Mark Ayres

I have been composing music for television and film since 1984. Credits include three scores for BBCtv's Doctor Who, the 1996 British feature film The Innocent Sleep, and music for other top-rated UK TV shows such as Casualty, Rockliffe's Babies and Top of the Pops.Scores for successful straight-to-video projects include Dreamwatch Media's Shakedown (which I also co-produced) and Bill Baggs's PRoBe series.

Multimedia projects include music for William Latham's acclaimed Computer Art films and CD-ROMs, and children's educational CD-ROMs.

Much of my work has been commercially released on compact disc.

I also work as an arranger and producer, and have contributed to over 100 CD releases, mostly for Silva Screen Records. For them I have arranged, produced or performed numerous recordings of film and TV themes, including pieces by Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, James Horner, Hans Zimmer, Vangelis, Tangerine Dream, and many others. Releases include The Cult Files, Space and Beyond, Warriors of the Silver Screen (Enhanced CD), The Monster Movie Music Album, Music from the Films of Stanley Kubrick, Cinema Century, & A History of Horror.

In addition to the above, I work as a Sound Designer and restorer of archive sound recordings, and as a multimedia programmer (including Enhanced CDs for Silva Screen Records). I also produce talking books for BBC Worldwide and am librarian of the archive of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, involved in an ongoing cataloguing and commercial release programme. All in all, I lead a varied life!

On the following pages you will find a biography, CV, discography, pages devoted to individual projects, information on Enhanced CDs and the software required to play them, and a page of contacts and links.

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Site Index

• Biography
• CV (Film/TV/multimedia credits listing, cross-referenced to discography)
• Discography
• Commercial Recordings (list of music recorded by Mark Ayres as "named artist". Includes music composed by Mark, and his recordings of other composers' work. Cross-referenced to discography)
• Project Pages. These pages contain further details on individual projects, including pictures and specific links for further information.
  • Films, TV, and solo CD projects:
    • The Innocent Sleep (including session photographs)
    • Myths and Other Legends
    • The Making of The Hitch-Hikers' Guide to the Galaxy
    • William Latham's Computer Artworks
    • Shakedown
    • Doctor Who (soundtracks composed by Mark Ayres)
    • Doctor Who - More than Thirty Years in the TARDIS
  • Doctor Who:
    • Doctor Who pages. Loads of information and data, additional sleeve notes for CD releases and more!
  • Silva Screen CD projects:
    • The Cult Files and The Cult Files Re-opened
    • Space and Beyond and Alien Invasion
    • Warriors of the Silver Screen
    • Swashbucklers: Swordsmen of the Silver Screen
      aka The Mark Of Zorro: Swordsmen of the Silver Screen
    • Mark Ayres/Silva Screen Highlights 1998
    • Dr. Strangelove - Music from the Films of Stanley Kubrick
  • Enhanced CDs:
    • Enhanced CD Information Page
      Updates to the AppleCD Player for Macintosh and Windows systems are now available.
      Also bug alert for Windows users!
• Links: fun stuff, further information, and contacts for CD and video availability.
• Copyright

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