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'''Paddy Kingsland''' (born 30 January 1947) is a composer of [[electronic music]] best known for his incidental music for science fiction series on [[BBC]] radio and television whilst working at the [[BBC Radiophonic Workshop]]. Educated at Eggars Grammar School, Alton, in Hampshire, he joined the BBC as a tape editor before moving on to become a studio manager for [[BBC Radio 1]]. In 1970 he joined the Radiophonic Workshop where he remained until 1981. His initial work was mostly signature tunes for BBC radio and TV programmes before going on to record incidental music for programmes including ''[[The Changes (TV series)|The Changes]]'', two versions of ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]:'' the [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)|second radio series]] and the [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series)|TV adaptation]], as well as several serials of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. His work on the latter series included incidental music for the following serials (in order of transmission):
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* ''[[Meglos]]''
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* ''[[Full Circle (Doctor Who)|Full Circle]]''
'''Paddy Kingsland''' (born 30 January 1947) is a composer of [[electronic music]] best known for his incidental music for science fiction series on [[BBC]] radio and television whilst working at the [[BBC Radiophonic Workshop]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/anniversaries/april/bbc-radiophonic-workshop|title = BBC Radiophonic Workshop founded}}</ref> Educated at [[Eggar's Grammar School]] in [[Alton, Hampshire]], he joined the BBC as a tape editor before moving on to become a studio manager<ref name=artsdesk>{{Cite web|url=https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/10-questions-radiophonic-workshops-paddy-kingsland|title=10 Questions for The Radiophonic Workshop's Paddy Kingsland|website=Theartsdesk.com|date=12 June 2017|access-date=2020-07-06}}</ref> for [[BBC Radio 1]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.soundonsound.com/people/story-bbc-radiophonic-workshop?page=3|title = The Story of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop}}</ref> In 1970 he joined the Radiophonic Workshop where he remained until 1981.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.soundonsound.com/people/story-bbc-radiophonic-workshop?page=3|title = The Story of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop}}</ref> His initial work was mostly signature tunes for BBC radio and TV programmes before going on to record incidental music for programmes including ''[[The Changes (TV series)|The Changes]]'', two versions of ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' (the [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series)|second radio series]] and the [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series)|TV adaptation]]), as well as several serials of ''[[Doctor Who]]''.<ref name=artsdesk /> His work on the latter series included incidental music for several serials in the early 1980s.
* ''[[State of Decay]]''

* ''[[Logopolis]]''
Other well-known series which contained music composed by Paddy Kingsland are ''[[Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days|Around the World in 80 Days]]'' and ''[[Pole to Pole]]'', both travel series by [[Michael Palin]]. He also composed music for many schools' television series including ''[[Words and Pictures (BBC series)|Words and Pictures]]'', ''Rat-a-tat-tat'', ''Watch'', ''Numbercrew'', ''Storytime'', ''English Express'', ''Music Makers'', ''Hotch Potch House'' and the ''[[Look and Read]]'' stories "Joe and the Sheep Rustlers" and "The Boy from Space". And Blips
* ''[[Castrovalva (Doctor Who)|Castrovalva]]''

* ''[[The Visitation (Doctor Who)|The Visitation]]''
Since leaving the BBC, Kingsland has composed music for the [[KPM Musichouse|KPM]] music library, television, commercials and corporate videos. He also owns his own studio, PK Studios.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.soundonsound.com/people/story-bbc-radiophonic-workshop?page=3|title = The Story of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop}}</ref>
* ''[[Mawdryn Undead]]''
* ''[[Frontios]]''
Other well-known series which contained music composed by Paddy Kingsland are [[Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days|Around the World in 80 Days]] and [[Pole to Pole]], both travel series by [[Michael Palin]]. Paddy Kingsland also composed music for many schools' television series including Words and Pictures, Rat-a-tat-tat, Watch, Numbercrew, Storytime, English Express, Music Makers, [[Hotch Potch House]] and the [[Look and Read]] stories "Joe and the Sheep Rustlers" and "The Boy from Space". Since leaving the BBC, composed music for the [[KPM Musichouse|KPM]] music library, television, commercials and corporate videos. He also owns his own studio, PK Studios. He is currently composing the music for the CITV series ''[[Blips (TV series)|Blips]]'' produced by [[Ragdoll Productions]].


In 1973, ''[[Fourth Dimension (Radiophonic album)|Fourth Dimension]]'', a compilation of his early signature tune work for the Radiophonic Workshop, was released and in 2002 his incidental scores for the ''Doctor Who'' serials "Meglos" and "Full Circle" featured as part of the [[Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 4: Meglos & Full Circle|Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop]] compilation series. Eight albums of his library music work have been issued by KPM.
In 1973, ''[[Fourth Dimension (Radiophonic album)|Fourth Dimension]]'', a compilation of his early signature tune work for the Radiophonic Workshop, was released and in 2002 his incidental scores for the ''Doctor Who'' serials "Meglos" and "Full Circle" featured as part of the [[Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 4: Meglos & Full Circle|Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop]] compilation series. Eight albums of his library music work have been issued by KPM.

==Discography==
===Commercial albums===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Album details
|-
|-
| 1973
| '''''[[Fourth Dimension (Radiophonic album)|Fourth Dimension]]'''''
*Released 1973
*Label: BBC Records {{small|(RED 93 S)}}
*Formats: LP
|-
| 1974
| '''''Supercharged!'''''
*Released 1974
*Label: EMI {{small|(TWOX 1024)}}
*Formats: LP
|-
| 1976
| '''''Swag''''' {{small|(as Swag)}}
*Released 1976
*Label: EMI {{small|(EMC 3135)}}
*Formats: LP
*Note: Written and produced with Richard Bellevue-de Sylva
|-
|2002
| '''''[[Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 4: Meglos & Full Circle]]''''' {{efn|Music by Paddy Kingsland and Peter Howell}}
*Released 2002
*Label: BBC Music {{small|(WMSF 6053-2)}}
*Formats: CD
|-
|2018
|'''''[[The Changes (TV series)#Soundtrack|The Changes]]'''''
*Released 21 April 2018<ref>{{cite web|url=https://recordstoreday.co.uk/releases/rsd-2018/paddy-kingsland/|title=Paddy Kingsland - Record Store Day| website=[[Record Store Day]]|accessdate=9 March 2018}}</ref>
*Label: Silva Screen {{small|(SILLP1540)}}
*Formats: 2-LP <small>(limited)</small>, download<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/theradiophonicworkshop/photos/rpp.599202103436290/1742008192489003/?type=3|title=Radiophonic Workshop|website=Facebook|accessdate=9 March 2018}}</ref>
|-
|2020
|'''''[[The Visitation (Doctor Who)#Soundtrack|Doctor Who – The Visitation]]'''''<ref name="DWM547">{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Gallifrey Guardian: Revisiting Vinyl |magazine=[[Doctor Who Magazine]] |issue=547 |page=4 |location=Tunbridge Wells, Kent |publisher=Panini UK Ltd |date=February 2020 }}</ref>
*Released 1 May 2020
*Label: Silva Screen
*Formats: CD, Vinyl
|}

===Stock music library albums===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Album details
|-
|1978
|'''''Moogerama'''''
*Released 1978
*Label: [[Amphonic Music]] {{small|(AMPS 121)}}
*Format: LP
|-
|1983
|'''''The Jingle Machine'''''
*Released 1983
*Label: [[KPM Music|KPM]] {{small|(KPM 1301)}}
*Format: LP
|-
|1984
|'''''Storytellers'''''
*Released 1984
*Label: KPM {{small|(KPM 1312)}}
*Format: LP, CD
|-
|1985
|'''''The Main Chance'''''
*Released 1985
*Label: KPM {{small|(KPM 1338)}}
*Format: LP
|-
|1986
|'''''The Effects Machine'''''
*Released 1986
*Label: KPM {{small|(KPM 1365)}}
*Format: LP, CD
|-
|1988
|'''''Sound Images'''''
*Released 1988
*Label: [[Themes International Music]] {{small|(TIM 9 CD)}}
*Format: CD
|-
|1989
|'''''Street Life'''''
*Released 1989
*Label: KPM {{small|(KPM 68 CD)}}
*Format: CD
|-
|1991
|'''''The Jingle Factory'''''
*Released 1991
*Label: KPM {{small|(KPM 157)}}
*Format: CD
|-
|1993
|'''''Nature'''''
*Released 1993
*Label: KPM {{small|(KPM 199)}}
*Format: CD
|-
|1996
|'''''In Character'''''
*Released 1996
*Label: KPM {{small|(KPM 289)}}
*Format: CD
|-
|1998
|'''''Nature + Wildlife'''''
*Released 1998
*Label: Themes International Music {{small|(TIM 29 CD)}}
*Format: CD
|-
|2012
|'''''Retro Electro'''''
*Released 15 March 2012
*Label: [[Universal Publishing Production Music]] {{small|(BBCPM005)}}
*Format: CD
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Label
|-
| 1974 || "Spinball" (Theme From T.V. Series "Rugby Special") / "Wobulator Rock" || EMI {{small|(EMI 2110)}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1976 || "Wobulator Rock" / "Get Back" || EMI {{small|(EMI 2398)}}
|-
| "London" (Radio London Theme) / "In the Bag" {{small|(as Swag)}} || EMI {{small|(EMI 2425)}}
|-
| Music From "The Changes" (BBC-1 Television Series) || BBC Records {{small|RESL 33}}
|}

{{notelist}}

== See also ==
*[[List of ambient music artists]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0455496}}
*{{IMDb name|0455496}}
*[http://www.pkstudios.co.uk/about.html Information about Paddy Kingsland and PK Studios]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929103047/http://www.pkstudios.co.uk/about.html Information about Paddy Kingsland and PK Studios]
*[http://www.ragdoll.co.uk/blips.html Blips]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070304182015/http://www.ragdoll.co.uk/blips.html Blips]
*[http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/childrens/boyfromspace.htm Article on Paddy Kingsland's score for Look and Read The Boy From Space]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070219014014/http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/childrens/boyfromspace.htm Article on Paddy Kingsland's score for Look and Read The Boy From Space]
*[http://www.animarcus.com/ Marcus Parker-Rhodes, an animator working with Paddy Kingsland on several School's series]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930063848/http://www.animarcus.com/ Marcus Parker-Rhodes, an animator working with Paddy Kingsland on several School's series]
*[http://www.cut-out.co.uk/ Cut-Out, an animation studio working with Paddy Kingsland on several School's series]
*[http://www.cut-out.co.uk/ Cut-Out, an animation studio working with Paddy Kingsland on several School's series]
*[http://www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/N/numbercrew/frame_home.html Number Crew]
*[http://www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/N/numbercrew/frame_home.html Number Crew]

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Latest revision as of 09:18, 29 November 2023

Paddy Kingsland (born 30 January 1947) is a composer of electronic music best known for his incidental music for science fiction series on BBC radio and television whilst working at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.[1] Educated at Eggar's Grammar School in Alton, Hampshire, he joined the BBC as a tape editor before moving on to become a studio manager[2] for BBC Radio 1.[3] In 1970 he joined the Radiophonic Workshop where he remained until 1981.[4] His initial work was mostly signature tunes for BBC radio and TV programmes before going on to record incidental music for programmes including The Changes, two versions of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (the second radio series and the TV adaptation), as well as several serials of Doctor Who.[2] His work on the latter series included incidental music for several serials in the early 1980s.

Other well-known series which contained music composed by Paddy Kingsland are Around the World in 80 Days and Pole to Pole, both travel series by Michael Palin. He also composed music for many schools' television series including Words and Pictures, Rat-a-tat-tat, Watch, Numbercrew, Storytime, English Express, Music Makers, Hotch Potch House and the Look and Read stories "Joe and the Sheep Rustlers" and "The Boy from Space". And Blips

Since leaving the BBC, Kingsland has composed music for the KPM music library, television, commercials and corporate videos. He also owns his own studio, PK Studios.[5]

In 1973, Fourth Dimension, a compilation of his early signature tune work for the Radiophonic Workshop, was released and in 2002 his incidental scores for the Doctor Who serials "Meglos" and "Full Circle" featured as part of the Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop compilation series. Eight albums of his library music work have been issued by KPM.

Discography[edit]

Commercial albums[edit]

Year Album details
1973 Fourth Dimension
  • Released 1973
  • Label: BBC Records (RED 93 S)
  • Formats: LP
1974 Supercharged!
  • Released 1974
  • Label: EMI (TWOX 1024)
  • Formats: LP
1976 Swag (as Swag)
  • Released 1976
  • Label: EMI (EMC 3135)
  • Formats: LP
  • Note: Written and produced with Richard Bellevue-de Sylva
2002 Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 4: Meglos & Full Circle [a]
  • Released 2002
  • Label: BBC Music (WMSF 6053-2)
  • Formats: CD
2018 The Changes
  • Released 21 April 2018[6]
  • Label: Silva Screen (SILLP1540)
  • Formats: 2-LP (limited), download[7]
2020 Doctor Who – The Visitation[8]
  • Released 1 May 2020
  • Label: Silva Screen
  • Formats: CD, Vinyl

Stock music library albums[edit]

Year Album details
1978 Moogerama
1983 The Jingle Machine
  • Released 1983
  • Label: KPM (KPM 1301)
  • Format: LP
1984 Storytellers
  • Released 1984
  • Label: KPM (KPM 1312)
  • Format: LP, CD
1985 The Main Chance
  • Released 1985
  • Label: KPM (KPM 1338)
  • Format: LP
1986 The Effects Machine
  • Released 1986
  • Label: KPM (KPM 1365)
  • Format: LP, CD
1988 Sound Images
1989 Street Life
  • Released 1989
  • Label: KPM (KPM 68 CD)
  • Format: CD
1991 The Jingle Factory
  • Released 1991
  • Label: KPM (KPM 157)
  • Format: CD
1993 Nature
  • Released 1993
  • Label: KPM (KPM 199)
  • Format: CD
1996 In Character
  • Released 1996
  • Label: KPM (KPM 289)
  • Format: CD
1998 Nature + Wildlife
  • Released 1998
  • Label: Themes International Music (TIM 29 CD)
  • Format: CD
2012 Retro Electro

Singles[edit]

Year Title Label
1974 "Spinball" (Theme From T.V. Series "Rugby Special") / "Wobulator Rock" EMI (EMI 2110)
1976 "Wobulator Rock" / "Get Back" EMI (EMI 2398)
"London" (Radio London Theme) / "In the Bag" (as Swag) EMI (EMI 2425)
Music From "The Changes" (BBC-1 Television Series) BBC Records RESL 33
  1. ^ Music by Paddy Kingsland and Peter Howell

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "BBC Radiophonic Workshop founded".
  2. ^ a b "10 Questions for The Radiophonic Workshop's Paddy Kingsland". Theartsdesk.com. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  3. ^ "The Story of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop".
  4. ^ "The Story of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop".
  5. ^ "The Story of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop".
  6. ^ "Paddy Kingsland - Record Store Day". Record Store Day. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Radiophonic Workshop". Facebook. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Gallifrey Guardian: Revisiting Vinyl". Doctor Who Magazine. No. 547. Tunbridge Wells, Kent: Panini UK Ltd. February 2020. p. 4.

External links[edit]

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