Ron Grainer
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- August 11, 1922
- Died
- February 21, 1981 (aged 58)
- Birthplace
- Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia
Biography
Ron Grainer (1922–1981) was an Australian composer who spent most of his career in the United Kingdom, writing music for television, film and theatre. He composed the themes for Doctor Who, Steptoe and Son, The Prisoner and Tales of the Unexpected, and also scored films including To Sir, with Love and The Omega Man. His work earned several Ivor Novello Award nominations and wins, including awards for Maigret and Steptoe and Son.
Known For
Filmography
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
Movie · Main Title Theme Composer
Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death
Movie · Main Title Theme Composer
Doctor Who at the Proms
Movie · Music
Doctor Who
TV · Main Title Theme Composer · 16 eps
Doctor Who at the Proms
Movie · Music
Doctor Who at the Proms
Movie · Music
Doctor Who
TV · Main Title Theme Composer · 153 eps
Doctor Who
Movie · Main Title Theme Composer
Doctor Who: The Wrath of Eukor
Movie · Music
It Takes a Worried Man
TV · Original Music Composer · 19 eps
Never Never Land
Movie · Original Music Composer
Flickers
TV · Original Music Composer · 6 eps
A Question of Guilt
TV · Original Music Composer · 22 eps
Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected: The Landlady
Movie · Music
Rebecca
TV · Original Music Composer · 4 eps
Malice Aforethought
TV · Original Music Composer · 4 eps
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Movie · Music
Edward and Mrs Simpson
TV · Music · 7 eps
Born and Bred
TV · Music · 12 eps
Romance
TV · Original Music Composer · 6 eps
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
Movie · Original Music Composer
I Don't Want to Be Born
Movie · Conductor, Original Music Composer
One Away
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mousey
Movie · Original Music Composer
South Riding
Movie · Music
South Riding
TV · Original Music Composer · 13 eps
And No One Could Save Her
Movie · Original Music Composer
Yellow Dog
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mutiny on the Buses
Movie · Original Music Composer
Steptoe & Son
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Eyes of Charles Sand
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Omega Man
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thief
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Doctor Who: Inferno
Movie · Music Arranger
Hoffman
Movie · Original Music Composer
For the Love of Ada
TV · Original Music Composer · 27 eps
Before Winter Comes
Movie · Original Music Composer
In Search of Gregory
Movie · Original Music Composer
Lock Up Your Daughters
Movie · Original Music Composer
Maigret at Bay
Movie · Music
The Assassination Bureau
Movie · Original Music Composer
Destiny of a Spy
Movie · Original Music Composer
Only When I Larf
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Jazz Age
TV · Music · 9 eps
To Sir, with Love
Movie · Original Music Composer
The World of Wodehouse
TV · Original Music Composer · 6 eps
Blandings Castle
TV · Original Music Composer · 6 eps
Boy Meets Girl
TV · Original Music Composer · 24 eps
The Mood Man
Movie · Music Arranger
The Legend of Young Dick Turpin
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Caretaker
Movie · Original Music Composer
Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction
Movie · Music
The Moon-Spinners
Movie · Original Music Composer
Nothing But the Best
Movie · Original Music Composer
Night Must Fall
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Running Man
Movie · Main Title Theme Composer
The King's Breakfast
Movie · Music
Giants of Steam
Movie · Music
We Joined the Navy
Movie · Original Music Composer
Station Six-Sahara
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Mouse on the Moon
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Home-Made Car
Movie · Music
Doctor Who
TV · Main Title Theme Composer · 694 eps
Live Now - Pay Later
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Some People
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Kind of Loving
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Dock Brief
Movie · Original Music Composer
Steptoe and Son
TV · Original Music Composer · 55 eps
Oliver Twist
TV · Original Music Composer · 13 eps
The Old Curiosity Shop
TV · Original Music Composer · 13 eps
Terminus
Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor
Night School
Movie · Music
A Woman of No Importance
Movie · Music
Maigret
TV · Original Music Composer · 2 eps