List of incidental music composers

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The following people composed the Incidental Music for Doctor Who from An Unearthly Child to today. The Doctor Who Theme itself was composed by Ron Grainer.

Composer No. of Stories No. of Episodes First Story Last Story
Norman Kay 3 16 An Unearthly Child (1963) The Sensorites (1964)
Tristram Cary 8 48 The Daleks (1963 - 1964) The Mutants (1972)
Richard Rodney Bennett 1 4 The Aztecs (1964) The Aztecs (1964)
Stanley Myers 1 6 The Reign of Terror (1964) The Reign of Terror (1964)
Dudley Simpson 62 294 Planet of Giants (1964) The Horns of Nimon (1979 - 1980)
Francis Chagrin 1 6 The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964) The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964)
Raymond Jones 2 8 The Romans (1965) The Savages (1966)
Charles Botterill 1 3 The Time Meddler (1965) The Time Meddler (1965)
Humphrey Searle 1 4 The Myth Makers (1965) The Myth Makers (1965)
Brian Hodgson 5 22 The Web of Fear (1968) The Krotons (1968 - 1969)
Don Harper 1 8 The Invasion (1968) The Invasion (1968)
Carey Blyton 3 15 The Silurians (1970) Revenge of the Cybermen (1975)
Malcolm Clarke 7 26 The Sea Devils (1972) Terror of the Vervoids (1986)
Peter Howell 11 34 Revenge of the Cybermen (1975) The Two Doctors (1985)
Geoffrey Burgon 2 10 Terror of the Zygons (1975) The Seeds of Doom (1976)
Paddy Kingsland 8 29 Meglos (1980) Frontios (1984)
Roger Limb 8 28 The Keeper of Traken (1981) Revelation of the Daleks (1985)
Jonathan Gibbs 4 10 The King's Demons (1983) The Mark of the Rani (1985)
Elizabeth Parker 1 2 Timelash (1985) Timelash (1985)
Dominic Glynn 5 15 The Mysterious Planet (1986) Survival (1989)
Richard Hartley 1 4 Mindwarp (1986) Mindwarp (1986)
Keff McCulloch 6 22 Time and the Rani (1987) Battlefield (1989)
Mark Ayres 4 17 The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (1988) Shada (1980/2017)
John Debney 1 (Movie) 1 (Movie) Doctor Who (1996) Doctor Who (1996)
John Sponsler 1 (Movie) 1 (Movie) Doctor Who (1996) Doctor Who (1996)
Louis Febre 1 (Movie) 1 (Movie) Doctor Who (1996) Doctor Who (1996)
Segun Akinola 23 31 The Woman Who Fell to Earth (2018) The Power of the Doctor (2022)
Murray Gold 122 (Currently) 148 (Currently) Rose (2005) The Church on Ruby Road (2023)

Composers John Lewis & David Snell have also composed for the series, but had their scores replaced. Lewis was originally hired to score The Mark of the Rani but fell ill during production (which ultimately resulted in his death) & was replaced by Jonathan Gibbs. Snell was originally hired to score Paradise Towers but producer John Nathan-Turner rejected the music after it was completed (deeming it too repetitive) & replaced him with Keff McCulloch who provided a replacement score inside of a week. Both Lewis & Snell's original scores can be found as Special Features on the DVD & Blu-Ray releases.

Stock Music

In the early years of the show, Stock Music was also used as Incidental Music for some stories. Some of these serials used music by one composer or group. These Stock Music stories were:

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 (Possibly 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 Music 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 Trumpet - James Tappern [Not Listed on PasB - The full track includes a brief quotation from "Post Horn Galop" by Herman Koenig. An excerpt of the Silver Trumpet 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]
    • Pièces Nouvelles - Les Structures Sonores (Jacques Lasry)
    • Sonatine [Fast] - Les Structures Sonores (Jacques Lasry)
    • Marche [Fast] - Les Structures Sonores (Daniel Ouzounoff)
    • Suite [Fast & Normal] - 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 5 electronic stings, presumably by Brian Hodgson & The BBC Radiophonic Workshop - Unconfirmed]
  • The Crusade - Dudley Simpson
  • The Space Museum - Stock Music:
    • Musique Electronique: Threat Attack [Normal & Slow] - 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-Stings 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: 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)
    • Pièces Nouvelles [Fast & Normal] - Les Structures Sonores (Jacques Lasry)
    • Marche - Les Structures Sonores (Daniel Ouzounoff)
    • Suite - Les Structures Sonores (Jacques Lasry)
    • Spontanéité [Fast] - 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 A2 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:
    • The Hunted Man - Pierre Arvay
    • Breath Of Fire - Pierre Arvay [Wrongly listed as 'Hunted Man' on PasB]
    • The Frightened Man - Pierre Arvay
    • Little Prelude - Pierre Arvay
  • 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):
    • Frantic Fracas - Johnny Hawksworth
    • The Eyelash - Johnny Hawksworth
    • Beat To Begin - Johnny Hawksworth
    • Browbeater - Johnny Hawksworth
    • Latin Gear - Johnny Hawksworth
    • 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:
    • 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 [Slow & Normal] - Norman Ramin & his 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 - Norman Ramin & his Orchestra (Martin Slavin)
    • NOTE: All tracks used in this story come from the Library Music label Chappell. "Blast Off" by Roger Roger & his Champs Elysees Orchestra and "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 & therefore omits Drumdramatics No. 6 while including the following incorrect tracks:
      • Blast Off! - Roger Roger & his Champs Elysees Orchestra
      • Space Adventure Pt. 1 - Norman Ramin & his 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 - Tristram Cary [Not listed on PasB - From The Daleks' Master Plan]
    • Space Adventure Pt. 3 - Norman Ramin & his Orchestra (Martin Slavin)
    • Space Adventure Pt. 2 [Normal & Slow] - Norman Ramin & his Orchestra (Martin Slavin)
    • Sting III - Tristram Cary [Not listed on PasB - From The Daleks' Master Plan]
    • The Ultra Sonic Perception: Moonscape - Eric Siday
    • The Victim III - Tristram Cary [Not listed on PasB - From The Daleks' Master Plan]
    • 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-Stings 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 - Tristram Cary [Not listed on PasB - From The Daleks' Master Plan]
    • 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)
      • Warble Frequency Electronic Tone & 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]
    • The Lonely Man - The International Studio Group (Peter Reno) [Replacing The Seekers]
    • Beat Special - The International Studio Group (John Reids) [Replacing The Beatles]
    • NOTE: "The Lonely Man" & "Beat Special" appear only on the 2021 US release of "The Evil of the Daleks" animation, replacing The Seekers & The Beatles in Ep. 1 during scenes set at the Tri-Colour Cafe

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 [Fast & Normal] - Paul Bonneau & 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 - Norman Ramin & his 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 - Norman Ramin & his 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 all 4 Episodes]
      • 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 - Norman Ramin & his 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
      • Synchro-Stings No. 8 - Trevor Duncan [As a sting in Ep. 2 & 3]
  • The Abominable Snowmen - No Incidental Music Used. Diegetic Music Only:
    • BBC Sound Library: Morning Prayer - Monks of the Sakya Sect
    • BBC Sound Library: 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 (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 - Norman Ramin & his 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 (Ep. 1). Also Stock Music:
    • Flowers Of The Forest (Bagpipes) - Unknown Performer (Traditional) [Not listed on PasB - Possibly from The BBC Sound Library. Treated by Hodgson & archived as 'Jamie's Theme']
    • Symphony No. 7 In E-Major (Pt. III "Scherzo") - The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Conductor: Eugen Jochum (Anton Bruckner)
  • The Invasion - Don Harper. Also Stock Music:
    • Muzak - John Baker (Different from Macra Terror's version, with electronic opening & overdubbed piano)
    • Organ Mania - Alan Hawkshaw & Keith Mansfield [Not listed on PasB - Played on Jamie's radio in Ep. 1]
    • Piccadilly Night Ride - Alan Hawkshaw & Keith Mansfield [Not listed on PasB - Played on Jamie's 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 - In the story, there are two different Slow edits used]
    • 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. Also Traditional Morris Tunes specially recorded by The Headington Quarry Morris Dancers:
    • [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)

Season 10 (1972 - 1973)

Season 11 (1973 - 1974)

Season 12 (1974 - 1975)

Season 13 (1975 - 1976)

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)

Season 16 (1978 - 1979)

Season 17 (1979 - 1980)

Season 18 (1980 - 1981)

Season 19 (1982)

Season 20 (1983)

Season 21 (1984)

Season 22 (1985)

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

Season 24 (1987)

Season 25 (1988)

Season 26 (1989)

Television Movie (1996)

Series 1 - Series 4 (2005 - 2010)

Series 5 - Series 10 (2010 - 2017)

Series 11 - Series 13 (2018 - 2022)

The 60th Anniversary Specials (2023)

Season 1 - ? (2023 - ?)

Incidental Music Composers of Spinoffs

K-9 And Company: A Girl's Best Friend

Torchwood (2006 - 2011)

  • Murray Gold (Title Music & Incidental Music - Series 1 & 4)
  • Ben Foster (Incidental Music - Series 1, 2 & 3)

The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007 - 2011)

  • Murray Gold (Title Music)
  • Sam & Dan Watts (Incidental Music)

Class (2016)

Tales of the Tardis (2023)

List of Pop Culture Music used in Doctor Who:

  • The Chase (1965):
    • Ticket To Ride - The Beatles (John Lennon & Paul McCartney)
  • The Evil of the Daleks (1967):
    • Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen - The Seekers (Traditional)
    • Paperback Writer - The Beatles (John Lennon & Paul McCartney)
  • The Enemy of the World (1967 - 1988):
    • The Miraculous Mandarin (Pt. V "The Mandarin Enters") - The Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Conductor: Rolf Reinhardt (Béla Bartók)
    • Music For String Instruments, Percussion And Celesta (Pt. IV "Allegro Molto") - The RIAS Symphony Orchestra; Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay (Béla Bartók)
    • Music For String Instruments, Percussion And Celesta (Pt. II "Allegro") - The RIAS Symphony Orchestra; Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay (Béla Bartók)
    • The Miraculous Mandarin (Pt. III "Second Seduction Game") - The Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Conductor: Rolf Reinhardt (Béla Bartók)
    • Music For String Instruments, Percussion And Celesta (Pt. III "Adagio") - The RIAS Symphony Orchestra; Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay (Béla Bartók)
    • NOTE: All used as Incidental Music in the story
  • The Web of Fear (1968):
    • 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]
  • The Mind Robber (1968):
    • 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]
  • The Invasion (1968):
    • Teddy Bear's Picnic - Henry Hall (John Walter Bratton & Jimmy Kennedy)
  • Spearhead from Space (1970):
    • Oh Well (Pt. 1) - Fleetwoood Mac (Peter Green)
  • The Mind of Evil (1971):
    • The Devil's Triangle - King Crimson (Ian McDonald & Robert Fripp)
  • The Dæmons (1971):
    • 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]
  • The Sea Devils (1972):
    • Backing Track - The Piglets (John Raymond Arthey)
  • The Ark in Space (1975):
    • Concerto Grosso Opus 3: Nos. 2 (Pt. II "Largo") - The Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields; Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner (Georg Friedrich Händel)
  • Logopolis (1981):
    • Symphony No. 8 In B-Minor "Unfinished" - The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Conductor: Karl Münchinger (Franz Schubert)
  • Black Orchid (1982):
    • Lazy - The Romaine Orchestra (Irving Berlin)
    • Show Me The Way To Go Home - The Savoy Havana Band (Irving King)
    • Pasadena - The Savoy Havana Band (Harry Warren - Alias for Salvatore Antonio Guaragna)
    • Charleston - The Savoy Havana Band (James Price Johnson & Cecil Mack - Alias for Richard Cecil McPherson)
    • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - Jack Hylton and his Orchestra (Irving Berlin)
    • Dinah - The Savoy Orpheans (Harry Akst)
    • Eyes Of Blue - The Savoy Orpheans (Ray Henderson - Alias for Raymond Brost)
    • When Erastus Plays His Old Kazoo - Cyril Ramon Newton & The Savoy Orpheans (Larry Spier, Sam Coslow & Samuel E. Feinberg)
  • The Five Doctors (1983):
    • The Whirl Of The Waltz - The New Mayfair Orchestra (Sydney Baines) [Unconfirmed]
  • Revelation of the Daleks (1985):
    • Good Vibrations - The Surfers (Brian Wilson & Mike Love)
    • Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procul Harum (Gary Brooker & Keith Reid)
    • Hound Dog - Unknown Elvis Presley Impersonator (Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller)
    • Blue Suede Shoes - Unknown Elvis Presley Impersonator (Carl Perkins)
    • In The Mood - The Ted Heath Orchestra (Andy Razaf & Joseph Copeland Garland)
    • Moonlight Serenade - The Ted Heath Orchestra (Glenn Miller & Mitchell Parish)
    • Fire - The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Jimi Hendrix)
  • Remembrance of the Daleks (1988):
    • Do You Want To Know A Secret - The Beatles (John Lennon & Paul McCartney)
    • Lollipop - The Mudlarks (Julian Dixon & Beverly Ross)
    • A Taste Of Honey - The Beatles (Bobby Scott & Ric Marlow)
  • Silver Nemesis (1988):
    • The Ride Of The Valkyries (Act III) From "Die Walküre" - The London Philharmonic Orchestra; Conductor: Karl Anton Rickenbacher (Wilhelm Richard Wagner)
  • The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (1988):
    • Water Scenes (Pt. IV "Narcissus") - Alfredo Campoli & his Salon Orchestra (Ethelbert Nevin)
  • The Curse of Fenric (1989):
    • Requiem, Op. 48 ( Pt. I "Introitus: Requiem Aeternam - Kyrie") - The Dresden State Orchestra; Conductor: Sir Colin Davis (Gabriel Fauré)
  • The End of the World (2005):
    • Tainted Love - Soft Cell (Ed Cobb)
    • Toxic - Britney Spears (Christian "Bloodshy" Karlsson, Pontus "Avant" Winnberg, Cathy Dennis & Henrik Jonback)
  • Aliens of London (2005):
    • Starman - David Bowie
  • Father's Day (2005):
    • Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley (Mike Stock, Matt Aitken & Pete Waterman)
    • Never Can Say Goodbye - The Communards (Clifton Davis)
    • Don't Mug Yourself - The Streets (Mike Skinner)
  • The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances (2005):
    • Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller and his Orchestra
    • In The Mood - Glenn Miller and his Orchestra (Wingy Manone, Andy Razaf & Joe Garland)
  • Bad Wolf (2005):
    • Big Brother UK TV Theme - Element Four (Paul Oakenfold & Andy Gray)
    • The Weakest Link TV Theme - Paul Farrer
  • The Christmas Invasion (2005):
    • Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade (Noddy Holder & Jim Lea)
  • Tooth and Claw (2006):
    • Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick - Ian Dury & The Blockheads (Ian Dury & Chaz Jankel)
  • School Reunion (2006):
    • Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division (Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris & Bernard Sumner)
  • Rise of the Cybermen (2006):
    • The Lion Sleeps Tonight -Tight Fit (Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, Albert Stanton, Solomon Linda & George David Weiss)
  • The Impossible Planet (2006):
    • Boléro - Maurice Ravel
  • Love and Monsters (2006):
    • Daniel - Elton John [Clip taken from a Live Perfromance]
    • Don't Bring Me Down - Electric Light Orchestra (Jeff Lynne)
    • Mr. Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra (Jeff Lynne)
    • Turn To Stone - Electric Light Orchestra (Jeff Lynne)
    • Regresa A Mí (Come Back To Me) [Cover of 'Un-Break My Heart'] - Il Divo (Diane Warren [Original English] & Marco Flores [Spanish])
  • The Runaway Bride (2006):
    • Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade (Noddy Holder & Jim Lea)
  • Smith and Jones (2007):
    • Sunshine - Arrested Development
  • Daleks in Manhattan / Evolution of the Daleks (2007):
    • Puttin' On The Ritz - Irving Berlin
    • Happy Days Are Here Again - Milton Ager & Jack Yellen
  • The Sound of Drums / Last of the Time Lords (2007):
    • Voodoo Child - Rogue Traders (Elvis Costello, James Ash & Steve Davis)
    • I Can't Decide - Scissor Sisters (Scott Hoffman & Jason Sellards)
  • Voyage of the Damned (2007):
    • Winter Wonderland - Martina McBride (Felix Bernard & Richard Bernhard Smith)
  • Partners in Crime (2008):
    • Could It Be Magic - Take That (Adrienne Anderson & Barry Manilow)
    • Twenty-Four Hours From Tulsa - Dusty Springfield (Burt Bacharach & Hal David)
  • The Unicorn and the Wasp (2008):
    • Cryin' All Day - The Frank Ricotti All Stars (Chauncey Morehouse & Frankie Trumbauer)
  • Midnight (2008):
    • Do It, Do It Again - Raffaella Carrà (Daniele Pace & Franco Bracardi)
  • The End of Time (2009):
    • Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade (Noddy Holder & Jim Lea)
  • Vincent and The Doctor (2010):
    • Chances - Athlete
  • The Big Bang (2010):
    • Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen (Freddie Mercury)
    • You Give Me Something - James Morrison (James Morrison & Eg White)
  • The Impossible Astronaut (2011):
    • Rolling In The Deep - Adele (Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth)
  • The Rebel Flesh (2011):
    • Supermassive Black Hole - Muse (Matt Bellamy)
    • You Don't Have to Say You Love Me - Dusty Springfield (Vicki Wickham & Simon Robert Napier-Bell [English Version]) (Giuseppe "Pino" Donaggio, Vito Pallavicini & Jody Miller [Original Italian Version])
  • Asylum of the Daleks (2012):
    • Feel The Love - Rudimental (John Newman, Piers Aggett, Amir Amor & Kesi Dryden)
    • L'Amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle - Maria Callas
  • The Power of Three (2012):
    • Titanium - David Guetta & Sia (David Guetta, Sia Furler, Giorgio Tuinfort & Nick van de Wall)
    • Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade (Noddy Holder & Jim Lea)
    • The Birdie Song - The Tweets (Werner Thomas)
  • The Angels take Manhattan (2012):
    • Englishman In New York - Sting (Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner)
  • The Rings of Akhaten (2013):
    • Ghost Town - The Specials (Jerry Dammers)
  • Cold War (2013):
    • Vienna - Ultrafox (Warren Cann, Chris Cross, Billy Currie & Midge Ure)
    • Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran (Nick Rhodes, Simon Le Bon, John Taylor. Roger Taylor & Andy Taylor)
  • Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (2013):
    • Fire Woman - The Cult (Ian Astbury & Billy Duffy)
  • Last Christmas (2014):
    • Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade (Noddy Holder & Jim Lea)
  • The Girl who Died (2015):
    • Yakety Sax - Ronnie Aldrich and his Orchestra (Spider Rich & Boots Randolph)
  • Sleep No More (2015):
    • Mr. Sandman - The Chordettes (Pat Ballard)
  • The Return of Doctor Mysterio (2016):
    • Loaded - Primeral Scream (Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes & Robert Young)
  • The Pilot (2017):
    • Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division (Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris & Bernard Sumner)
  • Knock Knock (2017):
    • Violin Sonata No. 1 In G Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Weird People - Little Mix (Edvard Førre Erfjord, Henrik Michelsen, Camille Purcell & Ed Drewett)
    • Black Magic - Little Mix (Edvard Førre Erfjord, Henrik Michelsen, Camille Purcell & Ed Drewett)
  • The Doctor Falls (2017):
    • Dream Away - Billy Munn
  • Rosa (2018):
    • Rise Up - Andra Day (Cassandra Batie & Jennifer Decilveo)
  • Arachnids of the UK (2018):
    • Know Me From - Stormzy (Michael Omari)
  • The Power of the Doctor (2022):
    • Rasputin - Boney M. (Frank Farian, George Reyam & Fred Jay)
  • The Giggle (2023):
    • Spice Up Your Life - Spice Girls (Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe & Spice Girls)

Next time… trailers

  • In Series 5 (2010) Stock Music was used in several "Next time…" trailers.[1] 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
  1. ↑ DWMSE 27
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