- Known For
- Sound
- Born
- October 4, 1922
- Place of Birth
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Died
- November 4, 2017
Dudley Simpson
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 Tel…
Filmography
movieDoctor Who: The War Games in Colour
2024 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
2024 · Original Music Composer
tvTales of the Tardis
2023 · Music
movieDoctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks
2021 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Macra Terror
2019 · Original Music Composer
movieThe ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand
2017 · Orchestrator
movieWarriors of Mars
2010 · Music
movieOh Mummy!
2004 · Music
movieThe Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams
1986 · Original Music Composer
movieBlake's 7: Aftermath
1986 · Original Music Composer
movieBlake's 7: Duel
1986 · Original Music Composer
movieBlake's 7: Orac
1986 · Original Music Composer
movieBlake's 7: The Beginning
1985 · Original Music Composer
movieTitus Andronicus
1985 · Conductor, Original Music Composer
Love Song
movieLove Song
1985 · Original Music Composer
tvGoodbye Mr Chips
1984 · Original Music Composer
movieAmy
1984 · Music Editor, Original Music Composer
movieThe Tragedy of Richard III
1983 · Original Music Composer
tvDombey and Son
1983 · Music
movieHenry VI Part 1
1983 · Original Music Composer
Stalky & Co
tvStalky & Co
1982 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Winter's Tale
1981 · Original Music Composer
tvSense and Sensibility
1981 · Original Music Composer
movieHamlet
1980 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Horns of Nimon
1980 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: Nightmare of Eden
1979 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Creature from the Pit
1979 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: City of Death
1979 · Original Music Composer
tvThe Legend of King Arthur
1979 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks
1979 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
1979 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Power of Kroll
1979 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Androids of Tara
1978 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Stones of Blood
1978 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Pirate Planet
1978 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Lost Boys
1978 · Music
tvThe Lost Boys
1978 · Music
movieDoctor Who: The Ribos Operation
1978 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Invasion of Time
1978 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: Underworld
1978 · Original Music Composer
tvBlake's 7
1978 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Sun Makers
1977 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: Image of the Fendahl
1977 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Invisible Enemy
1977 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: Horror of Fang Rock
1977 · Original Music Composer
tvTarget
1977 · Main Title Theme Composer
movieWhose Doctor Who
1977
movieDoctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
1977 · Conductor (uncredited), Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Robots of Death
1977 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Face of Evil
1977 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Deadly Assassin
1976 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Hand of Fear
1976 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora
1976 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Brain of Morbius
1976 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Android Invasion
1975 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: Pyramids of Mars
1975 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: Planet of Evil
1975 · Original Music Composer
tvMadame Bovary
1975 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks
1975 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment
1975 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Ark in Space
1975 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: Robot
1975 · Original Music Composer
tvThe Venturers
1975 · Original Music Composer
tvMicrobes and Men
1974 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
1974 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Monster of Peladon
1974 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
1974 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Time Warrior
1974 · Original Music Composer
tvMoonbase 3
1973 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Green Death
1973 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Legend of Hell House
1973 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: Planet of the Daleks
1973 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: Frontier in Space
1973 · Original Music Composer
A Little Princess
tvA Little Princess
1973 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: Carnival of Monsters
1973 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Three Doctors
1973 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Time Monster
1972 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Curse of Peladon
1972 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: Day of the Daleks
1972 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Dæmons
1971 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Last Witness
1971 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: Colony in Space
1971 · Original Music Composer
movieTo Lay a Ghost
1971 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Claws of Axos
1971 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Mind of Evil
1971 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: Terror of the Autons
1971 · Original Music Composer
tvThe Last of the Mohicans
1971 · Music
movieDoctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death
1970 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: Spearhead from Space
1970 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The War Games
1969 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Space Pirates
1969 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Seeds of Death
1969 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: Fury from the Deep
1968 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Ice Warriors
1967 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks
1967 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Macra Terror
1967 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Underwater Menace
1967 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Fastest Draw
1966 · Original Music Composer
The Last Invasion
movieThe Last Invasion
1966 · Music
movieDoctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker
1966 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Dead Past
1965 · Original Music Composer
tvOut of the Unknown
1965 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: The Chase
1965 · Original Music Composer
tvLondoners
1965 · Music
movieDoctor Who: The Crusade
1965 · Original Music Composer
movieDoctor Who: Planet of Giants
1964 · Original Music Composer
tvDoctor Who
1963 · Original Music Composer
Moonstrike
tvMoonstrike
1963 · Music