Dudley Simpson

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Birthday
1922-10-04

Dudley Simpson - Original Music Composer, Music known for his work in such projectsAdvice for working with the Map of emotions: «Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker» (2024), «The Legend of Hell House» (1973), «Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour» (2024), «Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks» (1975), «Doctor Who: The Stones of Blood» (1978),

Dudley George Simpson (4 October 1922 – 4 November 2017) was an Australian composer and conductor. He was the Principal Conductor of the Royal Opera House orchestra for three years and worked as a composer on British television. He worked on the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who, for which he composed incidental music during the 1960s and 1970s. When Simpson died aged 95 in 2017, The Guardian wrote that he was "at his most prolific as the creator of incidental music for Doctor Who in the 1960s and 1970s, contributing to 62 stories over almost 300 episodes – more than any other composer."

Among his television work was the music for Moonstrike (1963), theme music for The Last of the Mohicans (1971), theme music for The Brothers (1972), The Tomorrow People (1973), Moonbase 3 (1973), The Ascent of Man (1973) and Blake's 7 (1978). He also composed music for several plays from the BBC Television Shakespeare series.

The most significant works of Dudley Simpson

The Legend of Hell House (1973)

Position: Original Music Composer
Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks (1975)

Position: Original Music Composer
Doctor Who: The Stones of Blood (1978)

Position: Original Music Composer
Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour (2024)

Position: Original Music Composer


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