Blair Mowat (born in Edinburgh, Scotland) composed the score (including leitmotifs) for the Doctor Who spin-off Class and wrote the opening theme for BBC's Doctor Who: The Fan Show, as well as Classmates.
He also composed a new arrangement of the Torchwood theme, as well as incidental music, for the Big Finish Torchwood series. After collaborating with Mark Gatiss on the Radio 4 project The Blind Man, he then went on to compose the music for the Big Finish audio adaptation of Gatiss's Doctor Who novel Nightshade, composing a score which heavily evoked the music of the McCoy era.
In 2016, he composed a new arrangement of the Doctor Who theme for The Unbound Universe box set. Since then he has gone on to work on over 100 Big Finish stories as a composer. He has also written scripts for two stories in the Class audio range at Big Finish, receiving praise for his grip on the characters.
In 2017 he composed the music for a specially filmed trailer for Series 10 (Doctor Who).
During Doctor Who: Lockdown! he composed the score for Sven and the Scarf (webcast) and Rory's Story (webcast). He also released unseen images and music during mass rewatches of Class (TV series) on Twitter.
As a musical arranger he has worked on Doctor Who with composer Murray Gold during the start of the Peter Capaldi era. A lifelong fan of the show, and clearly passionate about its musical history, many have speculated about his involvement as composer in the 2023 Russell T Davies era or, indeed, beyond.
Outside the world of Doctor Who Blair is a very successful composer, working on hit shows such as McDonald & Dodds which has featured many Doctor Who cast members such as Paul McGann, Louise Jameson and Naoko Mori. In 2021 he composed the score for the remake of The Amazing Mr Blunden, directed by Mark Gatiss, which features strong connections to Doctor Who through its plot involving time travel, and family-intended audience. The project was the first to be recorded with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra[1] in their new space 'Scotland's Studio'. In late 2022 Blair announced he was the composer for Russell T Davies’s drama Nolly, starring Helena Bonham Carter and marking their first collaboration together. The soundtrack was released on March 17th, 2023 via Silva Screen Records. In 2023 Blair composed the score for Hammer Horror's remake of Doctor Jekyll, a new film starring Eddie Izzard, though no release date has yet been announced.
Incidental Music Credits[]
Television[]
Doctor Who[]
- A Time For Heroes - music[2]
Class[]
- Brave-ish Heart
- Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart
- The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo
- Detained
- For Tonight We Might Die
- The Lost
- The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did
- Nightvisiting
Webcasts[]
Doctor Who: Lockdown[]
- Rory's Story - music
- Sven and the Scarf - music
Audio[]
Novel adaptations[]
- Nightshade - music
Class: The Audio Adventures[]
- Volume One
- Gifted - music
- Life Experience - music
- Tell Me You Love Me - music
- Volume Two
- Everybody Loves Raegan - music
- Now You Know... - music
- In Remembrance - music
- Volume Three
- The Soers' Ditch - music
- Catfish - music
- sweet Nothings - music
- Volume Four
- Mock - music
- The Creeper - music
- Queen of Rhodia - music
- Secret Diary of a Rhodian Prince - music
Torchwood[]
- The Conspiracy - music
- Fall to Earth - music
- Forgotten Lives - music
- One Rule - music
- Uncanny Valley - music
- More Than This - music
- The Victorian Age - music
- Zone 10 - music
- Ghost Mission - music
- Moving Target - music
- Broken - music
- Made You Look - music
- Visiting Hours - music
- The Dollhouse - music
- Corpse Day - music
- torchwood_cascade_CDRIP.tor - music
- The Office of Never Was - music
- The Dying Room - music
- The Last Beacon - music
- We Always Get Out Alive - music
- Goodbye Piccadilly - music
- Instant Karma - music
- Deadbeat Escape - music
- Night of the Fendahl - music
- The Green Life - music
- Sync - music
- Sargasso - music
- Serenity - music
- The Hope - music
- The Vigil - music
- Smashed - music
- Dead Man's Switch - music
- Expectant - music
- Fortitude - music
- Dissected - music
- Tropical Beach Sounds and Other Relaxing Seascapes 4 - music
- Iceberg - music
- Dinner and a Show - music
- Save Our Souls - music
- Red Base - music
- Ex Machina - music
- The Three Monkeys - music
- Rhys & Ianto's Excellent Barbecue - music
- The Crown - music
- Coffee - music
- Drive - music
- Lease of Life - music
- Gooseberry - music
- The Five People You Kill in Middlesbrough - music
- Madam, I'm - music
- Empire of Shadows - music
- Curios - music
- The Great Sontaran War - music
- The Red List - music
- The Grey Mare - music
- Cadoc Point - music
- War Chest - music
- Dead Plates - music
- Restricted Items Archive Entries 031-049 - music
- Suckers - music
- Death in Venice - music
- SUV - music
- The Lincolnshire Poacher - music
- The Empire Man - music
- Double - music
- The Last Love Song of Suzie Costello - music
- Thirst Trap - music
- Launch Date - music
- Sigil - music
- Dog Hop - music
- Odyssey - music
- Oodunnit - music
- Oracle - music
- Poppet - music
- Sabotage - music
- Tube Strike - music
- Missing Molly - music
- Disco - music
- The Restoration of Catherine - music
- Art Decadence - music
- End Game - music
- The Hollow Choir - music
Torchwood Special Releases[]
- The Torchwood Archive - music
- Outbreak - music (with Steve Wright)
- Believe - music
The Lives of Captain Jack[]
- The Year After I Died - music
- Wednesdays For Beginners - music
- One Enchanted Evening - music
- Month 25 - music
- Piece of Mind - music
- What Have I Done? - music
- Driving Miss Wells - music
- Crush - music
- Mighty and Despair - music
- R&J - music
Torchwood Soho[]
- Parasite - music
- Ashenden - music
- The Unbegotten - music
- Ascension - music
Torchwood One[]
- Before the Fall
- New Girl - music (with Steve Wright)
- Through the Ruins - music (with Steve Wright)
- Uprising - music (with Steve Wright)
- Machines
- The Law Machines - music
- Blind Summit - music
- 9 to 5 - music
- Latter Days
- Retirement Plan - music
- Locker 15 - music
- The Rockery - music
- Nightmares
- My Guest Tonight - music
- Lola - music
- Less Majesty - music
- I Hate Mondays
- Dinner for Yvonne - music
- By Royal Appointment - music
- Nerves - music
Aliens Among Us[]
- Aliens Among Us 1
- Changes Everything - music
- Aliens & Sex & Chips & Gravy - music
- Orr - music
- Superiority Complex - music
- Aliens Among Us 2
- Love Rat - music (with Steve Wright)
- A Kill to a View - music (with Steve Wright)
- Zero Hour - music (with Steve Wright)
- The Empty Hand - music (with Steve Wright)
- Aliens Among Us 3
- Poker Face - music
- Tagged - music
- Escape Room - music
- Herald of the Dawn - music
God Among Us[]
- God Among Us 1
- Future Pain - music
- The Man Who Destroyed Torchwood - music
- See No Evil - music
- Night Watch - music
- God Among Us 2
- Flight 405 - music (with Steve Wright)
- Hostile Environment - music (with Steve Wright)
- Another Man's Shoes - music (with Steve Wright)
- Eye of the Storm - music (with Steve Wright)
- God Among Us 3
- A Mother's Son - music
- ScrapeJane - music
- Day Zero - music
- Thoughts and Prayers - music
Among Us[]
- Among Us 1
- Aliens Next Door - music
- Colin Alone - music
- Misty Eyes - music
- Moderation - music
- Among Us 2
- Propaganda - music
- At Her Majesty's Pleasure - music
- Cuckoo - music
- Pariahs - music
- Among Us 3
- How I Conquered the World - music
- Doomscroll - music
- Heistland - music
- The Apocalypse Starts at 6PM - music