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Ronald Erle "Ron" Grainer (11 August 1922 21 February 1981) was an Australian composer who worked for most of his professional career in the United Kingdom. He is mostly remembered for his film and television music, especially the theme music for ''Doctor Who''. == Childhood == Ron Grainer was born on 11 August 1922 in Atherton, Queensland, Australia,〔Australian Dictionary of Biography vol 17 2007 "Ron Grainer" *sister Margorie was born at Mt Mulligan in 1924〕 the first child of Margaret Clark, an amateur pianist,〔Mt Mulligan Notes Cairns Post 27 July 1920 p3〕 and Ronald Albert Grainer, a storekeeper and postmaster.〔Mt. Mulligan Notes Cairns Post 16 February 1914 p7 / Brisbane Courier 22.9.21 p7〕 For the first eight years of Ron's life the Grainer family lived in Mt Mulligan, a small town built around the extraction of coal from three seams which lay beneath a 400-metre-high sandstone monolith,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Historical Society of Mareeba )〕 located 100 km west of Cairns.〔Peter Bell “If Anything Too Safe” 2nd ed James Cook Uni 1996 p1,2〕 Apart from the industrial noise and dust, the family sometimes had to contend with the after effects of a high consumption of alcohol by the shift miners. On one such occasion a stray bullet flew through the roof of their home and almost hit the 11-week-old Ron as he lay on his bed.〔"From Our Own Correspondent" Cairns Post 8th November 1922 p3〕 Because of Mt Mulligan's physical isolation, encouraging a sense of community was vital. This was achieved by regularly holding dance and social functions.〔Mike Rimmer “Up The Palmerston” Glovers Printing Works Bundaberg 2004 p 209〕 These public entertainments became very important for bolstering local morale, especially after a massive explosion on 19 September 1921 killed 75 resident mine workersone third of Mt Mulligan's adult population.〔Peter Bell “If Anything Too Safe” 2nd edition James Cook Uni 1996 p87〕 Concerts in the years following the disaster included performances by a very young Ron Erle Grainer, taught piano-playing from the age of four by his mother 〔“Composer Lumped Coal” Sunday Mail 1 March 1981 p8〕 and encouraged to learn the violin by an elderly Welsh miner.〔“Ron Grainer The Man Behind “The Maigret Theme”' Decca Records 1961〕 As Grainer's music skills developed, he started demonstrating an ability to reconstruct tunes he had heard at school or on gramophone records.〔 Mary Wardle, a Classical music singer, historian, and former resident of Mt Mulligan, remembers Grainer performing on keyboard instruments “when he could barely reach the pedals.”〔Mike Rimmer “Up The Palmerston” Glovers Printing Works Bundaberg 2004 p. 209.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ron Grainer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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