---
name: "Shaun Davey"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/shaun-davey"
fi1m_id: "shaun-davey"
imdb_id: "nm0202753"
tmdb_id: 26140
wikidata_id: "Q731432"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "18 January 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T01:27:11.223310+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Shaun Davey

## Identity

Shaun Davey

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/shaun-davey
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** shaun-davey
- **IMDb ID:** nm0202753
- **TMDB ID:** 26140
- **Wikidata ID:** Q731432
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Davey, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q731432, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0202753/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/26140

Composer. Born 18 January 1948 in Belfast.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 18 January 1948, Belfast
- **Active:** 1996–1998
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Davey, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q731432, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0202753/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/26140

## Biography

Shaun Davey is an Irish composer born in Belfast in 1948. He graduated in the History of Art from Trinity College, Dublin, in 1971 and later took a master's degree at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. He has worked full-time as a composer since 1977.

Davey composed the scores for the films *Twelfth Night* (1996), which received an Ivor Novello nomination, and *Waking Ned Devine* (1998), which won a Golden Reel Award. Other film scores include *The Tailor of Panama* (2001). His television work includes *The Hanging Gale* (Ivor Novello Award and BAFTA nomination) and the theme for *Ballykissangel* (BAFTA nomination and TRIC Award).

He has also written extensively for theatre, including productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and for concert works that combine traditional Irish music with orchestral forces.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, shaundaveymusic.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Waking Ned* (1998), Fi1m 73, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/waking-ned.md)
- *Twelfth Night* (1996), Fi1m 70, Orchestrator, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/twelfth-night-1996.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ella Enchanted* (2004), Additional Music
- *The Abduction Club* (2002), Music, Original Music Composer
- *David Copperfield* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *The Tailor of Panama* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *David Copperfield* (2000), series, Original Music Composer
- *Waking Ned* (1998), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/waking-ned.md)
- *A Further Gesture* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Twelfth Night* (1996), Original Music Composer, Orchestrator — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/twelfth-night-1996.md)
- *Who Bombed Birmingham?* (1990), Music
- *Discovering Ireland* (1982), Music
- *Catchpenny Twist* (1977), Music Arranger, Music
- *The Great Houses of Ireland* (1975), Music

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Original Score 2000: Tony Award for Best Original Score (nominated), for *James Joyce's The Dead*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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