1. Iva Davies came to prominence in the early 1980s as co-founder and lead singer of rock band Icehouse, becoming one of Australia's top rock stars of that decade.
16 Facts About Iva Davies
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Iva Davies is known for his work as composer for the film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.
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Iva Davies was born on 22 May 1955 in Wauchope, New South Wales, and was first attracted to bagpipes at the age of six.
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Iva Davies played oboe with the Sydney Youth Orchestra and was a member of the Epping Boys High School Band where he played the euphonium.
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Iva Davies went on to be an oboe and composition student at the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music, but dropped out at age 21 to pursue a professional career.
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Iva Davies first performed professionally as a 16-year-old musician with the Lucy Fields Jug Band.
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In early 1977, Iva Davies was working as a part-time cleaner at a squash court in Lindfield, New South Wales managed by bass player Keith Welsh's mother.
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In 1977, Iva Davies re-established an old acquaintance with Cameron Allan, the director of Sydney-based independent label Regular Records; Flowers signed with the label in early 1977.
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The name was taken from a cold flat Iva Davies lived in and the strange building across the road populated by itinerant people.
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Iva Davies was an early adopter of the Fairlight which he used to compose the music of the film.
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Iva Davies's score has been described as "pioneering" and "an important contribution to Australian film scoring".
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In 2003, Iva Davies travelled to Los Angeles to record the soundtrack to the Peter Weir film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with Christopher Gordon and Richard Tognetti.
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In 2005, Iva Davies scored the miniseries The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant.
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From 15 June 2008, Iva Davies was a judge on Seven Network TV series Battle of the Choirs; his band Icehouse performed "Great Southern Land" on the grand final show won by the University of Newcastle Chamber Choir.
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Iva Davies married Tonia Kelly in 1990; at the time, Kelly was the principal dancer at the Sydney Dance Company.
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In 2013, Iva Davies was honoured in the Queen's Birthday Honours as a "Member in the General Division" for services to music, entertainment and the community.