- Paddy Kingsland
Paddy Kingsland is a composer of
electronic music best known for his incidental music for science fiction series onBBC radio and television whilst working at theBBC Radiophonic Workshop . He joined the BBC as a tape editor before moving on to become a studio manager forBBC Radio 1 . In 1970 he joined the Radiophonic Workshop where he remained until 1981. His initial work was mostly signature tunes for BBC radio and TV programmes before going on to record incidental music for programmes including "The Changes", two versions of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy :" the second radio series and the TV adaptation, as well as several serials of "Doctor Who ". His work on the latter series included incidental music for the following serials (in order of transmission):
* "Meglos "
* "Full Circle"
* "State of Decay "
* "Logopolis "
* "Castrovalva "
* "The Visitation "
* "Mawdryn Undead "
* "Frontios "Other well known series which contained music composed by Paddy Kingsland are andPole to Pole , both travel series byMichael Palin . Paddy Kingsland also composed music for many schools' television series including Words and Pictures, Rat-a-tat-tat, Watch, Numbercrew, Storytime, English Express, Music Makers, Hotch Potch House and theLook and Read stories "Joe and the Sheep Rustlers" and "The Boy from Space". Since leaving the BBC, composed music for the KPM music library, television, commercials and corporate videos. He also owns his own studio, PK Studios. He is currently composing the music for the CITV series “Blips” produced byRagdoll Productions .In 1973, "Fourth Dimension", a compilation of his early signature tune work for the Radiophonic Workshop, was released and in 2002 his incidental scores for the "Doctor Who" serials "Meglos" and "Full Circle" featured as part of the compilation series. Eight albums of his library music work have been issued by KPM.
External links
*imdb name|0455496
* [http://www.pkstudios.co.uk/about.html Information about Paddy Kingsland and PK Studios]
* [http://www.ragdoll.co.uk/blips.html Blips]
* [http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/childrens/boyfromspace.htm Article on Paddy Kingsland's score for Look and Read The Boy From Space]
* [http://www.animarcus.com/ Marcus Parker-Rhodes an animator working with Paddy Kingsland on several School's series]
* [http://www.cut-out.co.uk/ Cut-Out, an animation studio working with Paddy Kingsland on several School's series]
* [http://www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/N/numbercrew/frame_home.html Number Crew]
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