Ron Grainer

Born: 1922-08-11 in Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia

Died: 1981-02-21

Known For: Sound

Biography

Ron Grainer (1922–1981) was an Australian composer who spent most of his career in the United Kingdom, writing music for television, film and theatre. He composed the themes for Doctor Who, Steptoe and Son, The Prisoner and Tales of the Unexpected, and also scored films including To Sir, with Love and The Omega Man. His work earned several Ivor Novello Award nominations and wins, including awards for Maigret and Steptoe and Son.

Filmography

2005

Doctor Who ... (Main Title Theme Composer)

1996

Doctor Who ... (Main Title Theme Composer)

1984

Doctor Who: The Wrath of Eukor ... (Music)

1981

It Takes a Worried Man ... (Original Music Composer)

1980

A Question of Guilt ... (Original Music Composer)
Flickers ... (Original Music Composer)
Never Never Land ... (Original Music Composer)

1979

Malice Aforethought ... (Original Music Composer)
Rebecca ... (Original Music Composer)
Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected: The Landlady ... (Music)

1978

Edward and Mrs Simpson ... (Music)
Born and Bred ... (Music)
Edward & Mrs. Simpson ... (Music)

1977

Romance ... (Original Music Composer)

1976

The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones ... (Original Music Composer)
I Don't Want to Be Born ... (Conductor)
One Away ... (Original Music Composer)

1974

South Riding ... (Original Music Composer)
South Riding ... (Music)
Mousey ... (Original Music Composer)

1973

Yellow Dog ... (Original Music Composer)
And No One Could Save Her ... (Original Music Composer)

1972

Mutiny on the Buses ... (Original Music Composer)
The Eyes of Charles Sand ... (Original Music Composer)
Steptoe & Son ... (Original Music Composer)

1971

The Omega Man ... (Original Music Composer)
Thief ... (Original Music Composer)

1970

For the Love of Ada ... (Original Music Composer)
Doctor Who: Inferno ... (Music Arranger)
Hoffman ... (Original Music Composer)

1969

The Assassination Bureau ... (Original Music Composer)
Lock Up Your Daughters ... (Original Music Composer)
Destiny of a Spy ... (Original Music Composer)
Before Winter Comes ... (Original Music Composer)
Maigret at Bay ... (Music)
In Search of Gregory ... (Original Music Composer)

1968

The Jazz Age ... (Music)
Only When I Larf ... (Original Music Composer)

1967

To Sir, with Love ... (Original Music Composer)
Boy Meets Girl ... (Original Music Composer)
The World of Wodehouse ... (Original Music Composer)
Blandings Castle ... (Original Music Composer)

1965

The Legend of Young Dick Turpin ... (Original Music Composer)
The Mood Man ... (Music Arranger)

1964

The Moon-Spinners ... (Original Music Composer)
Nothing But the Best ... (Original Music Composer)
The Caretaker ... (Original Music Composer)
Night Must Fall ... (Original Music Composer)
Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction ... (Music)

1963

Doctor Who ... (Main Title Theme Composer)
The Running Man ... (Main Title Theme Composer)
We Joined the Navy ... (Original Music Composer)
Station Six-Sahara ... (Original Music Composer)
The Mouse on the Moon ... (Original Music Composer)
The King's Breakfast ... (Music)
Giants of Steam ... (Music)

1962

Steptoe and Son ... (Original Music Composer)
Oliver Twist ... (Original Music Composer)
The Old Curiosity Shop ... (Original Music Composer)
A Kind of Loving ... (Original Music Composer)
Some People ... (Original Music Composer)
Live Now - Pay Later ... (Original Music Composer)
The Dock Brief ... (Original Music Composer)

1961

Terminus ... (Original Music Composer)

1960

Maigret ... (Original Music Composer)
A Woman of No Importance ... (Music)
Night School ... (Music)