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Dudley Simpson

Profession
Sound
Born
October 4, 1922 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died
November 4, 2017

Biography

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.

Known for

Doctor Who poster
Doctor Who
Series · 1963 · ★ 7.9
The Legend of Hell House poster
The Legend of Hell House
Film · 1973 · ★ 6.6
Blake's 7 poster
Blake's 7
Series · 1978 · ★ 7.3
Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks poster
Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks
Film · 1975 · ★ 8.9
Doctor Who: Robot poster
Doctor Who: Robot
Film · 1975 · ★ 7.1
Doctor Who: The Ark in Space poster
Doctor Who: The Ark in Space
Film · 1975 · ★ 7.7
Hamlet poster
Hamlet
Film · 1980 · ★ 6.2
Sense and Sensibility poster
Sense and Sensibility
Series · 1981 · ★ 7.1
Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment poster
Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment
Film · 1975 · ★ 6.2
Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space poster
Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space
Film · 1970 · ★ 8.7
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors poster
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
Film · 1973 · ★ 7.4
Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars poster
Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars
Film · 1975 · ★ 8.5

Filmography