Mark Ayres

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Mark Ayres is a television composer who is best known for his work on Doctor Who.

Ayres's work on broadcast Doctor Who was during Sylvester McCoy's era as the Seventh Doctor, comprising The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Ghost Light, and The Curse of Fenric.

Ayres was hired after he sent producer John Nathan-Turner a demonstration video containing music he had written to accompany Remembrance of the Daleks.

Ayres principally used digital synthesisers and samplers to create his music.

Ayres was also involved in the last days of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, cataloguing and archiving their recordings for future use. As part of the BBC's unofficial Doctor Who Restoration Team, Ayres has also done much of the audio restoration work for the later VHS Doctor Who releases, as well as many of the DVD releases, and all of the "Missing Soundtrack" CD releases since 1999. Additionally, he edited the "Special Edition" of The Curse of Fenric, which restored much footage which was originally cut for time, along with some new special effects and a complete remix of the soundtrack. It is available along with the original on the BBC DVD release.

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BBC Radiophonic Workshop
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Discography
"Time Beat" | BBC Radiophonic Music | Fourth Dimension | The Radiophonic Workshop | Out of This World | Through A Glass Darkly | BBC Sound Effects No. 19 - Doctor Who Sound Effects | BBC Radiophonic Workshop - 21 | BBC Sound Effects No. 26 - Sci-Fi Sound Effects | Doctor Who - The Music | The Soundhouse | Doctor Who - The Music II | Doctor Who: 30 Years at The BBC Radiophonic Workshop | Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 1: The Early Years 1963-1969 | Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 2: New Beginnings 1970-1980 | Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 3: The Leisure Hive | Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 4: Meglos & Full Circle | Music from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
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