{"id":39868,"date":"2015-08-19T16:57:17","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T23:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/?p=39868"},"modified":"2016-02-18T16:20:55","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T23:20:55","slug":"film-tv-composer-peter-davison-finds-the-perfect-studio-idyllwild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2015\/08\/19\/film-tv-composer-peter-davison-finds-the-perfect-studio-idyllwild\/","title":{"rendered":"Film, TV composer Peter Davison finds the perfect studio \u2013 Idyllwild"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Peter Davison, film, television and multimedia composer, in his Idyllwild studio.
Photo by Marshall Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Award-winning film and television composer and orchestrator Peter Davison built a major career in Los Angeles until he found the perfect studio in which to work \u2014 Idyllwild.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy music is changing,\u201d said Davison. \u201cHere there are so few distractions. Moving full-time to Idyllwild is the best thing we ever did. Living here has made me more of who I really am.\u201d<\/p>\n

He and the career he built in Hollywood before moving full-time to Idyllwild are impressive: original music for more than 500 episodes of multiple TV series for which he owns music rights, and scores for major indie features and shorts. Davison has composed musical scores for the History Channel, Bravo, Biography, A&E, PBS, Discovery Warner Brothers, Disney, Universal, MTV and CBS.<\/p>\n

And as the industry began to change, commissioning fewer original scores and using more \u201clibrary music,\u201d Davison changed with it. He began writing cues and custom scores for Jingle Punx (www.jinglepunx.com), currently the foremost music content management service, making original downloadable music available for \u201cany style, any mood and for any project.\u201d Jingle Punx claims to provide \u201ccontent searchable\u201d music, \u201cthe perfect track and the best licensed music out there.\u201d For Davison, it proved to be a beneficial transition. \u201cI can sit down and write any kind of music theme or style I\u2019m thinking or feeling \u2014 atmospheric, romantic, comedy, horror, mysterious and so on and eventually it will be used.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stars align, doors open and new directions become apparent. Davison described the synchronistic pull Idyllwild has long had over his life, a subtle force incrementally drawing him closer to living full-time on the Hill. It all began with an audition.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 1978, I auditioned in Los Angeles to be the accompanist for the Bella Lewitzky dance company for a summer session at ISOMATA [Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts, precursor to the Idyllwild Arts Academy and Summer Program]. Davison had attended California State University, Northridge, where he had received both bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees in music composition. He got the Lewitzky gig and was assigned to a class taught by Lewitzky company member Iris Pell. Being assigned to Pell\u2019s class and living near her during that Idyllwild summer proved fortuitous.<\/p>\n

Not long after, Pell and Davison married. \u201cWe were living in Santa Monica and started coming back to Idyllwild regularly, in the spring and in the winter,\u201d said Davison. \u201cIn 1999, we noticed an ad in the Town Crier for a house. We saw the house and made an offer that same day. It became our vacation home.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A portion of composer Peter Davison\u2019s wall of CDs, showcasing his successful 20-year career as a full-time composer for film, television and his own personal CD releases. Photo by Marshall Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Aug. 17, 2011, Davison and Iris moved full-time to Idyllwild. He built his home studio and sound-conditioned it so he could work any time of day and not disturb neighbors. His musical interests and muses began to change as he was drawn to the peace and tranquility of Idyllwild\u2019s outdoors \u2014 its streams, its trails, its night sky, its canyons and its critters.<\/p>\n

Davison\u2019s music, whether CDs of his own compositions (\u201cMusic from the Heart of the Forest,\u201d \u201cGalileo\u2019s Telescope,\u201d \u201cForest Home,\u201d \u201cRelease\u201d and \u201cTake Me Back to Eden\u201d) or commissioned music for meditation and massage, began more and more to reflect his mountain home. Davison is currently composing for At Peace Media, one of the largest library sources for massage therapist music.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince 1980, my day job has been writing music,\u201d said Davison. \u201cI kept asking the universe to let me write music full-time. The answer was, \u201cOK, but you have to work really hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

At his Idyllwild studio, Davison has a wall of CDs, all his, evidence that he has worked diligently and kept his part of the bargain. He has worked very hard. Now, living in Idyllwild, Davison says it\u2019s as good as it could possibly be.<\/p>\n

\u201cHere I\u2019m just in the moment and fully present,\u201d he said. \u201cIdyllwild has a very natural, spiritual non-denominational vibe. People here aren\u2019t always trying to get something from you. I don\u2019t have so many desires \u2014 to have things. I can just write my music and be part of this town. I feel accepted here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Davison\u2019s CDs \u201cMeditate\u201d and \u201cExhale\u201d both made Billboard\u2019s Top 10 New Age albums. His instrumental \u201cSip of Wine\u201d (from his CD \u201cFuture, Present, Past\u201d) received Best Song of the Year at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards. His score for the PBS series \u201cThe Endless Voyage\u201d was nominated for \u201cBest Score of the Year, TV Show.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more about Davison, visit www.peterdavison.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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