Davis was born in Anaheim, California. After graduating from high school, Davis enrolled at UCLA. He continued his study of musical composition with tutor Henri Lazarof. Additionally, he learned orchestration from Albert Harris. During their orchestration lessons, Harris introduced Davis to the TV composer Joe Harnell, who supported Davis during his search for work—his first job was working for composer Mark Snow's TV show Hart to Hart. He has worked as an orchestrator and conductor for Michael Kamen, Alan Silvestri, James Horner, and Randy Newman.
Davis won Emmys in 1990 for Beauty and the Beast and 1995 for SeaQuest DSV. He wrote scores mostly for television series up until 1995, in which he wrote a few of the cues for the animated Disney motion picture A Goofy Movie. He continued to score television series until the two then young directors, the Wachowskis, hired him to score their neo-noir film Bound. It was reasonably successful at the box office. Bound was the film which led Davis into becoming the composer for the entire Matrix trilogy. Subsequently, Davis has composed scores for films such as Jurassic Park III (recommended to the filmmakers by John Williams, the composer of the scores for the first two films in the series), House on Haunted Hill, Behind Enemy Lines, and The Unsaid. In 2004, he produced the music score for the BBC science fiction documentary series Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets, released as Voyage to the Planets and Beyond in the United States.
Davis' magnum opus is Matrix franchise: The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, and The Animatrix. It was set apart from other film scores of its time for its atonality and avant garde style of composition, with influences from polytonal minimalist works like John Adams' Short Ride in a Fast Machine and cluster-like as well as aleatoric techniques prominent in the works of composer Witold Lutosławski.
Don Davis' dark opera, Río de Sangre, received its premiere at the Florentine Opera Company on October 22, 2010. Previously, excerpts from the opera were performed in Los Angeles with the Los Angeles Master Chorale on November 6, 2005, and the New York City Opera on May 13, 2007.
The Matrix
Don Davis Lyrics
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Nothing Fades away
Listen to the mission
I've telling the tradition
And I'm giving you permission
To be in my head
I've telling the tradition
And I'm giving you permission
To be in my head
Listen to the mission
I've telling the tradition
And I'm giving you permission
To be in my head
Listen to the mission
I've telling the tradition
And I'm giving you permission
To be in my head
Listen to the Mission
Listen to the mission (In my head)
Listen to the mission
Listen to the mission (In my head)
Everyday fades away
Everyday fades away
Listen to the mission
I've been telling the tradition
And I'm giving you permission
To be in my head
Listen to the mission
I've been telling the tradition
And I'm giving you permission
To be in my head
Listen to the mission
I've been telling the tradition
And I'm giving you permission
To be in my head
Listen to the mission (In my head)
Listen to the mission (In my head)
Listen to the mission (In my head)
Listen to the mission (In my head)
Every other way
Nothing fades away
Everyday fades away
Everyday fades away
Everyday fades away
Everyday fades away
Everyday fades away
In my head
In my head
In my head
Listen to the mission
Listen to the mission (In my head)
Listen to the mission
Listen to the mission (In my head)
(Every other way)
Listen to the mission
Listen to the mission (In my head)
(Nothing Fades away)
Listen to the mission
Listen to the mission (In my head)
Every other way
Nothing fades away
The lyrics to Don Davis's In My Head seem to portray someone who is inviting another person into their thoughts and psyche. They repeat the phrase "Listen to the mission, I’ve been telling the tradition, and I’m giving you permission to be in my head" multiple times throughout the song. The repetition of this phrase may suggest that the person feels stuck or trapped in their own mind and they want someone else to understand them on a deeper level. Additionally, the lines "Every other way, nothing fades away" may indicate that the person is struggling to find a way out of their own thoughts and that everything else in their life seems to be insignificant.
The phrase "Everyday fades away" also adds to the feeling of the person wanting to escape reality and be in their own mind. The repetition of this phrase multiple times may suggest that the person is yearning for something deeper and more meaningful. In general, the lyrics suggest a feeling of longing and a desire to be understood and accepted by another person.
Line by Line Meaning
Every other way
There are different paths to take in life
Nothing Fades away
Memories are forever and never fade away
Listen to the mission
Pay attention to the message
I've telling the tradition
I am sharing the customs and beliefs
And I'm giving you permission
Allowing access to my thoughts
To be in my head
To see what's inside my mind
Everyday fades away
Days pass by quickly
Listen to the mission (In my head)
Follow the guidance within my thoughts
In my head
Inside my mind
(Every other way)
(There are) different options to choose from
(Nothing Fades away)
(Memories are) forever etched in our minds
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: TOM TYKWER, REINHOLD E. HEIL, JOHNNY KLIMEK
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