This obit claims his 1959 show Diversions won "an off-Broadway Emmy" - but there's no such thing! Further research reveals that he actually won an Obie Award, which makes a lot more sense. (The error likely came from Davis' own website, which makes the same mistake.)

"Hollywood" theme and opening (one of my favorite TV themes ever):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=zxzFFSLUuUQ

"The World at War" theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuurtsgGOlA

https://www.classicfm.com/artists/carl-davis/conductor-bafta-winning-composer-dies-aged-86/
Carl Davis, conductor and BAFTA-winning composer, dies aged 86
3 August 2023, 12:30
By Sophia Alexandra Hall

American-born conductor and composer Carl Davis CBE has died at 86, following a brain haemorrhage.

Davis, who has resided in the UK since 1961, was a driving force behind the resurgence of silent films. He scored more than 50 of them, and wrote the soundtracks for some of Britain’s most beloved television dramas.

Some of these landmark soundtracks include The World at War, the 1995 TV adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice starring Colin Firth, and the 1998 film adaption of Goodnight Mr. Tom.

His score for the 1981 film The French Lieutenant’s Woman won him both a BAFTA and Ivor Novello Award.

One of Davis’ most notable achievements is his collaboration with Sir Paul McCartney. In 1991 the compositional duo wrote Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Oratorio, a live album recorded to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Classic FM’s Orchestra in the North-West of England, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. The eight-movement work was conducted by Davis and marked McCartney’s first foray into the classical music world.

Alongside his work for the big and small screens, Davis wrote a selection of concert works and ballet. He was commissioned by a number of high-profile ballet companies during his career including the Northern Ballet Theatre, Scottish Ballet, English National Ballet, and Birmingham Royal Ballet.

His work for stage ranged from rising to prominence as the co-author of Diversions, a 1959 show which won an off-Broadway Emmy when Davis was in his twenties, to writing scores for both the National Theatre and The Royal Shakespeare Company later in his career.

Born in Brooklyn in 1936, Davis was awarded a CBE (Hon) in 2005 for his services to music. Davis is survived by his wife Jean Boht, their two daughters, Hannah and Jessie and three grandchildren, Molly, Fred and Alice.

In an official statement from his family, they thanked the paramedics who assisted the Davies, and the Neurological ICU Team at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.

“We are heartbroken to announce that Carl Davis CBE passed away this morning,” his family wrote.

“We are so proud that Carl’s legacy will be his astonishing impact on music.”

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A legacy of great work he leaves behind :-(