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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.
Also includes versions of the Doctor Who Theme by Delia Derbyshire, Peter Howell, and Dominic Glynn. Reissues Reissued on CD as Evolution - The Music From Dr Who by Prestige Records in May 1997. [4] Reissued on CD as Music from Doctor Who by Castle Pulse in April 2002.
The song is predominantly a mash-up of the Doctor Who theme music and Gary Glitter's "Rock and Roll" with sections from "Block Buster!" by The Sweet. The single was not well received by critics but was a commercial success, hitting number one on the UK and New Zealand singles charts, and reaching the top 10 in Australia, Finland, Ireland and ...
The BBC released a clip on Thursday (12 October) teasing the new theme tune. Doctor Who will return for three special episodes this November, featuring David Tennant as the 14th doctor and ...
The committee that oversaw the BBC Radiophonic Workshop limited the number of outside composers who were granted access to its equipment. Due to its close ties to dramatic productions rather than music, the workshop was basically closed to the contemporary musical community except those few "approved" composers, and these were admitted only after attending an orientation familiarizing the ...
His work on Doctor Who began in 1975 when he provided some accompanying incidental music for Revenge of the Cybermen and special sound for Planet of Evil.When John Nathan-Turner became producer of Doctor Who in 1980, he decided that the music needed to be updated and commissioned Howell to provide a new arrangement of the Doctor Who theme to accompany a new title sequence.
The song was remixed in 1984: Gallacher was commissioned by the BBC to produce a remix for a recording, and was assisted by Ron Baker. The B-Side, "Dr. When", was based on an abandoned ABBA tribute, "My My My". [2] The song was featured as the B-Side of Dominic Glynn's 1987 version of the theme music. [2]
Ayres's work on broadcast Doctor Who was during Sylvester McCoy's era as the Seventh Doctor, comprising The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Ghost Light and The Curse of Fenric. Ayres was hired after he sent producer John Nathan-Turner a demonstration video containing music he had written to accompany Remembrance of the Daleks .