[8] For the critically acclaimed and popular success Pride and Prejudice (1995) Davis used period classical music as his inspiration, in particular Beethoven's Septet E flat major, Op.

[9] Other television scores included The Naked Civil Servant (1975), Shades of Greene (1975), The Kiss of Death (1977), Langrishe, Go Down (1978),[10] Prince Regent (1979),[11] Private Schulz (1980),[12] Oppenheimer (1980), Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981),[13] The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982), The Far Pavilions (1984), The Day the Universe Changed (1985),[14] The Pickwick Papers (1985), Hotel du Lac (1986), Ashenden (1991), Anne Frank Remembered (1995), Seesaw (1998), Coming Home (1998), Upstairs Downstairs (2010),[8][15] and Brexicuted (2018).

[10] He conducted the BBC's theme song for its coverage of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, adapted from George Frideric Handel's "See the Conquering Hero Comes".

[18] In the late 1970s, Davis was commissioned by documentarians Kevin Brownlow and David Gill to create music for Thames Television's Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film (1980).

His association with them continued the same year with the restoration of Abel Gance's 1927 epic silent film Napoléon, for which Davis' music – drawing once again on Beethoven as a source – was used in its cinematic re-release and television screenings.

[citation needed] Davis also composed for contemporary films, including the BAFTA and Ivor Novello award winning score for The French Lieutenant's Woman in 1981.

(1972), Catholics (1973), Man Friday (1975), The Sailor's Return (1978), Champions (1983), King David (1985), The Girl in a Swing (1988),[31] Scandal (1989), The Rainbow (1989), Frankenstein Unbound (1990),[32] The Trial (1993), Widows' Peak (1994), The Great Gatsby (2000), Mothers & Daughters (2004)[33] and The Understudy (2008).

[10] Although Carl Davis wrote several substantial orchestral and concertante pieces – including the symphonic A Circle of Stones for full orchestra in 1997 – the core of his work outside of film and television was drama and dance, particularly musicals and ballet.