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Doctor Who theme added to Australian national sound archive

Doctor Who theme added to Australian national sound archive

The theme music to iconic British sci-fi TV show Doctor Who has been immortalized by Australia’s National Film and Sound Archive. Wait? What? Why is music from the UK’s most substantial contribution to broadcast sci-fi worthy of inclusion in an Australian archive? Because, as explained by the Archive (NFSA), it was written by an Aussie. “While the theme for the long-running BBC series, with its otherworldly pulsing bassline, was recorded by English musician Delia Derbyshire, it was written by Australian composer Ron…

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Composer with dementia whose piano-playing went viral meets students he inspired!

Composer with dementia whose piano-playing went viral meets students he inspired!

Despite being diagnosed with dementia late last year, 80-year-old Paul Harvey, a composer and teacher, has continued to be able to play piano pieces from memory. After a clip filmed by his son Nick went viral, BBC Breakfast reunited Paul with some of his former students and colleagues whose lives he impacted during his time as a music teacher, one of which was former Doctor Who theme arranger Dominic Glynn.