Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: The Mellotron Group
Subject: OT Doctor Who Theme Voted Best Ever
From: doctorwho8@aol.com
Date: 2009-04-21
Long live tape loops and the old way of electronic music.
Bill "the Doctor" Rudloff
From www.doctorwhonews.com
In a poll conducted by the Total Sci-Fi Website (http://totalscifionline.com/) to find the best sci-fi television theme tune of all time, the Doctor Who theme, originally composed by Ron Grainer and arranged by Delia Derbyshire at the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop in 1963, came in tops.
The groundbreaking theme was realized by combining a tape loop of a struck piano string with the sound of test oscillators and filters among a whole host of techniques.
Total Sci-Fi editor Matt McAllister comments: “The poll result proves that in addition to being one of the most popular science fiction shows ever created, Doctor Who also boasts the most iconic sci-fi theme tune. Grainer and Derbyshire’s theme manages to convey the outlandish quality of the show and is instantly recognisable to fans throughout the world just by its opening bars.”
Other themes in the top 10 include Star Trek, Red Dwarf, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the Thunderbirds. Please visit the site for the complete list.
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