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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 the first electronic music signature tune for television.
Delia Ann Derbyshire (5 May 1937 – 3 July 2001) [1] was an English musician and composer of electronic music. [2] She carried out notable work with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop during the 1960s, including her electronic arrangement of the theme music to the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who.
The most famous of the Workshop's creations using 'radiophonic' techniques include the Doctor Who theme music, which Delia Derbyshire created using a plucked string, 12 oscillators and a lot of tape manipulation; and the sound of the TARDIS (the Doctor's time machine) materialising and dematerialising, which was created by Brian Hodgson running ...
The BBC has unveiled a new take on the famous Doctor Who theme tune ahead of the show’s 60th anniversary.. BBC radio presenter Jo Whiley will host a special edition of Sunday Night Is Music ...
The Doctor Who theme music was composed by Ron Grainer and initially arranged by Delia Derbyshire of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Various composers subsequently arranged it for later versions of the theme. In the classic series, each serial's director chose the freelance composer for the incidental music in the serial.
Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 1: The Early Years 1963–1969 is the first in a series of compilations of Doctor Who material recorded by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Compiled and remastered by Mark Ayres , the album features mostly sound effects and atmospheres from the first six years of the programme.
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Brian Hodgson (born 1938) is a British television composer and sound technician. Born in Liverpool in 1938, [1] Hodgson joined the BBC Radiophonic Workshop in 1962 where he became the original sound effects creator for the science fiction programme Doctor Who.