Mark Ayres
- Known for
- Sound
Biography
Mark Ayres is an electronic musician, composer and audio engineer. Ayres studied music and electronics at Keele University. He also worked as a sound engineer at TV-am between 1982 and 1987. As a television composer, he became known for providing incidental music on the original series of Doctor Who. Ayres's work on broadcast Doctor Who was during Sylvester McCoy's era as the Seventh Doctor, comprising The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Ghost Light and The Curse of Fenric. Ayres was hired after he sent producer John Nathan-Turner a demonstration video containing music he had written to accompany Remembrance of the Daleks. Like most Doctor Who incidental music composers during the 1980s, Ayres created the music electronically, principally using digital synthesisers and samplers. Ayres was also involved in the last days of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, cataloguing and archiving their recordings for future use. As part of the BBC's unofficial Doctor Who Restoration Team, Ayres has also done much of the audio restoration work for the later VHS Doctor Who releases, as well as many of the DVD releases, and all of the "Missing Soundtrack" CD releases since 1999.
Known For
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
Doctor Who: Shada
Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour
PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne
Tales of the Tardis
Scar Tissue
Wartime
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour
Doctor Who at 60: A Musical Celebration
Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Filmography
Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour
Movie · Sound Designer, Original Music Composer
Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour
Movie · Sound Designer, Original Music Composer
Tales of the Tardis
TV · Original Music Composer · 1 ep
Dad's Army: The Missing Episodes
TV · Sound Mixer · 5 eps
Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks
Movie · Sound
Doctor Who: Risen
Movie · Sound
Doctor Who: Return of the Autons
Movie · Sound
Doctor Who: Home Assistant
Movie · Sound
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
Movie · Sound
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
TV · Sound · 11 eps
Doctor Who: Shada
Movie · Sound, Original Music Composer
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks
Movie · Sound
Thunderbirds 1965: Introducing Thunderbirds
Movie · Sound Editor
Thunderbirds 1965: The Abominable Snowman
Movie · Sound Editor
Thunderbirds 1965: The Stately Homes Robberies
Movie · Sound Editor
Return of the Unknown
Movie · Music
Scar Tissue
Movie · Music
Doctor Who at the Proms
Movie · Music
The End of the Line?
Movie · Sound
The Ties That Bind Us
Movie · Music
Dæmos Rising
Movie · Sound
Global Conspiracy?
Movie · Sound
Future Memories: Making 'The Dalek Invasion of Earth'
Movie · Sound
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
Movie · Music Consultant
Doctor Who: The Missing Years
Movie · Sound
PROBE: Unnatural Selection
Movie · Original Music Composer
PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne
Movie · Original Music Composer
PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne
Movie · Original Music Composer
Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
Movie · Original Music Composer, Sound
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
Movie · Original Music Composer
30 Years in the TARDIS
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Movie · Original Music Composer
Sophie’s Choice
Movie · Original Music Composer
Who on Earth Is... Tom Baker
Movie · Sound
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
Movie · Original Music Composer
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
Movie · Original Music Composer
Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Movie · Original Music Composer
Wartime
Movie · Original Music Composer
Myth Runner
Movie · Original Music Composer
McDonnell Douglas Information Systems
Movie · Original Music Composer