The thing is, I don’t find “James Bond” music particularly different from any other film music…
Probably the reason. If you grew up with something you have a different connection to it even if you wouldn’t otherwise with the same music.
David Arnold sounds like David Arnold
Speaking of Arnold I find that the recent scores I heard by him starting with SHERLOCK don’t really sound that much like ID4, STARGATE or his Bond scores at all anymore. Not only because there is no huge orchestra I think.