List of incidental music composers: Difference between revisions

The following people composed the '''[[incidental music|Incidental Music]]''' for ''[[Doctor Who]]'' from ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'' to today. The [[Doctor Who theme|Doctor Who Theme]] itself was composed by [[Ron Grainer]].  

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== Incidental Music Composers for ''Doctor Who'' ==

** 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 (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'' - Tristram Cary. Also Three tracks from The BBC Sound Library:

** Chinese Harp: At The Palace Gate - Louis P. T. Chen (Traditional) [''Listed as "At th<nowiki/>e Palace '''Gates'''" on the Pa<nowiki/>sB'']

** A Merry Old Gentleman's Song - Louis P. T. Chen (Traditional) [''Unconfirmed'']

**Tutankhamun's Trumpet [Silver Trumpet] - 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'']

** Suite [''Played both Fast & Normal''] - Les Structures Sonores (Jacques Lasry)

** [''Also 4 electronic stings, presumably by [[Brian Hodgson]] & [[BBC Radiophonic Workshop|The BBC Radiophonic Workshop]] - Unconfirmed'']

** Musique Electronique: Threat Attack [''Played both Normal & Slow''] - Eric Siday

** Aliens [''Slow''] - Erik Nordgren [''Wrongly listed as "Bathysphere" on PasB'']

** The Ultra Sonic Perception: Suspended Animation - Eric Siday [''Wrongly listed as "Moonscape" on PasB'']

** Mediaeval Drama Pt. 3 (a) - Lawrence Leonard & his Orchestra [''Wrongly listed as "Pt. 1" on PasB for Ep. 2]''

** Secundae Vesperae In Nativitate - Benedictine Monks of St. Martin [''The fake<nowiki/> monk chants in the monastery'']

** Scorched Earth - The Group-Forty Orchestra (Trevor Duncan) [''Misspelt as "Scorche'''s''' Earth" on PasB'']

** Pièces Nouvelles [''Played both Fast & Normal''] - Les Structures Sonores (Jacques Lasry)

** [''"Invention A2 Voix En Ré Mineur" by Les Structures Sonores (Johann Sebastian Bach)'' ''is listed on the PasB but is not used]''

* ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' - [[Tristram Cary]] / BBC Sound Library: First Noel - Small Group of Children (Traditional) [''Used for Carol Singing in Ep. 7'']

**Breath Of Fire - Pierre Arvay [Not listed on PasB]

* ''[[The Ark (TV story)|The Ark]]'' - Tristram Cary (''Reused from [[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'') / Drumdramatics 11 (b) ("Tympani beats") - The Percussion Ensemble (Robert Farnon)

* ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|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

** 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'']

** NOTE: ''All tracks by Johnny Hawksworth are played as diegetic music in the [[Inferno (club)|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''

* ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'' - Stock Music - Chappell Recorded Music Library:

** Space Adventure Pt. 2 [''Played both Slow & Normal''] - Norman Ramin & his Orchestra (Martin Slavin)

** Drumdramatics No. 6 (e) - The Percussion Ensemble (Robert Farnon) [''Wrongly listed as "Drumdramatics No. 10" on PasB'']

** 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:''

* ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'' - Stock Music. Also some cues reused from ''The Daleks Master Plan''. One cue is still unidentified. The others, in order of appearance:

** Growing Menace (''The Daleks Master Plan'') - Tristram Cary [''Not listed on PasB'']

** Space Adventure Pt. 2 [''Played both Normal & Slow''] - Norman Ramin & his Orchestra (Martin Slavin)

** Sting III (''The'' ''Daleks Master Plan'') - Tristram Cary [''Not'' ''listed on PasB'']

** The Victim III (''The Daleks Master Plan'') - Tristram Cary [''Not listed on PasB'']

** Sting I (''The Daleks Master Plan'') - Tristram Cary [''Not listed on PasB'']

** Aliens [S''low''] - Erik Nordgren [''Not listed on PasB - Plays over "Electronic Sound Pictures: Arcs" in Ep. 4]''

* ''[[The Macra Terror (TV story)|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

** BBC Sound Library: Nigerian Drums ''[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:

*** 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 Lonely Man - The International Studio Group (Peter Reno) [''Replacing The Seekers'']

***Beat Special - The International Studio Group (John Reids) [''Replacing The Beatles'']

* ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|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 Fast & Normal''] - Paul Bonneau & his Grand Orchestra

** Synchro-Stings No. 3 (a) - Trevor Duncan [''Not named on PasB but listed by catalogue number - Plays over Synchro-Sting No. 1 (c)'']

** 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'']

* ''[[The Abominable Snowmen (TV story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]'' - BBC Sound Library:

** Morning Prayer - Monks of the Sakya Sect

** Offering To God Of Sakya - Monks of the Sakya Sect

* ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'' - [[Brian Hodgson]] (Assorted Electronic Stings). Also Stock Music:

** 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'']

* ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'' - Brian Hodgson / Tranquil Scene - Moneta Eagles

* ''[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]]'' - Brian Hodgson. Also Stock Music:

** Muzak - John Baker (''Different from [[The Macra Terror (TV story)|Macra Terror's]] verison, with 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'']

* ''[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]'' - Stock Music. One cue is still unidentified. The others, in order of appearance:

** 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'']

** Mysterious Pt. 1: Omen Of Fear [''Slow''] - The Telecast Orchestra (Denis Rycoth) [''Not listed on PasB - In the story, there are two different Slow edits used'']

** Cosmic Sounds No. 5 - Georges Teperino [''Not listed on PasB'']

** [''"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)'']

* ''[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]'' - Dudley Simpson / BBC Sound Library: Tutankhamun's Trumpet - 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'']

** 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'']

**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.

** Istampita Ghaetta - Ulsamer Collegium (Anonymous) [''Wrongly listed as "Istampita Comincia-Mento Di Gioia" on PasB'']

* ''[[The Ribos Operation (TV story)|The Ribos Operation]]'' - [[Dudley Simpson]] / Antiphonae Mariae - Fosco Corti & Schola Cantorum Francesco Coradini Arezzo (Anonymous)

* ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]'' - [[Mark Ayres]] (2017) [<nowiki/>[[Keff McCulloch|''Keff McCulloch'']] ''composed the music for the 1992 VHS Version'']

* ''[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]'' - [[Paddy Kingsland]] / BBC Sound Library: Tibetan Ceremonial Horn

**Didgeridoo Music [''Looped''] (Signature Tune from "Adventure: Quest Under Capricorn") - Gunavidi Tribe

* ''[[The King's Demons (TV story)|The King's Demons]]'' - [[Jonathan Gibbs]] & Peter Howell (''Wrote [[The King's Song|'The King's Song'<nowiki/>]]'')

* ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'' - Peter Howell

* ''[[The Mark of the Rani (TV story)|The Mark of the Rani]]'' - Jonathan Gibbs (Replaced John Lewis)

=== Season 23 - [[Season 23|The Trial of a Time Lord]] (1986) ===

* ''[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]'' - Keff McCulloch (Replaced David Snell)

=== Series 11 (2018) - Series 13 (2021 - 2022) ===

* ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]'' (2018) - [[The Power of the Doctor (TV story)|The Power of the Doctor]] (2022)

** [[Segun Akinola]]

* In [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]] (2010) stock music was used in several "Next time…" trailers.<ref>[[DWMSE 27]]</ref> The trailers for ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'', ''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]'', ''[[The Vampires of Venice (TV story)|The Vampires of Venice]]'', ''[[Amy's Choice (TV story)|Amy's Choice]]'', ''[[The Hungry Earth (TV story)|The Hungry Earth]]'', ''[[Cold Blood (TV story)|Cold Blood]]'', ''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]'' and ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'' used combinations of the following pieces:

=== List of Pop Culture Music used in Doctor Who: ===

**NOTE: All used as Incidental Music in the story

**Music For String Instruments, Percussion And Celesta (Pt. III "Adagio") - The RIAS Symphony Orchestra; Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay (Béla Bartók) [Used as Incidental Music in the story]

**Symphony No. 7 In E-Major (Pt. III "Scherzo") - The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Conductor: Eugen Jochum (Anton Bruckner) [Used as Incidental Music in the story]

**Tarte Maison (a.k.a. Off Broadway) - The Heinz Kiessling Orchestra (Werner Tautz) [Not listed on PasB - TV Breakdown Music]

** Backing Track - The Piglets (John Raymond Arthey)

**The Whirl Of The Waltz - The New Mayfair Orchestra (Sydney Baines) [Unconfirmed]

*[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances (2005):]]

*[[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan / Evolution of the Daleks (2007):]]  

*[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|The Sounds of Drums / The Last of the Time Lords (2007):]]  

== Incidental Music Composers of Spinoffs ==

=== [[A Girl's Best Friend (TV story)|K-9 And Company: A Girl's Best Friend]] ===

* [[Fiachra Trench]] & [[Ian Levine]] (Title Music)

* [[Peter Howell]] (Incidental Music) / Symphony No. 1 In B Flat Major Op. 38 “Spring Overture” - The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Conductor: Georg Solti (Robert Schumann)

 

=== [[Series 1 (Torchwood)|Torchwood - Series 1 (2006 - 2007)]] ===

* [[Murray Gold]] (Title Music)

*Murray Gold & [[Ben Foster]] (Incide<nowiki/>ntal Music - Bar [[Everything Changes (TV story)|''Everything C'']]<nowiki/>[[Everything Changes (TV story)|''hanges'']] & ''[[Cyberwoman (TV story)|Cyberwoman]]'' where only Gold is credited)

 

=== [[Series 2 (Torchwood)|Torchwood - Series 2 (2008)]] & [[Series 3 (Torchwood)|Series 3: Children of Earth (2009)]] ===

*Murray Gold (Title Music)

*Ben Foster (Incidental Music)

 

=== [[Series 4 (Torchwood)|Torchwood - Series 4: Miracle Day (2011)]] ===

* Murray Gold

 

=== [[The Sarah Jane Adventures|The Sarah Jane Adventures: Series 1 - 5 (2007 - 2011)]] ===

* Murray Gold (Title Music)

*[[Sam Watts|Sam]] & [[Dan Watts]] (Incidental Music)

 

* [[Blair Mowat]] (Incidental Music & Closing Title Music)

*[[Up All Night (song)|"Up All Night"]] - [[Alex Clare]] (Alex Clare, Diplo, Switch & Ariel Rechtshaid - Title Music)