The Ambush - Music

Tristram Cary Is A British Composer And An Early Pioneer In Electronic Music And Musique Concrete. Cary Was Educated At Westminster School In London England And Is The Son Of A Pianist And The Novelist Joyce Cary Author Of Mister Johnson. While Working As A Radar Engineer For The British Navy During World War II He Independently Developed His Own Conception Of Electronic And Tape Music. After The War He Travelled Around Europe To Meet The Small Numbers Of Other Early Pioneers Of Electronic Music And Composition. In 1967 He Created The First Electronic Music Studio Of The Royal College Of Music. He Provided The Visual Design For The EMS VCS3 Synthesizer The First Portable Synthesizer Though Not The First To Be Attached To A Keyboard Designed By Bob Moog A Year Later In 1970. His Concert Works Of Note Include A Sonata For Guitar 1959 Continuum For Tape 1969 A Cantata Peccata Mundi 1972 Contours And Densities At First Hill For Orchestra 1972 A Nonet 1979 String Quartet No. 2 1985 And The Dancing Girls For Orchestra 1991 . Cary Is Also Particularly Well Known For His Film And Television Music. He Has Written Music For The Science Fiction Television Series Doctor Who As Well As The Score For The Ealing Comedy The Ladykillers 1955 . Later Film Scores Included Quatermass And The Pit 1967 And Blood From The Mummy's Tomb 1971 Both For Hammer. Cary Received The 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award From The Adelaide Critics' Circle For His Contribution To Music In England And Australia. read less