Dudley Simpson
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Dudley George Simpson was an Australian composer and conductor born on October 4, 1922 in Malvern East, Australia. He studied orchestration at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music after learning piano as a child. Simpson became assistant, conductor, pianist, and musical director for the Borovansky Ballet Company and forerunner to the Australian Ballet. He later moved to the UK and became Principal Conductor of the Royal Opera House orchestra for three years. Simpson composed incidental music for Doctor Who during the 1960s and 1970s, contributing to over 300 episodes. His compositions also included theme songs for The Tomorrow People (1973) and Blake's 7 (1978). He died on November 4, 2017 in Sydney, Australia at the age of 95.
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- Humbug
- The Tomorrow People
- The P45 Return Route
- The Rebellion Begins
- Static Loop
- Morton's Fork
- I've Heard That One, Too
- The Steaming Continued
- Mahogany
- The Steaming
- Death and Taxes
- Gentlemen, Good Luck
- Six Suns
- One Thousand Metres
- The Gatherer Excised
- Subway 13
- The Others
- Nobody Works Today
- A Little Hop
- A Heart as Big as your Mouth
- Jelly Babies
- K9, Bite!
- Something in the Air
