja with additional production by Tim Goldsworthy, the record features vocals from Horace Andy, Tunde Adebimpe, Damon Albarn, Hope Sandoval, Guy Garvey and Martina Topley-Bird. Davidge co-wrote eight of the ten tracks as well as playing keyboards, bass and guitar. The album was mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent although Davidge produced and mixed "Paradise Circus".{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

Film projects (2004–present)

In 2004 Luc Besson approached Davidge and Robert Del Naja to score the movie Danny The Dog, later renamed Unleashed. There then followed scores for Bullet Boy, Battle in Seattle, and Trouble the Water, which received an Oscar nomination as Best Documentary Feature. It is a moving study of those displaced by Hurricane Katrina which won 'Best Documentary' at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Working with Snoop Dogg, Neil also scored the music for In Prison My Whole Life, a documentary about US death-row journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal.

Away from his collaborations with Robert, Neil scored the music to the Paul McGuigan directed Push and provided additional music to the Warner Brothers film Clash of the Titans working alongside composer Ramin Djawadi. He was approached by director Louis Leterrier to replace Matt Bellamy from Muse who had to pull out due to touring commitments in the USA.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

Halo 4 Original Soundtrack (2012)

On 11 April 2012, Davidge was revealed to be the composer for the Halo 4 Original Soundtrack, the official soundtrack of the video game Halo 4.^[6]

Debut Solo Album Slo Light (2014)

Davidge established his own studio in 2010 and has since been working on several projects including his upcoming debut solo album titled Slo Light.^[7]{{primary source inline|date=October 2015}} Featuring guest vocalists including Jhelisa Anderson, Sandie Shaw and Cate Le Bon, the album was released in February 2014.

Discography

References

External links

• {{Official website|www.neildavidge.com}}
• {{IMDb name|0203118}}
• Neil Davidge and Ramin Djawadi Clash Of The Titans Original Motion Soundtrack SONY CMG Releases
• Davidge Sound on Sound Interview
• Neil Davidge Push Original Soundtrack Last.fm
• Massive Attack Collaborators Neil Davidge and Euan Dickson on Impulsive Recording
• Air Edel Composer Neil Davidg

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