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He is an English film composer.
David Arnold
David Arnold (born 23 January 1962) is an English film composer best known for scoring five James Bond films, as well as "Stargate" (1994), "Independence Day" (1996), "Godzilla" (1998) and the television series "Little Britain" and "Sherlock". For "Independence Day" he received a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television and for "Sherlock" he, and co-composer Michael Price, won a Creative Arts Emmy for the score of "His Last Vow", the final episode in the third series. Arnold scored the BBC / Amazon Prime series "Good Omens" (2019) adapted by Neil Gaiman from his book "Good Omens", written with Terry Pratchett. Arnold is a fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors.
who portrayed watson in the recent bbc show 'sherlock Martin Freeman. when was it initially aired? 1st January 2016. what is the series about? It is a British crime television series based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. who are the other characters in the series? Sherlock Holmes, Doctor John Watson. who did the soundtrack for the series? The  theme and incidental music were composed by David Arnold and Michael Price.
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David Arnold [SEP] Introduction
David Arnold (born 23 January 1962) is an English film composer best known for scoring five James Bond films, as well as "Stargate" (1994), "Independence Day" (1996), "Godzilla" (1998) and the television series "Little Britain" and "Sherlock". For "Independence Day" he received a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television and for "Sherlock" he, and co-composer Michael Price, won a Creative Arts Emmy for the score of "His Last Vow", the final episode in the third series. Arnold scored the BBC / Amazon Prime series "Good Omens" (2019) adapted by Neil Gaiman from his book "Good Omens", written with Terry Pratchett.