Ron Grainer

Person · Open Library

Works

2

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United Kingdom

Active from

1922-08-11

Active to

1981-02-21

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

41,484

Total plays

317,231

Ron Grainer (August 11, 1922 - February 21, 1981) was an Australian-born composer who worked for most of his professional career in the United Kingdom. He is mostly remembered for his film and television music, particularly the Doctor Who theme, which was realised by Delia Derbyshire and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop using electronic oscillators and magnetic audio tape editing (including tape loops and reverse tape effects). Ron Grainer also composed the music for TV series The Prisoner, Maigret

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant

   · 1998 · cited 16,276x

2. The Sequence of the Human Genome

   · 2001 · cited 10,205x

3. IntCal13 and Marine13 Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curves 0–50,000 Years cal BP

   · 2013 · cited 9,541x

4. Analysis of protein-coding genetic variation in 60,706 humans

   · 2016 · cited 9,061x

5. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary

   · 2000 · cited 8,922x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Ron

Gender

male

Citizenship

Australia

Place of birth

Atherton

Place of death

Sussex

Occupation

film score composer

Educated at

University of Sydney

Languages spoken

English language

Notable work

Doctor Who theme music

Record label

Decca

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