Ron Grainer
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British composer (1922-1981)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Doctor Who Faber Edition
- Robert and Elizabeth
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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
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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
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant
· 1998 · cited 16,036x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,178x
- IntCal13 and Marine13 Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curves 0–50,000 Years cal BP
· 2013 · cited 9,522x
- Analysis of protein-coding genetic variation in 60,706 humans
· 2016 · cited 8,989x
- The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary
· 2000 · cited 8,828x
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- date of birth
- 1922-08-11
- date of death
- 1981-02-21
- name in native language
- Ron Grainer
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