Biography
Ronald Erle Grainer (11 August 1922 – 21 February 1981) was an Australian composer who worked for most of his professional career in the United Kingdom. He is mostly remembered for his television and film score music, especially the theme music for Doctor Who, The Prisoner, Steptoe and Son and Tales of the Unexpected.
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Filmography
all 53
Movies 50
TV Shows 3
Producer 1
Music
Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor (2022)
Movie
Music
Doctor Who at the Proms (2013)
Movie
Composer
Doctor Who: The Pertwee Years (1992)
Movie
Composer
Doctor Who: The Hartnell Years (1991)
Movie
Composer
Doctor Who: The Troughton Years (1991)
Movie
Music
Doctor Who: Planet of Fire (1984)
Movie
Music Score Producer
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors (1983)
Movie
Composer
Never Never Land (1980)
Movie
Composer
Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected: The Landlady (1979)
Movie
Music
Edward and Mrs Simpson (1978)
TV
Music
Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978)
Movie
Composer
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976)
Movie
Composer
I Don't Want to Be Born (1976)
Movie
Composer
One Away (1976)
Movie
Music
South Riding (1974)
Movie
Composer
Mousey (1974)
Movie
Composer
Yellow Dog (1973)
Movie
Composer
And No One Could Save Her (1973)
Movie
Composer
Mutiny on the Buses (1972)
Movie
4.85
Music
The Eyes of Charles Sand (1972)
Movie
Composer
Thief (1971)
Movie
Composer
The Omega Man (1971)
Movie
7.33
Composer
Hoffman (1970)
Movie
Music Arranger
Doctor Who: Inferno (1970)
Movie
Original Music Composer
In Search of Gregory (1969)
Movie
Composer
Destiny of a Spy (1969)
Movie
Music
Lock Up Your Daughters (1969)
Movie
Composer
The Assassination Bureau (1969)
Movie
Composer
Before Winter Comes (1969)
Movie
Composer
Only When I Larf (1968)
Movie
Composer
Death of a Private (1967)
Movie
Composer
To Sir, with Love (1967)
Movie
Music
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks (1966)
Movie
Composer
The Finest Hours (1964)
Movie
Music
The Moon-Spinners (1964)
Movie
2.67
Composer
Night Must Fall (1964)
Movie
Composer
Nothing But the Best (1964)
Movie
Music
Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction (1964)
Movie
Composer
The Caretaker (1964)
Movie
Main Title Theme Composer
The Running Man (1963)
Movie
Composer
The Home-Made Car (1963)
Movie
Composer
We Joined the Navy (1963)
Movie
Composer
The Mouse on the Moon (1963)
Movie
Composer
Station Six-Sahara (1963)
Movie
Composer
The King's Breakfast (1963)
Movie
Composer
Trial and Error (1962)
Movie
Composer
Live Now - Pay Later (1962)
Movie
Composer
Some People (1962)
Movie
Composer
A Kind of Loving (1962)
Movie
Music
Oliver Twist (1962)
TV
Composer
Terminus (1961)
Movie
Music / Original Music Composer / Music
Maigret (1960)
TV
Music
Night School (1960)
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.55
Based on 89.9 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1960
1964
1969
1966
2022
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Information
Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1922-08-11
Deathday1981-02-21 (58 years old)
Birth PlaceAtherton, Australia
CitizenshipsAustralia
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