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{{real world}}A '''conductor''' is a person who directs the performance of a [[composer]]'s score. In this pursuit, he or she will be most concerned with determining when individual instruments play their parts of the music. Often, but not always, the conductor will also be the [[orchestrator]] of the orchestra. | {{real world}}A '''conductor''' is a person who directs the performance of a [[composer]]'s score. In this pursuit, he or she will be most concerned with determining when individual instruments play their parts of the music. Often, but not always, the conductor will also be the [[orchestrator]] of the orchestra. | ||
In ''[[Doctor Who]]'' history, conductors were only credited on special occasion, as with ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''. During the [[Steven Moffat|Moffat]] era, the conductor began to be credited on a more regular basis. {{As of|2012}} the only individuals ever credited as a conductor on ''Doctor Who'' were [[Marcus Dods]], the only credited conductor on the 1963 version of the show and [[Jeremy Holland-Smith]], [[Ben Foster]] and [[David Temple]]. | In ''[[Doctor Who]]'' history, conductors were only credited on special occasion, as with ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''. During the [[Steven Moffat|Moffat]] era, the conductor began to be credited on a more regular basis. {{As of|2012}} the only individuals ever credited as a conductor on ''Doctor Who'' were [[Marcus Dods]], the only credited conductor on the 1963 version of the show and [[Jeremy Holland-Smith]], [[Ben Foster]] and [[David Temple]], though for ''[[The Sensorites (TV story)|The Sensorites]]'' [[Norman Kay]] had the specific credit of "Incidental music composed and conducted by". | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [http://education-portal.com/articles/Band_Director_Educational_and_Training_Requirements.html Conductor job description at education-portal.com] | * [http://education-portal.com/articles/Band_Director_Educational_and_Training_Requirements.html Conductor job description at education-portal.com] | ||
* [http://www.careersinmusic.com/conductor.aspx Orchestrator defined at careersinmusic.com] | * [http://www.careersinmusic.com/conductor.aspx Orchestrator defined at careersinmusic.com] | ||
{{wikipediainfo|Conducting}} | {{wikipediainfo|Conducting}} | ||
[[Category:Production team titles]] | [[Category:Production team titles]] | ||
Revision as of 22:15, 27 September 2012
A conductor is a person who directs the performance of a composer's score. In this pursuit, he or she will be most concerned with determining when individual instruments play their parts of the music. Often, but not always, the conductor will also be the orchestrator of the orchestra.
In Doctor Who history, conductors were only credited on special occasion, as with The End of Time. During the Moffat era, the conductor began to be credited on a more regular basis. As of 2012[update] the only individuals ever credited as a conductor on Doctor Who were Marcus Dods, the only credited conductor on the 1963 version of the show and Jeremy Holland-Smith, Ben Foster and David Temple, though for The Sensorites Norman Kay had the specific credit of "Incidental music composed and conducted by".
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