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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 .
Music Department. Composer. Actor. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. 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
Ron Grainer (born August 11, 1922, Atherton, Queensland, Australia - died February 21, 1981, Cuckfield, Sussex, England) was an Australian television and film composer. He worked mainly in the UK and wrote the theme music for television shows, including Maigret (1960), Steptoe And Son (1962-65, 1970-74), The Prisoner (1967) and Edward & Mrs ...
1 giu 2015 · Hits: 2803. Welcome to the Ron Grainer web-site, as far as we are aware, the *only* web-site devoted to the late, great composer. Ron has never received the credit he deserved for a life-time of work composing music for television, film and stage musicals. In the area of television in particular he has written five themes which are almost ...
21 nov 2023 · The signature theme tune for Doctor Who remains composer Ron Grainer's most celebrated work.
2 giorni fa · Ron Grainer's name may not be widely known, but his television and film music was familiar to millions during the 1960s and '70s, and remains fondly remembered. Born in Queensland, Australia, Grainer was a child virtuoso on the piano. His musical studies were interrupted by the Second World War, in which he served.
Australian composer of iconic theme music. BY. Adam Blackshaw. You only need to hear the first few notes to recognise the theme to the long-running British science-fiction television show, Doctor Who. But few know that this signature tune was written by a classically trained Australian composer.
