List of incidental music composers

The following people composed the incidental music for Doctor Who from An Unearthly Child to the 1996 telemovie. After that point, composition was handled by Murray Gold.

Season 1

 * An Unearthly Child - Norman Kay
 * The Daleks - Tristram Cary
 * The Edge of Destruction - Library music. Two tracks remain unidentified; the rest, in order of appearance:
 * Musique Electronique: Mood Three / Space Agitato [looped] / Anaesthesia / Conflict No. 2 - Eric Siday
 * Musique Concrète Pt. 2 - Buxton Orr
 * The Day the Sky Fell In [slow] - Desmond Leslie
 * Gong (apparently from Tristram Cary's Marco Polo score - unconfirmed)
 * Marco Polo - Tristram Cary
 * The Keys of Marinus - Norman Kay
 * The Aztecs - Richard Rodney Bennett
 * The Sensorites - Norman Kay
 * The Reign of Terror - Stanley Myers

Season 2

 * Planet of Giants - Dudley Simpson
 * The Dalek Invasion of Earth - Francis Chagrin
 * The Rescue - Tristram Cary
 * The Romans - Raymond Jones
 * The Web Planet - Library music by Les Structures Sonores, in order of appearance:
 * Rapsody de Budapest / Moelle de Lion [unlisted on PasB] / Pieces Nouvelles / Sonatine / Marche / Suite / Spontanéité [unlisted on PasB] / Quatuor Pour Trois [unlisted on PasB].
 * The Crusade - Dudley Simpson
 * The Space Museum - Stock music. All tracks came from 78 rpm library records; several were played slow at 45 rpm. In order of appearance:
 * Musique Electronique: Threat Attack - Eric Siday
 * Musique Electronique: Space Time [slow] - Eric Siday
 * Synchro-Stings 16 - Trevor Duncan
 * Aliens [slow] - Erik Nordgren [wrongly listed as "Bathysphere" on PasB]
 * Dramatic Bridges Pt. 2: Unseen Danger - The Telecast Orchestra (Denis Rycoth)
 * Musique Electronique: Space Agitato [slow] - Eric Siday
 * Asyndeton - Roberto Gerhard
 * Synchro-Stings 14 - Trevor Duncan
 * Mutations 1(c): Background [slow] - Trevor Duncan
 * The Ultra Sonic Perception: Suspended Animation - Eric Siday [wrongly listed as "Moonscape" on PasB]
 * The Ultra Sonic Perception: Ultimate - Eric Siday
 * World of Planets - The Hilversum Radio Orchestra (Jack Trombey) [this is the title that appears on the PasB and on the original library disc.]
 * Astronautics Suite: Pt.1 (Main Theme), Pt. 3 - Erich Sendel
 * Musique Electronique: Mood 7 - Eric Siday
 * The Ultra-Sonic Perception: The Laboratory 1 [slow] - Eric Siday
 * Six Short Dramas Pt. 3: Disaster and Tension - Roger Roger and his Champs Elysees Orchestra (Roger Roger)
 * Musique Concrete Pt. 2 - Buxton Orr
 * Scene Shifts 12(a) - Don Banks
 * Off Center: Dark Pursuit - New Concert Orchestra (Frank Talley)
 * Dramatic Brass Chords - Wolf Droysen
 * Off Center: Off Center / Quicksand / Panic in the Streets - New Concert Orchestra (Frank Talley) [wrongly listed as "Frank Tailey" on PasB.]
 * Kaputt - Desmond Leslie
 * Jeux D'Ombres [slow] - Les Structures Sonores [not listed on PasB; this single tone accompanies the establishing shot of Skaro]
 * The track "Space Age B.2" is listed on the PasB sheets: this is a typo for "Space Agitato". The following tracks are listing on the PasB sheets but do not appear in the story: Atoms and Mushrooms (F Talley) / Bathysphere (E. Nordgren) / Moonscape (E Siday) / Brass Chords Staccato Ending (W Droysen) / Sting Tintabuloid (D Leslie).
 * The Chase - Dudley Simpson
 * The Time Meddler - Drum effects by Charles Botterill; also library music tracks, in order of appearance:
 * The Ultra-Sonic Perception: Suspended Animation - Eric Siday
 * Mediaeval Drama Pt. 3(a) ("Tension and suspense") - Lawrence Leonard & his Orchestra
 * Dramatic Tableaux: Nirvane - Paul Gerard
 * Secundae Vesperas in Nativitate - Choir der Monche der Benediktiner (The Monk uses this for the faked monk chants in the monastery)
 * November Fog - Peter Hope
 * Scorched Earth - Trevor Duncan [incorrectly listed as "Scorches Earth" on PasB]
 * Mediaeval Drama Pt. 2(c) ("Short sting - slow build-up to end chord") - Lawrence Leonard & his Orchestra
 * Twelve-Tone Links: Group C, No. 7 - Harry Dexter
 * Twelve-Tone Links: Groups E, No. 6 - Harry Dexter [unconfirmed title]
 * Magnetic Field - Eric Siday
 * Mood Seven - Eric Siday
 * Meteoroids - Roberto Gerhard

Season 3

 * Galaxy 4 - Stock music:
 * Les Structures Sonores: Sonatine / Mister Blues / Rapsodie de Budapest / Pieces Nouvelles / Marche / Suite / Spontanéité / Moelle de Lion / Altitude 10.000 [not listed on PasB] / Toccata Toccarde [incorrectly listed as "Invention A 2 Voix En Ré Mineur" on PasB] / Synchro-Stings 17 - Trevor Duncan [not listed on PasB]
 * Mission to the Unknown - Stock music - Trevor Duncan: Synchro-Stings.
 * The Myth Makers - Humphrey Searle
 * The Daleks' Master Plan - Tristram Cary
 * The Massacre - Stock music:
 * Pierre Arvay: Illustrations No. 4 (Hunted Man / Frightened Man / Little Prelude / Breath Of Fire [last title not listed on PasB])
 * The Ark - Tristram Cary / Drumdramatics 11(b): Tympani Beats - Robert Farnon
 * The Celestial Toymaker - Dudley Simpson
 * The Gunfighters - Tristram Cary
 * The Savages - Raymond Jones
 * The War Machines - Library music:
 * The Mood Modern: Frantic Fracas / The Eyelash / Beat to Begin / Browbeater / Latin Gear / Rhythm n' Beat - Johnny Hawksworth
 * Hypnosis - Eric Siday
 * Asyndeton - Roberto Gerhard [not listed on PasB]
 * Synchrostings 16 - Trevor Duncan [not listed on PasB]

Season 4

 * The Smugglers - no incidental music used
 * The Tenth Planet - Library music:
 * Music for Technology Pt. 1 - Roger Roger & his Champs Elysees Orchestra (Walter Stott)
 * Drama in Miniature Pt. 2(a): Time for the Reaper - Wind & Percussion Ensemble; conducted by Robert Farnon (John Denis)
 * Power Drill - Wind & Percussion Ensemble; conductor: Douglas Gamley (Gamley)
 * Space Adventure Pt 2 & 3 - Norman Ramin Orchestra (Martin Slavin)
 * Machine Room - Wind & Percussion Ensemble; conductor: Douglas Gamley (Gamley)
 * Drumdramatics No. 6(e) ("Xylophone gathering speed, ending with drum crash and vibes chord") - Percussion Ensemble; conducted by Robert Farnon (Farnon)
 * Drumdramatics No. 7(a) ("Vibes and Tymps crash") - Percussion Ensemble; conducted by Robert Farnon (Farnon)
 * [Blast Off by Roger Roger and his Champs Elysees Orchestra is listed on the PasB but is not used.]
 * The Power of the Daleks - Tristram Cary
 * The Highlanders - BBC Sound Library: Seumas MacNeill: [unspecified] Pibroch.
 * The Underwater Menace - Dudley Simpson
 * The Moonbase - Library music; also some cues re-used from The Daleks Master Plan. Some brief cues remain unidentified. The others, in order of appearance:
 * Anaesthesia - Eric Siday [mistakenly listed as "Sabre Dance" on PasB for Part 1]
 * Hypnosis [slow] - Eric Siday
 * Electronic Sound Pictures: Group Shapes (c): Arcs - Desmond Briscoe
 * Asyndeton - Roberto Gerhard [unlisted on PasB]
 * Growing Menace (from The Daleks Master Plan) - Tristam Cary [unlisted on PasB]
 * Space Adventure Pt. 3 & 2 - Norman Ramin Orchestra (Martin Slavin)
 * Sting III (from The Daleks Master Plan) - Tristam Cary [unlisted on PasB]
 * The Ultra Sonic Perception: Moonscape - Eric Siday
 * The Victim III (from The Daleks Master Plan) - Tristam Cary [unlisted on PasB]
 * The Ultra Sonic Perception: Suspended Animation - Eric Siday
 * Conflict No. 1 - Eric Siday
 * The Ultra Sonic Perception: Ultimate - Eric Siday [unlisted on PasB]
 * Synchro-Stings 13, 16, 10 - Trevor Duncan [unlisted on PasB]
 * Symphony for Chromatic Octograms - Desmond Leslie [unlisted on PasB]
 * Sting I (from The Daleks Master Plan) - Tristam Cary [unlisted on PasB]
 * Aliens [slow] - Erik Nordgren [unlisted on PasB]
 * The Macra Terror - Dudley Simpson
 * The Faceless Ones - Library music:
 * Unidentified Low Frequency Electronic Tones (40" sequence, looped)
 * Unidentified Mid-Frequency Electronic Stings
 * High Frequency Electronic Stings (Re-used from Journey Into Space)
 * Fantasy in Orbit: Pacific Dawn - Tom Dissevelt
 * BBC Sound Library: Hindu Funeral Drumming - John Levy.
 * BBC Sound Library: Nigerian Drums - Composer unknown:
 * The Evil of the Daleks - Dudley Simpson; Young Beat: Mexican Beat - The International Studio Group (Jack Trombey)

Season 5

 * The Tomb of the Cybermen - Library music, in order of appearance:
 * Telecineradio: Univers Sidéral - Paul Bonneau et Son Orchestre 
 * Astronautics Pt. 2 - Erich Sendel
 * Synchro-Stings 2, 13, 14, 15 - Trevor Duncan [titles not listed on PasB]
 * Desert Storm - The Crawford Light Orchestra (Heinrich Feischner)
 * Sting Tintabuloid 1 - Desmond Leslie
 * Palpitations - The Westway Studio Orchestra (John Scott)
 * Eerie Vaults - Steve Race [title not listed on PasB]
 * The Ultra Sonic Perception: Galaxy - Eric Siday
 * Off Center: Dark Pursuit - New Concert Orchestra (Frank Talley)
 * Space Adventure Pt. 3 - Norman Ramin Orchestra (Martin Slavin)
 * Off Center: Off Center - New Concert Orchestra (Frank Talley)
 * Astronautics Pt. 1 - Erich Sendel
 * Hypnosis - Eric Siday
 * Dramatic Brass Chords - Wolf Droysen
 * The Ultra Sonic Perception: Suspended Animation - Eric Siday
 * Space Adventure Pt. 2 - Norman Ramin Orchestra (Martin Slavin)
 * Off Center: Panic in the Streets - New Concert Orchestra (Frank Talley)
 * Off Center: Quicksand - New Concert Orchestra (Frank Talley) [Not listed on PasB - this tiny burst in Part 3 is so quick it could well be a mistake.]
 * Space-Time Music Pt. 1 [slow] - Westway Stdio Orchestra (Wilfred Josephs)
 * Telergic - Roberto Gerhard
 * The Abominable Snowmen - BBC Sound Library: Monks of the Sakya Sect - Morning Prayer / Offering to God of Sakya.
 * The Ice Warriors - Dudley Simpson
 * The Enemy of the World - Stock music - Béla Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin; Music for String Instruments, Percussion and Celesta.
 * The Web of Fear - Assorted stings, Radiophonic Workshop. Also library music:
 * Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta - Berlin RIAS Orchestra (Béla Bartók)
 * Lunar Probe: Andromède - François Bayle [wrongly listed as "Lunar People"]
 * Space-Time Music Pt. 2 & 3 - Westway Studio Orchestra (Wilfred Josephs)
 * Palpitations - Westway Studio Orchestra (John Scott)
 * Impending Danger - European Sound Stage Orchestra (Syd Dale)
 * Spine Chillers 1(a) - Edwin Braden
 * Space Adventure Pt. 2 - Norman Ramin Orchestra (Martin Slavin)
 * Fury from the Deep - Dudley Simpson
 * The Wheel in Space - Stock music - Moneta Eagles: Tranquil Scene. Sound Effects by Brian Hodgson.

Season 6

 * The Mind Robber - Stock music - Anton Bruckner: Symphony no.7 (Scherzo).
 * The Invasion - Don Harper, Brian Hodgson, John Baker
 * The Seeds of Death - Dudley Simpson
 * The Space Pirates - Dudley Simpson
 * The War Games - Dudley Simpson

Season 7

 * Spearhead from Space - Dudley Simpson
 * Doctor Who and the Silurians - Carey Blyton
 * The Ambassadors of Death - Dudley Simpson
 * Inferno - Library music. Two cues remain unidentified. The others, in order of appearance:
 * Souls in Space - St. George
 * Crazy Sounds No. 4 - Cecil Leuter (aka Roger Roger) [not listed on PasB]
 * Attack of the Alien Minds - St. George [not listed on PasB]
 * The Delian Mode - Delia Derbyshire
 * Battle Theme - St. George
 * Mysterious Pt. 1: Omen of Fear - Telecast Orchestra (Denis Rycoth) [not listed on PasB]
 * Gothic Submarine - Russe / St. George [not listed on PasB]
 * Blue Veils and Golden Sands - Delia Derbyshire
 * Cosmic Sounds No.5 - Georges Teperino (aka Nino Nardini) [not listed on PasB]
 * Homeric Theme - St. George
 * Build Up To... - Vorhaus

Season 8

 * Terror of the Autons - Dudley Simpson
 * The Mind of Evil - Dudley Simpson
 * The Claws of Axos - Dudley Simpson
 * Colony in Space - Dudley Simpson
 * The Dæmons - Dudley Simpson

Season 9

 * Day of the Daleks - Dudley Simpson
 * The Curse of Peladon - Dudley Simpson
 * The Sea Devils - Malcolm Clarke
 * The Mutants - Tristram Cary
 * The Time Monster - Dudley Simpson

Season 10

 * The Three Doctors - Dudley Simpson
 * Carnival of Monsters - Dudley Simpson
 * Frontier in Space - Dudley Simpson
 * Planet of the Daleks - Dudley Simpson
 * The Green Death - Dudley Simpson

Season 11

 * The Time Warrior - Dudley Simpson
 * Invasion of the Dinosaurs - Dudley Simpson
 * Death to the Daleks - Carey Blyton
 * The Monster of Peladon - Dudley Simpson
 * Planet of the Spiders - Dudley Simpson

Season 12

 * Robot - Dudley Simpson
 * The Ark in Space - Dudley Simpson
 * The Sontaran Experiment - Dudley Simpson
 * Genesis of the Daleks - Dudley Simpson
 * Revenge of the Cybermen - Carey Blyton and Peter Howell

Season 13

 * Terror of the Zygons - Geoffrey Burgon
 * Planet of Evil - Dudley Simpson
 * Pyramids of Mars - Dudley Simpson
 * The Android Invasion - Dudley Simpson
 * The Brain of Morbius - Dudley Simpson
 * The Seeds of Doom - Geoffrey Burgon

Season 14

 * The Masque of Mandragora - Dudley Simpson
 * The Hand of Fear - Dudley Simpson
 * The Deadly Assassin - Dudley Simpson
 * The Face of Evil - Dudley Simpson
 * The Robots of Death - Dudley Simpson
 * The Talons of Weng-Chiang - Dudley Simpson

Season 15

 * Horror of Fang Rock - Dudley Simpson
 * The Invisible Enemy - Dudley Simpson
 * Image of the Fendahl - Dudley Simpson
 * The Sun Makers - Dudley Simpson
 * Underworld - Dudley Simpson
 * The Invasion of Time - Dudley Simpson

Season 16

 * The Ribos Operation - Dudley Simpson
 * The Pirate Planet - Dudley Simpson
 * The Stones of Blood - Dudley Simpson and Liz Parker
 * The Androids of Tara - Dudley Simpson
 * The Power of Kroll - Dudley Simpson

Season 17

 * Destiny of the Daleks - Dudley Simpson
 * City of Death - Dudley Simpson
 * The Creature from the Pit - Dudley Simpson
 * Nightmare of Eden - Dudley Simpson
 * The Horns of Nimon - Dudley Simpson
 * Shada - Keff McCulloch*

Season 18

 * The Leisure Hive - Peter Howell
 * Meglos - Peter Howell and Paddy Kingsland
 * Full Circle - Paddy Kingsland
 * State of Decay - Paddy Kingsland
 * Warriors' Gate - Peter Howell
 * The Keeper of Traken - Roger Limb
 * Logopolis - Paddy Kingsland

Season 19

 * Castrovalva - Paddy Kingsland
 * Four to Doomsday - Roger Limb
 * Kinda - Peter Howell
 * The Visitation - Paddy Kingsland
 * Black Orchid - Roger Limb
 * Earthshock - Malcolm Clarke
 * Time-Flight - Roger Limb

Season 20

 * Arc of Infinity - Roger Limb
 * Snakedance - Peter Howell
 * Mawdryn Undead - Paddy Kingsland
 * Terminus - Roger Limb
 * Enlightenment - Malcolm Clarke
 * The King's Demons - Jonathan Gibbs and Peter Howell
 * The Five Doctors - Peter Howell

Season 21

 * Warriors of the Deep - Jonathan Gibbs
 * The Awakening - Peter Howell
 * Frontios - Paddy Kingsland
 * Resurrection of the Daleks - Malcolm Clarke
 * Planet of Fire - Peter Howell
 * The Caves of Androzani - Roger Limb
 * The Twin Dilemma - Malcolm Clarke

Season 22

 * Attack of the Cybermen - Malcolm Clarke
 * Vengeance on Varos - Jonathan Gibbs
 * The Mark of the Rani - Jonathan Gibbs (replaced John Lewis)
 * The Two Doctors - Peter Howell
 * Timelash - Liz Parker
 * Revelation of the Daleks - Roger Limb

Season 23

 * The Trial of a Time Lord
 * The Mysterious Planet - Dominic Glynn
 * Mindwarp - Richard Hartley
 * Terror of the Vervoids - Malcolm Clarke
 * The Ultimate Foe - Dominic Glynn

Season 24

 * Time and the Rani - Keff McCulloch
 * Paradise Towers - Keff McCulloch (replaced David Snell)
 * Delta and the Bannermen - Keff McCulloch
 * Dragonfire - Dominic Glynn

Season 25

 * Remembrance of the Daleks - Keff McCulloch
 * The Happiness Patrol - Dominic Glynn
 * Silver Nemesis - Keff McCulloch
 * The Greatest Show in the Galaxy - Mark Ayres

Season 26

 * Battlefield - Keff McCulloch
 * Ghost Light - Mark Ayres
 * The Curse of Fenric - Mark Ayres
 * Survival - Dominic Glynn

Television movie

 * Doctor Who - John Debney, Louis Serbe and John Sponsler