I really must watch Abel Gance’s Napoleon again, though my telly is too small to do it justice. I'll never forget seeing it at the RFH with Davis conducting his score. A very special occasion.
#CarlDavis #RIP #Napoleon #Music
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/bafta-cbe-ian-mckellen-john-hurt-french-b2386958.html

Sorry to hear that the composer Carl Davis has died. He wrote a lot of scores silent movie scores, also "The French Lieutenant's Woman", and "Scandal".

On television, he scored "The Naked Civil Servant", "Up Pompeii!", and the 1995 "Pride and Prejudice".

Carl Davis was 86; he is survived by wife Jean Boht, two daughters, three granddaughters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOi6vj9u58E
#CarlDavis #composer #RIP #obituary #PrideAndPrejudice

#Wisconsin’s wealthiest have highest state income tax rate. But add up what they pay in all state & local taxes: it's a smaller share of their income than the rest of us. #FlatTax would widen that gap, #CarlDavis of #ITEP tells @erikgunn.

https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2023/01/26/tax-analyst-says-flat-rate-system-will-benefit-wealthy-at-the-expense-of-the-majority/