For which TV theme did Ron Grainer ask the B.B.C sound workshop for sounds like wind bubbles and clouds
BBC Radiophonic Workshop its equipment, which was some of the most advanced in the country at that time not only because of its nature, but also because of the unique combinations and workflows which the Workshop afforded its composers. In later years this would become less important as more electronic equipment became readily available to a wider audience. In 1963 they were approached by composer Ron Grainer to record a theme tune for the upcoming BBC television series "Doctor Who". Presented with the task of "realising" Grainer's score, complete with its descriptions of "sweeps", "swoops", "wind clouds" and "wind bubbles", Delia Derbyshire created
Ron Grainer influenced ambient music for "The Sound Machine" episode of "Tales of the Unexpected," accompanied a central character obsessed with "Sounds I long to hear – Songs beyond the planets." The last of Grainer's TV themes, "It Takes A Worried Man," was broadcast on 21 October 1981, and featured a closing credits film clip of the series hero gradually losing pieces of his torso and face until all that is left are his eyes. Grainer died from a spinal tumor on 21 February 1981. Only three compilations of Grainer's output have been released commercially. 1969's "Themes Like —" (RCA) was a