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Cuckfield, Sussex, England. Occupation (s) Composer. Ronald Erle Grainer (11 August 1922 – 21 February 1981) was an Australian composer who worked for most of his professional career in the United Kingdom. He is mostly remembered for his television and film score music, especially the theme music for Doctor Who, The Prisoner, Steptoe and Son ...
Ron Grainer. Music Department: The Omega Man. Ron Grainer was one of the outstanding composers of music for British television. He was born in a small mining town called Atherton, Queensland, Australia on 11th August 1922, where his father owned the local milk bar. His mother played piano and Ron was on the keyboard from the age of two and considered a child genius, playing concerts for the ...
- August 11, 1922
- February 21, 1981
Oct 30, 2023 · The Doctor Who theme, composed by Ron Grainer and Delia Derbyshire, remains one of the most unique tunes in television history and introduced the world to electronic music sounds.; Derbyshire used ...
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The Doctor Who theme music is a piece of music written by Australian composer Ron Grainer and realised by Delia Derbyshire at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Created in 1963, it was one of the first electronic music signature tunes for television. It is used as the theme for the science fiction programme Doctor Who, and has been adapted and ...
Nov 21, 2023 · Here, her former Radiophonic Workshop colleagues speak about how she turned Ron Grainer’s simple manuscript into a pioneering piece of music. Media caption, Jane Garvey speaks to Elizabeth ...
Oct 12, 2022 · Ronald Erle Grainer. Born: Friday 11th August 1922. Died: Saturday 21st February 1981 (age: 58) Ron Grainer was one of the mos prolific composers of music for British television. He composed the Doctor Who Theme music used on every episode of the series. Grainer was born in Atherton, Queensland, Australia, where his father owned the local milk bar.
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Ron Grainer (11 August 1922 – 21 February 1981) was born in Atherton, Far North Queensland. He was something of a child prodigy, playing the piano at the age of two and giving concerts to the local community by the age of six. Later, he studied music with Sir Eugene Goossens at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, but his studies were ...
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