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 Dr Who theme music -- how it was composed
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 Return to top of page · Post #: 16 · Written at 8:41:49 PM on 17 January 2023.
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The original music was literally put together by splicing pieces of magnetic tape note by note - very tedious and a single mistake meant starting again. Delia Derbyshire was the best at this. Keyboards came later.

They show some of that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkIEkLww3lg


 
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