Dominic Glynn is a British

United Kingdom

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 composer, known for his arrangement of the Doctor Who theme music

Doctor Who theme music

The Doctor Who theme is a piece of music composed by Ron Grainer and realised by Delia Derbyshire at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Created in 1963, it was one of the first electronic music signature tunes for television and after nearly five decades remains one of the most easily...

 which served as the series' theme for Season 23 of the programme. It was replaced by Keff McCulloch

Keff McCulloch

Keff McCulloch is a British composer. In 1987 created the Doctor Who theme music for the Seventh Doctor, Sylvester McCoy. The theme, drawing on the original by Ron Grainer/Delia Derbyshire lasted for three years until the series was cancelled by the BBC in 1989...

's arrangement the next season.

He also wrote the incidental music for the Doctor Who stories The Mysterious Planet

The Mysterious Planet

-Preproduction:In February 1985, the BBC announced that the planned twenty-third season of Doctor Who had been cancelled. After vocal protests by the press and Doctor Who fans , the BBC announced that the programme was merely on "hiatus", and would return in September 1986...

, The Ultimate Foe

The Ultimate Foe

The Ultimate Foe is the generally accepted title for a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts from 29 November to 6 December 1986. It is part of the larger narrative known as The Trial of a Time Lord, encompassing the whole...

, Dragonfire

Dragonfire

Dragonfire is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in three weekly parts from 23 November to 7 December 1987...

, The Happiness Patrol

The Happiness Patrol

The Happiness Patrol is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in three weekly parts from 2 November to 16 November 1988.-Plot:...

and Survival

Survival (Doctor Who)

-Writing:Writer Rona Munro approached script editor Andrew Cartmel at a BBC scriptwriting workshop and said that she'd "kill to write for Doctor Who." The story Munro developed incorporated themes including the morals of hunting...

.

Big Finish Productions

Big Finish Productions

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 has used his arrangement of the theme on several audio plays featuring the Sixth Doctor

Sixth Doctor

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, starting with Jubilee

Jubilee (Doctor Who audio)

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in 2003.

Glynn is also a prolific composer of production music for television and film. As a regular writer for Universal Music Publishing Group

Universal Music Publishing Group

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, his music has featured in episodes of The Simpsons

The Simpsons

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, Red Dwarf

Red Dwarf

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and Eerie Indiana, and the feature films Holy Man

Holy Man

Holy Man is a 1998 comedy drama film directed by Stephen Herek. It starred Eddie Murphy, Jeff Goldblum and Kelly Preston. The film was a box office and critical failure.-Plot:...

and Kevin & Perry Go Large

Kevin & Perry Go Large

Kevin & Perry Go Large is a 2000 British comedy film based upon the Harry Enfield sketch Kevin the Teenager. The film was directed by Ed Bye and was written by Dave Cummings and Harry Enfield. Enfield, Kathy Burke and Louisa Rix all return to their roles after previously appearing in Harry...

.

In 2005/2006 his composition "Dangerous Beauty" was used as the theme to the hit Dutch television thriller series Vuurzee. A number of his production music tracks have been aired on the famous Adult Swim

Adult Swim

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 TV channel "bumps".

Glynn has also been active in the alternative electronica field, running the left field record label No Bones Records and recording under the names Fluid

Fluid

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and Cybajaz and with Justin Mackay as Syzygy

Syzygy

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. He also co-composed the score of the video games Forsaken

Forsaken (Game)

Forsaken is a 3D first person shooter video game. The game was developed by Probe Entertainment for the Microsoft Windows and PlayStation and by Iguana UK for the Nintendo 64, and distributed by Acclaim Entertainment...

(performing as The Swarm) and (partially) Re-Volt

Re-Volt

Re-Volt is a radio control car racing themed video game released by Acclaim Entertainment in 1999. It made appearances on the PlayStation, PC, Nintendo 64 and Dreamcast, with a spinoff: RC Revenge for PlayStation and a enhanced port called RC Revenge Pro for PlayStation 2...

.
In 2007 Glynn wrote and performed the score for the British crime thriller "Bad Day", starring Claire Goose

Claire Goose

Claire Goose is a British actress. She is best known for her role as nurse Tina Seabrook in the BBC television drama Casualty and later as DS Mel Silver in Waking the Dead.-Life and career:...

 and Donna Air

Donna Air

Donna Air is an English television presenter, singer and actress.-Early life:As a former student of Gosforth High School, Donna attended the Drama School at First Act in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, where she was a pupil alongside Jill Halfpenny, Ant & Dec and Dale Meeks.-Television:She became...

.

In 2009/10 Glynn wrote soundtrack music for many of B7 Productions's audio plays based on the BBC TV series Blake's 7

Blake's 7

Blake's 7 is a British science fiction television series produced by the BBC for its BBC1 channel. The series was created by Terry Nation, a prolific television writer and creator of the Daleks for the television series Doctor Who. Four series of Blake's 7 were produced and broadcast between 1978...

, which subsequently were aired on BBC7 (latterly renamed BBC Radio 4 Extra).

External links

• Dominic Glynn personal website
• Dominic Glynn at UK screen