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How the Dr. Who theme was recorded


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Ron Grainer wanted to give Delia Derbyshire a cut of the performance royalties but the BBC wouldn't allow it. She was an extraordinary person, way ahead of her time and unfairly neglected in the history of electronic music until comparatively recently. Having become disillusioned with the synth-led development of her department, she left the BBC and branched out into different worlds and relative obscurity. She was eventually brought back into the music world by, amongst others, Peter Kember (Sonic Boom).

 

Her work, and that of other pioneers of the period, was largely instrumental in starting my interest in creating sound and a career that's lasted over forty years, for which I'm very grateful. She died in 2001.

 

For more info, you should buy the book Special Sound - The creation and legacy of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

 

John

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