Mark Ayres
Mark Ayres
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 accompany Remembrance of the Daleks. Like most Doctor Who incidental music composers during the 1980s, Ayres created the music electronically, principally using digital synthesisers and samplers. Ayres was also involved in the last days of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, cataloguing and archiving their recordings for future use. As part of the BBC's unofficial Doctor Who Restoration Team, Ayres has also done much of the audio restoration work for the later VHS Doctor Who releases, as well as many of the DVD releases, and all of the "Missing Soundtrack" CD releases since 1999.
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Sound
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66
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Male
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Crew

2025

Doctor Who: The Sea Devils Sound Designer

2024

Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour Original Music Composer

2023

Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour Original Music Composer

2023

Tales of the Tardis Original Music Composer

2021

Return to Skaro Thanks

2017

Doctor Who: Shada Original Music Composer

2013

Scar Tissue Music

2009

Cybermen Thanks

2004

Dæmos Rising Sound

1996

PROBE: Unnatural Selection Original Music Composer

1996

PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne Original Music Composer

1995

PROBE: The Devil of Winterborne Original Music Composer

1994

Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans Original Music Composer

1994

PROBE: The Zero Imperative Original Music Composer

1993

30 Years in the TARDIS Original Music Composer

1992

Sophie’s Choice Original Music Composer

1990

Myth Makers 20: David Banks Original Music Composer

1989

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric Original Music Composer

1989

Doctor Who: Ghost Light Original Music Composer

1989

Myth Makers 17: Tom Baker Original Music Composer

1988

Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy Original Music Composer

1988

Wartime Original Music Composer

1987

Myth Runner Original Music Composer

1986

Myth Makers 12: Ian Marter Original Music Composer

1986

McDonnell Douglas Information Systems Original Music Composer

1985

Myth Makers 5: Janet Fielding Sound Designer

1985

Myth Makers 6: Nicola Bryant Location Coordinator

1985

Myth Makers 3: Nicholas Courtney Original Music Composer

1984

Myth Makers 2: John Leeson Original Music Composer

1984

Myth Makers 1: Michael Wisher Original Music Composer