Ron Grainer died on February 21, 1981, in Cuckfield, Sussex, England, UK of cancer.
Ron Grainer and Delia Derbyshire.
Ron Grainer and Delia Derbyshire.
Ron Grainer was an Australian composer that worked predominately on the theme. However, Although Ron Grainer has always received sole credit for the theme music, Delia Derbyshire with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop was responsible for all the arrangements for Seasons 1 through 17. She was given the composition by Grainer and asked to create the music.
Ron Grainer has: Played Ron in "House of Carols" in 1958. Played Nightclub Band in "Somerset Maugham Hour" in 1960. Played himself in "Master of the Signature Tune" in 1963. Played himself in "The Australian Londoners" in 1965. Played himself in "Doctor Who: Origins" in 2006.
The original theme was composed by Ron Grainer and realised by Delia Derbyshire.
It was the same tune always used, which was composed by Ron Grainer in 1963. The arranger of the McCoy version was Keff McCullough.
The cast of Master of the Signature Tune - 1963 includes: Ron Grainer as himself Cliff Michelmore as Himself - Presenter
Ron Grainer wrote the tune itself, but it was an electronics whizz called Delia Derbyshire who turned it into the eerie sounds we now recognise as the theme tune.
The Doctor Who theme tune is played by an orchestra. It was originally composed by Ron Grainer and Delia Derbyshire in 1963.The current version of the theme tune (2009) is composed by Murray Gold.
When was Ron Clark born?
Ron Horsley was born on March 4, 1977.