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Carey Blyton
12+ albums
composerClassical20th CenturyUKdoctor who
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Carey Blyton (14 March 1932 – 13 July 2002) was a British composer and writer best known for his song Bananas In Pyjamas (1969), which later (1992) became an Australian children's television series, and for his work on Doctor Who. Blyton, a nephew of children's author Enid Blyton, showed a talent for science from an early age, and did not switch to music until he contracted polio and, as he was recovering, began taking piano lessons in 1948 at the age of sixteen. In the 1950s he began his training as a composer and won several certificates and awards. Blyton is primarily known as a miniaturist, composing short orchestral scores. He wrote some well-regarded and often humorous pieces including Return of Bulgy Gogo (a tribute to Peter Warlock), Up the Faringdon Road, Mock Joplin and Saxe Blue. He also worked as a music editor, and in this capacity he assisted Benjamin Britten. Blyton wrote incidental music for three stories in the BBC Doctor Who television series: Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970), Death to the Daleks (1974), and Revenge of the Cybermen (1975). He was noted for his use of primitive musical instruments, using Crumhorns to depict the Silurians in Doctor Who and the Silurians, and serpents and ophicleides in Revenge of the Cybermen. Several CDs of his work were produced, notably Sherlock Holmes meets Dr Who, showcasing his work for an unmade Sherlock Holmes animated series, cues from all three of his Doctor Who stories, and other classics such as Saxe Blue. He di
top songs
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Revenge of the Cybermen (From "Revenge of the Cybermen")
3232Death to the Daleks (From "Death to the Daleks")
2093Carey Blyton A Sherlock Holmes Suite, Op.81: Scenes From Holmes' London (An Opium Den In Limehouse & A German Street Band
934Return to Nerva Beacon
695Can Anyone Hear Me?
526Searching Kellman's Room
477Cybermat / Unspool / Plague
468Cybermarch
429Sabotage
4110The Countdown Has Commenced
40albums
Doctor Who - Revenge of the Cybermen (Original Television Soundtrack)
Doctor Who - The 50th Anniversary Collection (Original Television Soundtrack)
Sherlock Holmes Meets Dr. Who
Doctor Who - Revenge of the Cybermen
The Return Of Bulgy Gogo
Doctor Who: The 50th Anniversary Collection
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Sweeney Todd / Dracula!
The Folksong Arrangements
The Choral Music Of Carey Blyton
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Doctor Who - 052 - Doctor Who and the Silurians (Soundtrack)
Doctor Who - The 50th Anniversary Collection (Disc 03)
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British Light Music Premieres, Vol. 6