
Mark Ayres
Born
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Biography
Mark Ayres is an electronic musician, composer and audio engineer. Ayres studied music and electronics at Keele University. He also worked as a sound engineer at TV-am between 1982 and 1987. As a television composer, he became known for providing incidental music on the original series of Doctor Who. Ayres's work on broadcast Doctor Who was during Sylvester McCoy's era as the Seventh Doctor, comprising The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Ghost Light and The Curse of Fenric. Ayres was hired after he sent producer John Nathan-Turner a demonstration video containing music he had written to accompa...
Known for

Doctor Who at 60: A Musical Celebration
Himself

The Alchemists of Sound
Self

Doctor Who at the Proms
Self

The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
Movie

Horror on the High Rise
Presenter

Doctor Who: Endgame
Self

Love Off-Air
Movie

The Making of Day of the Daleks: Special Edition
Movie

Musical Scales: An Era of Experimentation
Movie

The Making of The Daleks in Colour
Self