List of incidental music composers

The following people composed the incidental music for Doctor Who from An Unearthly Child to the 1996 telemovie. From Series 1 (2005) to Series 10 (2017), incidental music was composed by Murray Gold. From Series 11 (2018) onwards, the incidental music has been composed by Segun Akinola.

Incidental Music Composers for Doctor Who

Season 1 (1963 - 1964)

• An Unearthly Child - Norman Kay / Three Guitars Mood 2 - The Arthey-Nelson Group (Derek Nelson & John Raymond Arthey)
• The Daleks - Tristram Cary
• The Edge of Destruction - Stock Music:
  • Musique Electronique: Mood Three - Eric Siday
  • Musique Electronique: Space Agitato [Looped] - Eric Siday
  • Musique Electronique: Anaesthesia - Eric Siday
  • Strangers In The Fog (c) - The New Concert Orchestra (Alan Langford) [Not listed on PasB]
  • Stress And Anxiety (c) - The New Concert Orchestra (Alan Langford) [Not listed on PasB]
  • Musique Electronique: Conflict No. 2 - Eric Siday
  • The Day The Sky Fell In [Slow] - Desmond Leslie
  • Musique Concrète Pt. 2 (a) - Buxton Orr
  • Gong (Apparently from Tristram Cary's "Marco Polo" score - Unconfirmed)
  • NOTE: This story features two cues by Desmond Leslie; both come from "The Day The Sky Fell In" and this track is correctly listed on the PasB. Panini's 'Doctor Who - The Complete History' ignores this and claims the two cues are from separate sources - "The Stranger" and "The Stranger's Gift" from a different record. It is not clear why they claim this
• Marco Polo - Tristram Cary. Also 3 tracks from The BBC Sound Library:
  • Chinese Harp: At The Palace Gate - Louis P. T. Chen (Traditional) [Listed as "At the Palace Gates" on the PasB]
  • A Merry Old Gentleman's Song - Louis P. T. Chen (Traditional) [Unconfirmed]
  • Tutankhamun's Silver Trumpet - Bandsman James Tappern [Not Listed on PasB - The full track includes a brief quotation from "Post Horn Galop" by Herman Koenig. An excerpt is used as Kublai Khan's fanfare]
• The Keys of Marinus - Norman Kay
• The Aztecs - Richard Rodney Bennett
• The Sensorites - Norman Kay
• The Reign of Terror - Stanley Myers

Season 2 (1964 - 1965)

• Planet of Giants - Dudley Simpson
• The Dalek Invasion of Earth - Francis Chagrin
• The Rescue - Tristram Cary (Reused from The Daleks)
• The Romans - Raymond Jones
• The Web Planet - Stock Music - Les Structures Sonores:
  • Rapsodie De Budapest - Les Structures Sonores (Jacques Lasry)
  • Moelle De Lion - Les Structures Sonores (Jacques Lasry) [Not listed on PasB]
  • Pieces Nouvelles - Les Structures Sonores (Jacques Lasry)
  • Sonatine [Fast] - Les Structures Sonores (Jacques Lasry)
  • Marche [Fast] - Les Structures Sonores (Daniel Ouzounoff)
  • Suite [Played both at normal speed & quickly] - Les Structures Sonores (Jacques Lasry)
  • Spontanéité - Les Structures Sonores (Jacques Lasry) [Not listed on PasB]
  • Quatuor Pour Trois - Les Structures Sonores (Jacques Lasry) [Not listed on PasB]
  • [Also 4 electronic stings, presumably by Brian Hodgson and The BBC Radiophonic Workshop - Unconfirmed]
• The Crusade - Dudley Simpson
• The Space Museum - Stock Music:
  • Musique Electronique: Threat Attack [Played both at normal speed & slowly] - Eric Siday
  • Musique Electronique: Space Time [Slow] - Eric Siday
  • Synchro-Stings: Atonal Chords 2 - Trevor Duncan
  • Aliens [Slow] - Erik Nordgren [Wrongly listed as "Bathysphere" on PasB]
  • Dramatic Bridges Pt. 2: Unseen Danger - The Telecast Orchestra (Denis Rycoth)
  • Musique Electronique: Space Agitato [Slow] - Eric Siday
  • Electronic Music: Asyndeton - Roberto Gerhard
  • Synchro-Sting No. 8 - Trevor Duncan
  • The Ultra Sonic Perception: Ultimate (a) - Eric Siday
  • Mutations 1 (c): Background [Slow] - Trevor Duncan
  • The Ultra Sonic Perception: Suspended Animation - Eric Siday [Wrongly listed as "Moonscape" on PasB]
  • World Of Planets - The Hilversum Radio Orchestra (Jack Trombey)
  • Astronautics: Pt. 1 (Main Theme) - Erich Sendel
  • The Ultra Sonic Perception: The Laboratory 1 [Slow] - Eric Siday
  • Musique Electronique: Mood Seven [Slow]- Eric Siday
  • Six Short Dramas Pt. 3: Disaster And Tension - Roger Roger & his Champs Elysees Orchestra
  • Musique Concrète Pt. 2 (a) - Buxton Orr
  • Astronautics: Pt. 3 - Erich Sendel [Not listed on PasB]
  • Scene Shifts 12 (a) - The Light Symphonia (Don Banks)
  • Off Center: Dark Pursuit - The New Concert Orchestra (Frank Talley)
  • Off Center: Panic In The Streets - The New Concert Orchestra (Frank Talley)
  • Dramatic Brass Chords - Wolf Droysen (Wolfram Röhrig)
  • Off Center: Off Center - The New Concert Orchestra (Frank Talley)
  • Off Center: Quicksand - The New Concert Orchestra (Frank Talley)
  • Kaputt - Desmond Leslie
  • Brass Chords, Staccato Ending - Wolf Droysen (Wolfram Röhrig)
  • Jeux D'Ombres [Slow] - Les Structures Sonores (Jacques Lasry) [Not listed on PasB - A single tone accompanies the establishing shot of Skaro]
  • NOTE: The PasB lists the tracks "Mood 7 B.2" & "Space Age B.2" - These are typos for "Mood Seven" & "Space Agitato." Frank Talley is misspelled throughout as "Frank Tailey." The following tracks are listed but do not appear in the story:
    • Bathysphere - Erik Nordgren
    • The Ultra Sonic Perception: Moonscape - Eric Siday
    • Musique Concrète Pt. 1 - Buxton Orr
    • Sting Tintabuloid 1 - Desmond Leslie
    • Off Center: Atoms And Mushrooms - The New Concert Orchestra (Frank Talley)

• The Chase - Dudley Simpson
• The Time Meddler - Charles Botterill (Percussion Music). Also Stock Music:
  • The Ultra Sonic Perception: Suspended Animation - Eric Siday
  • Mediaeval Drama Pt. 3 (a) - Lawrence Leonard & his Orchestra [Wrongly listed as "Pt. 1" on PasB for Ep. 2]
  • Dramatic Tableaux: Nirvane - The Light Symphonia (Paul Gerard - Alias for Dennis Farnon)
  • Secundae Vesperae In Nativitate - Benedictine Monks of St. Martin [The fake monk chants in the monastery]
  • November Fog - The Lansdowne Light Orchestra (Peter Hope)
  • Scorched Earth - The Group-Forty Orchestra (Trevor Duncan) [Misspelt as "Scorches Earth" on PasB]
  • Mediaeval Drama Pt. 2 (c) - Lawrence Leonard & his Orchestra
  • Twelve-Tone Links: Group C, No. 7 - Harry Dexter
  • Twelve-Tone Links: Group E, No. 6 - Harry Dexter
  • Musique Electronique: Magnetic Field - Eric Siday
  • Musique Electronique: Mood Seven - Eric Siday
  • Electronic Music: Meteoroids - Roberto Gerhard

Season 3 (1965 - 1966)

• Galaxy 4 - Stock Music - Les Structures Sonores:
  • Sonatine - Les Structures Sonores (Jacques Lasry)
  • Mister Blues - Les Structures Sonores (Jacques Lasry)
  • Rapsodie De Budapest - Les Structures Sonores (Jacques Lasry)
  • Pieces Nouvelles - Les Structures Sonores (Jacques Lasry)
  • Marche - Les Structures Sonores (Daniel Ouzounoff)
  • Suite - Les Structures Sonores (Jacques Lasry)
  • Spontanéité - Les Structures Sonores (Jacques Lasry)
  • Moelle De Lion - Les Structures Sonores (Jacques Lasry)
  • Altitude 10.000 - Les Structures Sonores (Jacques Lasry & Roger Simon) [Not listed on PasB]
  • Toccata Toccarde - Les Structures Sonores (Jacques Lasry) [Not listed on PasB]
  • Synchro-Stings: Atonal Chords 4 - Trevor Duncan [Not listed on PasB]
  • Synchro-Stings: Atonal Chords 5 - Trevor Duncan [Not listed on PasB]
  • Synchro-Stings: Atonal Chords 6 - Trevor Duncan [Not listed on PasB]
  • ["Invention A 2 Voix En Ré Mineur" by Les Structures Sonores (Johann Sebastian Bach) is listed on the PasB but is not used]
• Mission to the Unknown - Stock Music - Trevor Duncan:
  • Synchro-Stings No. 9 - Trevor Duncan
  • Synchro-Stings No. 3 (a) - Trevor Duncan
  • Synchro-Stings No. 3 (b) - Trevor Duncan
  • Synchro-Stings No. 3 (c) - Trevor Duncan
  • Synchro-Stings: Atonal Chords 1 - Trevor Duncan
  • Synchro-Stings No. 5 - Trevor Duncan
  • Synchro-Stings No. 6 - Trevor Duncan
  • Synchro-Stings No. 1 (c) - Trevor Duncan
  • Synchro-Stings No. 1 (b) - Trevor Duncan
  • Synchro-Stings No. 2 (a) - Trevor Duncan
  • Synchro-Stings No. 4 (a) - Trevor Duncan
  • NOTE: This list uses the titles and numbering as given on the original Impress Music Library catalogue for the Synchro-Stings disc. Some of these cues were reissued on JW Media Music's “Vintage Drama” CD (JW 2024) which uses different titles.
• The Myth Makers - Humphrey Searle
• The Daleks' Master Plan - Tristram Cary / BBC Sound Library: First Noel - Small Group of Children (Traditional) [Used for Carol Singing in Ep. 7]
• The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve - Stock Music - Pierre Arvay:
  • Illustrations No. 4: The Hunted Man - Pierre Arvay
  • Illustrations No. 4: The Frightened Man - Pierre Arvay
  • Illustrations No. 4: Little Prelude - Pierre Arvay
  • Illustrations No. 4: Breath Of Fire - Pierre Arvay [Not listed on PasB]
• The Ark - Tristram Cary (Reused from The Daleks) / Drumdramatics 11 (b) ("Tympani beats") - The Percussion Ensemble (Robert Farnon)
• The Celestial Toymaker - Dudley Simpson
• The Gunfighters - Tristram Cary, Donald Cotton & Rex Tucker
• The Savages - Raymond Jones
• The War Machines - Stock Music (The Drum & Cymbal cue at the start of each episode is still unidentified. Known to come from The BBC Sound Library):
  • The Mood Modern: Frantic Fracas - Johnny Hawksworth
  • The Mood Modern: The Eyelash - Johnny Hawksworth
  • The Mood Modern: Beat To Begin - Johnny Hawksworth
  • The Mood Modern: Browbeater - Johnny Hawksworth
  • The Mood Modern: Latin Gear - Johnny Hawksworth
  • The Mood Modern: Rhythm N' Beat - Johnny Hawksworth
  • Musique Electronique: Hypnosis - Eric Siday
  • BBC Sound Library: Computer Working 11 (Constant Notes) [Slow] - Electronic Computer (L.E.O) [Not listed on PasB - Edit seems to be taken from A For Androemda]
  • Synchro-Stings: Atonal Chords 2 - Trevor Duncan [Not listed on PasB]
  • Electronic Music: Asyndeton - Roberto Gerhard [Not listed on PasB]
  • NOTE: All tracks by Johnny Hawksworth are played as diegetic music in the Inferno club. The Doctor Who Production Guide lists "Drum Roll And Cymbal," "Two Stings" and "Sting," all coming from an unknown BBC FX Disc. These titles & tracks are as of yet unconfirmed

Season 4 (1966 - 1967)

• The Smugglers - No Incidental Music Used
• The Tenth Planet - Stock Music - Chappell Recorded Music Library:
  • Music For Technology Pt. 1 - Roger Roger & his Champs Elysees Orchestra (Walter Stott)
  • Drama In Miniature Pt. 2 (a): Time For The Reaper - The Wind & Percussion Ensemble (John Denis - Alias for Dennis Farnon)
  • Power Drill - The Wind & Percussion Ensemble (Douglas Gamley)
  • Space Adventure Pt. 2 [Played both at normal speed & slowly] - The Norman Ramin Orchestra (Martin Slavin)
  • Machine Room - The Wind & Percussion Ensemble (Douglas Gamley)
  • Drumdramatics No. 6 (e) - The Percussion Ensemble (Robert Farnon) [Wrongly listed as "Drumdramatics No. 10" on PasB]
  • Drumdramatics No. 7 (a) - The Percussion Ensemble (Robert Farnon)
  • Space Adventure Pt. 3 - The Norman Ramin Orchestra (Martin Slavin)
  • NOTE: "Blast Off" by Roger Roger & his Champs Elysees Orchestra & "Drumdramatics No. 10" by The Percussion Ensemble are listed on the PasB but are not used. According to the camera script, "Blast Off" was to appear over the opening captions of Ep. 1, but in the finished episode this sequence is music-free. In 2000 a soundtrack album was released by Ochre Records; This relied on the PasB paperwork and therefore omits Drumdramatics No. 6 while including the following incorrect tracks:
    • Blast Off! - Roger Roger & his Champs Elysees Orchestra
    • Space Adventure Pt. 1 - The Norman Ramin Orchestra (Martin Slavin)
    • Drama In Miniature Pt. 2 (b): Chase The Man Down - The Wind & Percussion Ensemble (John Denis - Alias for Dennis Farnon)
    • Drumdramatics No. 7 (b - g) - The Percussion Ensemble (Robert Farnon)
    • Drumdramatics No. 10 (a - d) - The Percussion Ensemble (Robert Farnon)
• The Power of the Daleks - Tristram Cary (Reused from The Daleks & The Daleks' Master Plan)
• The Highlanders - BBC Sound Library: The Battle Of Waternish (Pibroch) - Seumas MacNeill (Traditional) [Two drum cues in Ep. 1 are still unidentified; Two more appear to have been played live]
• The Underwater Menace - Dudley Simpson
• The Moonbase - Stock Music. Also some cues reused from The Daleks Master Plan. One cue is still unidentified. The others, in order of appearance:
  • Musique Electronique: Anaesthesia - Eric Siday [Wrongly listed as "Sabre Dance" on PasB for Ep. 1]
  • Musique Electronique: Hypnosis [Slow] - Eric Siday
  • Electronic Sound Pictures: Group Shapes (c): Arcs - Desmond Briscoe
  • Electronic Music: Asyndeton - Roberto Gerhard [Not listed on PasB]
  • Musique Electronique: Threat Attack [Slow/Looped] - Eric Siday [Not listed on PasB - A small section is used as the pulsing of the Gravitron]
  • Growing Menace (The Daleks Master Plan) - Tristram Cary [Not listed on PasB]
  • Space Adventure Pt. 3 - The Norman Ramin Orchestra (Martin Slavin)
  • Space Adventure Pt. 2 [Played both at normal speed & slowly] - The Norman Ramin Orchestra (Martin Slavin)
  • Sting III (The Daleks Master Plan) - Tristram Cary [Not listed on PasB]
  • The Ultra Sonic Perception: Moonscape - Eric Siday
  • The Victim III (The Daleks Master Plan) - Tristram Cary [Not listed on PasB]
  • The Ultra Sonic Perception: Suspended Animation - Eric Siday
  • Musique Electronique: Conflict No. 1 - Eric Siday
  • The Ultra Sonic Perception: Ultimate (b) - Eric Siday [Not listed on PasB]
  • Synchro-Sting No. 7 - Trevor Duncan [Not listed on PasB]
  • Synchro-Stings: Atonal Chords 3 - Trevor Duncan [Not listed on PasB]
  • Synchro-Stings No. 4 (c) - Trevor Duncan [Not listed on PasB]
  • Symphony For Chromatic Octograms - Desmond Leslie [Not listed on PasB]
  • Sting I (The Daleks Master Plan) - Tristram Cary [Not listed on PasB]
  • Aliens [Slow] - Erik Nordgren [Not listed on PasB - Plays over "Electronic Sound Pictures: Arcs" in Ep. 4]
  • Synchro-Stings: Minor Chords (g): A-Minor (Long) - Trevor Duncan [Not listed on PasB]
• The Macra Terror - Dudley Simpson / Muzak - John Baker (Originally composed for the Out of the Unknown episode "Time in Advance") [Not listed on PasB]
  • NOTE: For Ep. 1 of the 2019 animation, John Baker was given co-credits along with Dudley Simpson
• The Faceless Ones - Library Music:
  • BBC Sound Library: Nigerian Drums [Unconfirmed]
  • Fantasy In Orbit: Pacific Dawn - Tom Dissevelt
  • BBC Sound Library: Hindu Funeral Drumming - John Levy [Unconfirmed]
  • NOTE: There are still many electronic cues from the story that have yet to be identified. Some may come from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop archive or The BBC Sound Library:
    • Low Frequency Electronic Tones (40" sequence, looped)
    • Mid-Frequency Electronic Tone
    • Mid-Frequency Electronic Stings
    • High Frequency Electronic Sting (Used in the opening titles of the extant episodes of BBC Radio Drama "Journey Into Space")
• The Evil of the Daleks - Dudley Simpson. Also Stock Music ("Young Beat"):
  • Mexican Beat - The International Studio Group (Jack Trombey) [Played on Bob Hall's radio in Ep. 1]
  • NOTE: Two more original tracks from "Young Beat" appear on the 2021 US release of the "Evil of the Daleks" animation:
    • The Lonely Man - The International Studio Group (Peter Reno) [Replacing The Seekers]
    • Beat Special - The International Studio Group (John Reids) [Replacing The Beatles]

Season 5 (1967 - 1968)

• The Tomb of the Cybermen - Stock music. Two electronic (or filtered brass) cues & the underground chamber music are still unidentified. The others, in order of appearance:
  • Telecineradio: Univers Sidéral [Played both at normal speed and quickly] - Paul Bonneau and his Grand Orchestra
  • Astronautics: Pt. 2 - Erich Sendel [Not listed on PasB]
  • Synchro-Stings No. 9 - Trevor Duncan [Not named on PasB but listed by catalogue number]
  • Desert Storm - The Crawford Light Orchestra (Heinrich Feischner)
  • Synchro-Stings No. 7 [Slow] - Trevor Duncan [Not named on PasB but listed by catalogue number]
  • Synchro-Stings No. 8 [Slow] - Trevor Duncan [Not named on PasB but listed by catalogue number]
  • Synchro-Stings No. 1 (c) - Trevor Duncan [Not named on PasB but listed by catalogue number]
  • Synchro-Stings No. 3 (a) - Trevor Duncan [Not named on PasB but listed by catalogue number - Plays over Synchro-Sting No. 1 (c)]
  • Sting Tintabuloid 1 - Desmond Leslie [Not named on PasB but listed by catalogue number]
  • Palpitations - The Westway Studio Orchestra (John Scott)
  • Eerie Vaults - The Lansdowne Light Orchestra (Steve Race) [Not named on PasB but listed by catalogue number]
  • The Ultra Sonic Perception: Galaxy - Eric Siday
  • Off Center: Dark Pursuit - The New Concert Orchestra (Frank Talley)
  • Space Adventure Pt. 3 - The Norman Ramin Orchestra (Martin Slavin)
  • Off Center: Off Center - The New Concert Orchestra (Frank Talley)
  • Astronautics: Pt. 1 (Main Theme) - Erich Sendel
  • Musique Electronique: Hypnosis - Eric Siday [Not listed on PasB]
  • Dramatic Brass Chords - Wolf Droysen (Wolfram Röhrig) [Not listed on PasB]
  • Space Adventure Pt. 2 - The Norman Ramin Orchestra (Martin Slavin)
  • The Ultra Sonic Perception: Suspended Animation - Eric Siday
  • Synchro-Stings No. 6 - Trevor Duncan [Not listed on PasB]
  • Off Center: Panic In The Streets - The New Concert Orchestra (Frank Talley)
  • Off Center: Quicksand - The New Concert Orchestra (Frank Talley) [Not listed on PasB - Plays briefly on a close-up of a Cybermat in Ep. 3]
  • Space-Time Music Pt. 1 [Slow] - The Westway Studio Orchestra (Wilfred Josephs)
  • Electronic Music: Telergic - Roberto Gerhard
  • NOTE: In 1997, a "Tomb of the Cybermen" soundtrack was released by Via Satellite Records. This CD omitted many tracks used in the story but did have several tracks that weren't, including the complete suites of "Space Adventure", "Astronautics" and "Space-Time Music". Several tracks in the story were heavily filtered by The BBC Radiophonic Workshop. These were:
    • Sting Tintabuloid 1 - Desmond Leslie [As stings in Ep. 1, 3 & 4]
    • Astronautics: Pt. 1 (Main Theme) - Erich Sendel [As stings in Ep. 1, 2 & 4 - Is played normally in Ep. 4 as well]
    • Musique Electronique: Hypnosis - Eric Siday
    • Dramatic Brass Chords - Wolf Droysen (Wolfram Röhrig)
    • Space Adventure Pt. 2 - The Norman Ramin Orchestra (Martin Slavin) [As a sting in Ep. 2 & in full in Ep. 4 - Is played normally in Ep. 2 & 4 as well]
    • The Ultra Sonic Perception: Galaxy - Eric Siday [Only once in Ep. 2 - Is played normally for the majority of the story]
    • The Ultra Sonic Perception: Suspended Animation - Eric Siday [Only once in Ep. 2 - Is played normally in Ep. 2 as well]
    • Synchro-Stings No. 6 - Trevor Duncan [As a sting in Ep. 2 & 3]
    • Synchro-Stings No. 8 - Trevor Duncan [As a sting in Ep. 2 & 3]
• The Abominable Snowmen - BBC Sound Library:
  • Morning Prayer - Monks of the Sakya Sect
  • Offering To God Of Sakya - Monks of the Sakya Sect
• The Ice Warriors - Dudley Simpson
• The Enemy of the World - Stock Music - Béla Bartók:
  • The Miraculous Mandarin (Pt. V "The Mandarin Enters") - The Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra (Conducted by Rolf Reinhardt)
  • Music For String Instruments, Percussion And Celesta (Pt. IV "Allegro Molto") - The RIAS Symphony Orchestra (Conducted by Ferenc Fricsay)
  • Music For String Instruments, Percussion And Celesta (Pt. II "Allegro") - The RIAS Symphony Orchestra (Conducted by Ferenc Fricsay)
  • The Miraculous Mandarin (Pt. III "Second Seduction Game") - The Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra (Conducted by Rolf Reinhardt)
  • Music For String Instruments, Percussion And Celesta (Pt. III "Adagio") - The RIAS Symphony Orchestra (Conducted by Ferenc Fricsay)
  • NOTE: The PasB only lists "The Miraculous Mandarin" & "Music For String Instruments, Percussion And Celesta" and not the specific sections that are used in "Enemy of the World". The following sections are not used in the story:
    • Music For String Instruments, Percussion And Celesta (Pt. I "Andante Tranquillo") - The RIAS Symphony Orchestra (Conducted by Ferenc Fricsay)
    • The Miraculous Mandarin (Pt. I "Beginning") - The Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra (Conducted by Rolf Reinhardt)
    • The Miraculous Mandarin (Pt. II "First Seduction Game") - The Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra (Conducted by Rolf Reinhardt)
    • The Miraculous Mandarin (Pt. IV "Third Seduction Game") - The Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra (Conducted by Rolf Reinhardt)
    • The Miraculous Mandarin (Pt. VI "Dance Of The Girl") - The Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra (Conducted by Rolf Reinhardt)
    • The Miraculous Mandarin (Pt. VII "The Chase") - The Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra (Conducted by Rolf Reinhardt)
• The Web of Fear - Brian Hodgson (Assorted Electronic Stings). Also Stock Music:
  • Music For String Instruments, Percussion And Celesta (Pt. III "Adagio") - The RIAS Symphony Orchestra; Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay (Béla Bartók)
  • Lunar Probe: Andromède - François Bayle [Wrongly listed as "Lunar People" on PasB]
  • Space-Time Music Pt. 2 - The Westway Studio Orchestra (Wilfred Josephs) [Wrongly listed as "Pt. 1" on PasB]
  • Space-Time Music Pt. 3 - The Westway Studio Orchestra (Wilfred Josephs) [Wrongly listed as "Pt. 2" on PasB]
  • Palpitations - The Westway Studio Orchestra (John Scott)
  • Impending Danger - The European Sound Stage Orchestra (Syd Dale)
  • Spine Chillers 1 (a) - Edwin Braden
  • Space Adventure Pt. 2 - The Norman Ramin Orchestra (Martin Slavin)
• Fury from the Deep - Dudley Simpson
• The Wheel in Space - Brian Hodgson / Tranquil Scene - Moneta Eagles

Season 6 (1968 - 1969)

• The Dominators - Brian Hodgson
• The Mind Robber - Brian Hodgson. Also Stock Music:
  • Flowers Of The Forest (Bagpipes) - Unknown Performer (Traditional) [Not listed on PasB - Possibly from The BBC Sound Library]
  • Symphony No. 7 In E-Major (Pt. III "Scherzo") - The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Conductor: Eugen Jochum (Anton Bruckner)
• The Invasion - Don Harper. Also Three Library Tracks:
  • Muzak - John Baker (Originally composed for the Out of the Unknown episode "Time in Advance" - With new electronic opening & overdubbed piano)
  • Soul Organ Showcase: Organ Mania - Alan Hawkshaw & Keith Mansfield [Not listed on PasB - Played on Jamie's transistor radio in Ep. 1]
  • Soul Organ Showcase: Piccadilly Night Ride - Alan Hawkshaw & Keith Mansfield [Not listed on PasB - Played on Jamie's transistor radio in Ep. 2]
• The Krotons - Brian Hodgson
• The Seeds of Death - Dudley Simpson
• The Space Pirates - Dudley Simpson
• The War Games - Dudley Simpson / Reel Of Tulloch (Bagpipes) - Unknown Performer [Not listed on PasB - Possibly from The BBC Sound Library]

Season 7 (1970)

• Spearhead from Space - Dudley Simpson
• Doctor Who and the Silurians - Carey Blyton
• The Ambassadors of Death - Dudley Simpson
• Inferno - Stock Music. One cue is still unidentified. The others, in order of appearance:
  • Souls In Space - Nikki St. George (Brian Hodgson)
  • Crazy Sounds No. 4 - Cecil Leuter (Roger Roger) [Not listed on PasB]
  • Attack Of The Alien Minds - Nikki St. George (Brian Hodgson) [Not listed on PasB]
  • The Delian Mode - Delia Derbyshire
  • Battle Theme - Nikki St. George (Brian Hodgson)
  • Mysterious Pt. 1: Omen Of Fear [Slow] - The Telecast Orchestra (Denis Rycoth) [Not listed on PasB]
  • Gothic Submarine - Li de la Russe (Delia Derbyshire) & Nikki St. George (Brian Hodgson) [Not listed on PasB]
  • Blue Veils And Golden Sands - Delia Derbyshire
  • Build Up To... - David Vorhaus
  • Cosmic Sounds No. 5 - Georges Teperino [Not listed on PasB]
  • Homeric Theme - Nikki St. George (Brian Hodsgon)
  • Time Capsule - Nikki St. George (Brian Hodgson) [Not listed on PasB - Plays briefly near the end of Ep. 6 as the TARDIS powers up]
  • ["Electronic Links" by The Machines (Eric Peters) is listed on the PasB for Ep. 7 but does not appear. This is a mix-up with a currently unidentified track in Ep. 7 (an Echoing Piano)]

Season 8 (1971)

• Terror of the Autons - Dudley Simpson / Spotlit Sequins No. 1 - The International Studio Orchestra (Keith Papworth)
• The Mind of Evil - Dudley Simpson
• The Claws of Axos - Dudley Simpson
• Colony in Space - Dudley Simpson / Build Up To... - David Vorhaus
• The Dæmons - Dudley Simpson / Stock Music / Traditional Morris Tunes specially recorded by The Headington Quarry Morris Dancers:
  • Symphonie Fantastique (Pt. IV "March To The Scaffold") - The French National Radio Orchestra; Conductor: Sir Thomas Beecham (Hector Berlioz)
  • Tarte Maison (a.k.a. Off Broadway) - The Heinz Kiessling Orchestra (Werner Tautz) [Not listed on PasB - TV Breakdown Music]
  • [Traditional tracks specially recorded by The Headington Quarry Morris Dancers are: "The Morris On (a.k.a. Winster Processional)," "Young Collins," "Constant Billy" [unconfirmed] and "The 29th Of May"]

Season 9 (1972)

• Day of the Daleks - Dudley Simpson
• The Curse of Peladon - Dudley Simpson
• The Sea Devils - Malcolm Clarke (Replaced John Baker) / Submarines - John Baker [Not listed on PasB - Used as a base for some of Clarke's score]
• The Mutants - Tristram Cary
• The Time Monster - Dudley Simpson / BBC Sound Library: Tutankhamun's Silver Trumpet - Bandsman James Tappern [Not Listed on PasB - The full track includes a brief quotation from "Post Horn Galop" by Herman Koenig. An excerpt is used as King Dalios' fanfare]

Season 10 (1972 - 1973)

• The Three Doctors - Dudley Simpson
• Carnival of Monsters - Dudley Simpson
• Frontier in Space - Dudley Simpson
• Planet of the Daleks - Dudley Simpson
• The Green Death - Dudley Simpson / It'll Never Be Me (Instrumental) - The Electric Banana (Phillip May, Richard Clifford Taylor, Alan Edward Waller & John Povey) [Playing during the final party scene]

Season 11 (1973 - 1974)

• The Time Warrior - Dudley Simpson
• Invasion of the Dinosaurs - Dudley Simpson
• Death to the Daleks - Carey Blyton
• The Monster of Peladon - Dudley Simpson
• Planet of the Spiders - Dudley Simpson. Also Stock Music:
  • Front Row - Paul Gerard (Dennis Farnon)
  • Djinn Palace - Paul Gerard (Dennis Farnon) [Wrongliy listed as "Sneaky Sheik" on PasB]
  • Bizarre Link 2 - Paul Gerard (Dennis Farnon) [Wrongliy listed as "Hunted" on PasB]
  • Music From The Himalayas: Tibet: Lama Chhopa - Five Lamas from the Tibetan temple, Sarnath & Thupten Jungnes Lama

Season 12 (1974 - 1975)

• Robot - Dudley Simpson
• The Ark in Space - Dudley Simpson / Concerto Grosso Opus 3: Nos. 2 (Pt. II "Largo") - The Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields; Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner (Georg Friedrich Händel)
• The Sontaran Experiment - Dudley Simpson
• Genesis of the Daleks - Dudley Simpson
• Revenge of the Cybermen - Carey Blyton & Peter Howell
  • NOTE: Pt. 1's score is entirely composed by Carey Blyton. Peter Howell's contributions to the score are in the 2nd & 3rd Pt.s, and then the 4th Pt. returns to Blyton's original score (with the exception of the prelude for Pt. 4, which is taken from the end of Pt. 3). Carey Blyton's original score without Howell's overdubs are known to exist, along with Howell's edits

Season 13 (1975 - 1976)

• Terror of the Zygons - Geoffrey Burgon. Also Stock Music ("Solo Sounds: Vol. 2"):
  • Strathspey And Reel - Robert Murphy (Traditional - Made up of Various Tunes:)
    • Lady Madelina Sinclair - John MacPhedran
    • Because He Was A Bonny Lad - Traditional
    • De'il Among The Tailors - Traditional
  • Flowers Of The Forest - Robert Murphy (Traditional)
• Planet of Evil - Dudley Simpson
• Pyramid of Mars - Dudley Simpson
• The Android Invasion - Dudley Simpson
• The Brain of Morbius - Dudley Simpson
• The Seeds of Doom - Geoffrey Burgon

Season 14 (1976 - 1977)

• The Masque of Mandragora - Dudley Simpson. Also Stock Music ("Dance Music Of The Renaissance"):
  • Istampita Ghaetta - Ulsamer Collegium (Anonymous) [Wrongly listed as "Istampita Comincia-Mento Di Gioia" on PasB]
  • Basse Dane La Brosse - Ulsamer Collegium (Pierre Attaignant)
  • Branle De Champagne - Ulsamer Collegium (Claude Gervaise)
• The Hand of Fear - Dudley Simpson
• The Deadly Assassin - Dudley Simpson
• The Face of Evil - Dudley Simpson
• The Robots of Death - Dudley Simpson. Also Stock Music ("In A Covent Garden"):
  • None But The Weary Heart - Electrophon (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
  • The Girl With The Flaxen Hair - Electrophon (Claude Debussy)
• The Talons of Weng-Chiang - Dudley Simpson / Music Of The Streets: Cylinder Piano - Roy Mickleburgh

Season 15 (1977 - 1978)

• Horror of Fang Rock - Dudley Simpson
• The Invisible Enemy - Dudley Simpson
• Image of the Fendahl - Dudley Simpson
• The Sun Makers - Dudley Simpson
• Underworld - Dudley Simpson
• The Invasion of Time - Dudley Simpson

Season 16 (1978 - 1979)

• The Ribos Operation - Dudley Simpson / Antiphonae Mariae - Fosco Corti & Schola Cantorum Francesco Coradini Arezzo (Anonymous)
• The Pirate Planet - Dudley Simpson
• The Stones of Blood - Dudley Simpson
• The Androids of Tara - Dudley Simpson
• The Power of Kroll - Dudley Simpson
• The Armageddon Factor - Dudley Simpson

Season 17 (1979 - 1980)

• Destiny of the Daleks - Dudley Simpson
• City of Death - Dudley Simpson
• The Creature from the Pit - Dudley Simpson
• Nightmare of Eden - Dudley Simpson
• The Horns of Nimon - Dudley Simpson
• Shada - Keff McCulloch (1992 version) / Mark Ayres (2017 version)

Season 18 (1980 - 1981)

• The Leisure Hive - Peter Howell
• Meglos - Paddy Kingsland & Peter Howell
• Full Circle - Paddy Kingsland
• State of Decay - Paddy Kingsland
• Warriors' Gate - Peter Howell
• The Keeper of Traken - Roger Limb
• Logopolis - Paddy Kingsland / Symphony No. 8 In B-Minor "Unfinished" - The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Conductor: Karl Münchinger (Franz Schubert)

Season 19 (1982)

• Castrovalva - Paddy Kingsland / BBC Sound Library: Tibetan Ceremonial Horn
• Four to Doomsday - Roger Limb. Also Stock Music:
  • Flutes Of The Andes: Antara - Unknown performer
  • Didgeridoo Music [Looped] (Signature Tune from "Adventure: Quest Under Capricorn") - Gunavidi Tribe
  • The Royal Hunt Of The Sun - Marc Wilkinson
• Kinda - Peter Howell
• The Visitation - Paddy Kingsland
• Black Orchid - Roger Limb
• Earthshock - Malcolm Clarke
• Time-Flight - Roger Limb

Season 20 (1983)

• Arc of Infinity - Roger Limb
• Snakedance - Peter Howell
• Mawdryn Undead - Paddy Kingsland
• Terminus - Roger Limb
• Enlightenment - Malcolm Clarke / The Milgona - Malcolm Clarke
• The King's Demons - Jonathan Gibbs & Peter Howell
• The Five Doctors - Peter Howell / The Whirl Of The Waltz - The New Mayfair Orchestra [Unconfirmed]

Season 21 (1984)

• Warriors of the Deep - Jonathan Gibbs
• The Awakening - Peter Howell
• Frontios - Paddy Kingsland
• Resurrection of the Daleks - Malcolm Clarke
• Planet of Fire - Peter Howell / Zapateado - The Studio Ensemble (John Leach)
• The Caves of Androzani - Roger Limb
• The Twin Dilemma - Malcolm Clarke

Season 22 (1985)

• Attack of the Cybermen - Malcolm Clarke
• Vengeance on Varos - Jonathan Gibbs
• The Mark of the Rani - Jonathan Gibbs (Replaced John Lewis)
• The Two Doctors - Peter Howell
• Timelash - Elizabeth Parker
• Revelation of the Daleks - Roger Limb

Season 23 - The Trial of a Time Lord (1986)

• The Mysterious Planet - Dominic Glynn
• Mindwarp - Richard Hartley
• Terror of the Vervoids - Malcolm Clarke
• The Ultimate Foe - Dominic Glynn

Season 24 (1987)

• Time and the Rani - Keff McCulloch
• Paradise Towers - Keff McCulloch (Replaced David Snell)
• Delta and the Bannermen - Keff McCulloch
• Dragonfire - Dominic Glynn

Season 25 (1988)

• Remembrance of the Daleks - Keff McCulloch
• The Happiness Patrol - Dominic Glynn
• Silver Nemesis - Keff McCulloch
• The Greatest Show in the Galaxy - Mark Ayres

Season 26 (1989)

• Battlefield - Keff McCulloch
• Ghost Light - Mark Ayres
• The Curse of Fenric - Mark Ayres
• Survival - Dominic Glynn

Television Movie (1996)

• Doctor Who - John Debney, Louis Serbe & John Sponsler

Series 1 (2005) - Series 10 (2017)

• Rose (2005) – Twice Upon a Time (2017)
  • Murray Gold

Series 11 (2018) - ?

• The Woman Who Fell to Earth (2018) - ?
  • Segun Akinola

Next time… trailers

• In Series 5 (2010) stock music was used in several "Next time…" trailers. The trailers for The Time of Angels, Flesh and Stone, The Vampires of Venice, Amy's Choice, The Hungry Earth, Cold Blood, The Lodger and The Pandorica Opens used combinations of the following pieces:
  • "Graveheart" - Mel Wesson, Bruce Fowler, Steve Kofsky & Hans Zimmer, Album: Directors Cuts: Rises DCD028
  • "Accelerometer" - Mel Wesson, Bruce Fowler, Steve Kofsky & Hans Zimmer, Album: Directors Cuts: Rises DCD028
  • "Cello Sub Marine" - Mel Wesson, Album: Directors Cuts: Drones DCD011
  • "Thunderland" - Nick Phoenix, Album: Directors Cuts: Drumscores DCD018
  • "Peak & Destroy" - Hans Zimmer, Steve Kofsky, Bruce Fowler & Mel Wesson, Album: Directors Cuts: Rises DCD028
  • "Orchestral Swell D" - Bart K Hendrickson, Carrie Harry & Dirty Dick, Album: Directors Cuts: Swells DCD048
  • "Choir Orchestral Swell D" - Bart K Hendrickson, Carrie Harry & Dirty Dick, Album: Directors Cuts: Swells DCD048
  • "Ear Of God" - Mel Wesson, Bruce Fowler, Steve Kofsky & Hans Zimmer, Album: Directors Cuts: Rises DCD028
  • "Beat To Death" - Dirty Dick, Carrie Harry & Bart K Hendrickson, Album: Directors Cuts: Intros DCD040
  • "Implode" - Dirty Dick, Carrie Harry & Bart K Hendrickson, Directors Cuts: Outros DCD047

Incidental Music Composers of Torchwood

 Series 1

Murray Gold and Ben Foster were credited for the music in series 1, with the exception for Everything Changes and Cyberwoman where only Murray Gold was credited.

Series 2 & Series 3 - Children of Earth

• Ben Foster

Series 4 - Miracle Day

• Murray Gold