Edwin Thomas Astleywas born on April 12, 1922,and died on May 19, 998. He was aBritishcomposer. His best known works are British television themes ... 15329 additonal characters for paid subscriptions ... span>[3]and scoring several British Transport Films includingDiesel Train Ride(1959),Broad Waterways(1959-60) andThe Signal Engineers(1962). In 1997 Astley found himself at number five on the pop charts as composer of "The Saint", 33 years after he wrote it, which had been revived by Orbital for the newSaintmovie. His last work was a 1998 symphonic interpretation of Who music calledWho's Serious: The Symphonic Music of the Who, which followed 1995'sSymphonic Music of the Rolling Stones.