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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 and Tales of the Unexpected .
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.
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 the first electronic music signature tune for television.
Jun 1, 2015 · A warm welcome to the Ron Grainer website, as far as we are aware, the *only* web-site devoted to the late, great composer - now also on Facebook. Composer of Doctor Who, The Prisoner, Maigret, Tales of the Unexpected and many more.
Ron Grainer, composer of the Doctor Who theme, always said Delia Derbyshire should receive a co-composer credit for her arrangement but in 1963 the BBC preferred to keep the Workshop...
Nov 21, 2023 · The signature theme tune for Doctor Who remains composer Ron Grainer's most celebrated work.
Doctor Who. Grainer wrote the theme tunes to Maigret (1960), Steptoe and Son (1962) and The Prisoner (1967), but his most memorable and enduring composition is the theme to Doctor Who (1963 – current).
Welcome to the definitive guide to the original theme music for long-running BBC science fiction series Doctor Who, composed in 1963 by Ron Grainer and realised by Delia Derbyshire and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Ron Grainer's name may not be widely known, but his television and film music was familiar to millions during the 1960s and '70s, and remains fondly remembered. Born in Queensland, Australia, Grainer was a child virtuoso on the piano.
Dec 16, 2012 · Music composed by Ron Grainer for the TV series The Prisoner (1967)
