Sad news coming in this morning. Carl Davis, the Bafta-winning composer behind the music of the 1990s Pride and Prejudice TV series, has died at the age of 86.
-winning conductor died from a brain haemorrhage, his family confirmed in a statement, as they expressed how ‘heartbroken’ they were by their loss.
‘We are so proud that Carl’s legacy will be his astonishing impact on music. A consummate all-round musician, he was the driving force behind the reinvention of the silent movie for this generation and he wrote scores for some of the most-loved and remembered British television dramas.’ ‘In 2005 he was awarded a CBE . A beloved father, grandfather and husband, Carl married the actress Jean Boht in 1970. They have two daughters, Hannah and Jessie and three grandchildren, Molly, Fred and Alice,’ they wrote.‘The family would like to send their grateful thanks to the paramedics who assisted Carl and the neurological ICU team at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.’
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