Davies played oboe with the Sydney Youth Orchestra and was a member of the Epping Boys High School Band where he also played Euphonium. The Lucy Fields Jug Band secured a recording contract with M7 records but the company was soon to change hands and the band's album was never released. In 1975 he signed with RCA and released two singles ''Leading Lady / I'm Gonna Give You All My Love'' and ''Back To California / I Can Reach You''. Both singles went nowhere.
In late 1977, Davies joined with bass guitar player Keith Welsh to form a band called Flowers. In 1979 Davies re-established an old acquaintance with Cameron Allan, the director of Sydney-based independent label Regular Records, to whom Flowers signed in early 1980 who morphed into Icehouse. You can read more about this iconic and successful band CLICK HERE.
In 1985 Davies and fellow Icehouse member Bob Kretschmer worked on the ballet Boxes with the Sydney Dance Company. In addition to scoring the ballet, they also co-wrote the script with Graeme Murphy. Boxes opened at the Sydney Opera House in December, and Davies performed in an acting/singing/dancing role to sold-out crowds for three weeks straight. 1985 also saw Davies win an APRA Music Award for "Most Performed Australasian Music For Film" for Razorback. In 1988, Davies and co-collaborator John Oates won an APRA Music Award for the Icehouse song ''Electric Blue''' (from the 'Man of Colours' album) in the Most Performed Australasian Popular Work category.
On 25 January 1988, Icehouse performed "Electric Blue" at the Royal Command, New South Wales Bicentennial Concert in front of the Prince and Princess of Wales at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. Davies performance was notable for his stage-fright and, due to his being greatly affected by nerves, singing off-key and out of tune. The Sydney Dance Company worked on creating a ballet which became Berlin. As well as recording the score to the ballet, Davies performed these songs live with Icehouse at each show. He was an intrinsic part of the ballet, in a role similar to the one he played in Boxes. He was successful in creating a translation from the dancers to the audience.Berlin was an instant success and ran for two seasons. Boxes and Berlin are two of the most successful shows that the Sydney Dance Company has had to date.
In 2003, 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. Together, they won the 2004 APRA/AGSC Screen Music Award in the "Best Soundtrack Album" category. In 2005 Davies scored the mini-series The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant. On 6 November 2006, he won the 2006 APRA/AGSC Screen Music Award in the "Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie" category. From 15 June 2008, 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 University of Newcastle Chamber Choir.
''Leading Lady / I'm Gonna Give You All My Love'' 1975 RCA
''Back To California / I Can Reach You'' [with Afghan] 1975 RCA
''Sarah's Theme / Theme From Razorback'' 1984 EMI
'Razorback (Music From The Original Soundtrack Of The Film)' 1984 EMI
'Boxes' 1985 Chrysalis
'The Ghost Of Time' 1999 Roadshow Music
'Master And Commander - The Far Side Of The World (Music From The Motion Picture)' [with Christopher Gordon & Richard Tognetti] 2003 Decca
References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iva_Davies
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