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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 .
1 giu 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 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.
- Music Department, Composer, Actor
- August 11, 1922
- Ron Grainer
- February 21, 1981
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 one of the first electronic music signature tunes for television.
21 nov 2023 · The signature theme tune for Doctor Who remains composer Ron Grainer's most celebrated work.
Updates 20.4.2024: Maigret theme restored to playlist in position 6 after it mysteriously became unavailable on YouTube for several weeks. Before Winter Come...
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).
