Ron Grainer
Sound

Ron Grainer

Born 11 August 1922 · Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia · Died 21 February 1981

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

The Omega Man
To Sir, with Love
The Assassination Bureau
A Kind of Loving
The Moon-Spinners
Mutiny on the Buses
Steptoe & Son
Steptoe and Son
I Don't Want to Be Born
The Mouse on the Moon
Hoffman
Night Must Fall
Doctor Who at the Proms
Doctor Who at the Proms
Doctor Who at the Proms
Never Never Land
Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected: The Landlady
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
One Away
I Don't Want to Be Born
Mousey
South Riding
And No One Could Save Her
Yellow Dog
Mutiny on the Buses
Steptoe & Son
The Eyes of Charles Sand
The Omega Man
Thief
Hoffman
Before Winter Comes
In Search of Gregory
Lock Up Your Daughters
Maigret at Bay
The Assassination Bureau
Destiny of a Spy
Only When I Larf
To Sir, with Love
The Legend of Young Dick Turpin
The Caretaker
Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction
The Moon-Spinners
Nothing But the Best
Night Must Fall
The King's Breakfast
We Joined the Navy
Station Six-Sahara
The Mouse on the Moon
The Home-Made Car
Live Now - Pay Later
Some People
A Kind of Loving
The Dock Brief
Terminus
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