
Paddy Kingsland
Personal Info
Known for
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1947-01-30 (78 years old)
Paddy Kingsland
Biography
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 Eggar's Grammar School in Alton, 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, 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. 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". He has also composed music for the CITV series “Blips”, produced by Ragdoll Productions.
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.
Known For
Acting
(2019)
(2003)
The Alchemists of Sound
as Self
Crew
(2008)
Around the World in 20 Years
Original Music Composer
(1999)
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
Original Music Composer
(1990)
The Making Of The Trials Of Life - Once More Into The Termite Mound
Original Music Composer
(1984)
Doctor Who: Frontios
Original Music Composer
(1983)
Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead
Original Music Composer
(1982)
Doctor Who: Castrovalva
Original Music Composer
(1982)
Doctor Who: The Visitation
Original Music Composer
(1981)
Doctor Who: Logopolis
Original Music Composer
(1981)
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
Original Music Composer
(1980)
Doctor Who: Meglos
Original Music Composer
(1980)
Doctor Who: Full Circle
Original Music Composer
(1980)
Doctor Who: State of Decay
Original Music Composer
(1979)
(1978)
Lies
Music
(1974)
A First Class Friend
Music
(1974)
Penda's Fen
Sound
(1971)
Just Love
Music