After leaving Doctor Who following its first season, Kay provided the incidental music for many of the Out of the Unknown stories during the rest of the 1960s, as well as composing the atmospheric theme tune of its first three seasons. Kay also provided music on productions such as Late Night Horror in 1968, as well as many other television productions. He also scored the 1968 comedy heist film Diamonds for Breakfast. Kay also worked as a music critic for The Daily Telegraph.[3] He was the first British musician to write a study on Dmitri Shostakovich, a work that was well received.[1][3]
In 1951 Kay married Mary Fieldhouse and the couple had three sons, Anthony Kay, Peter Kay and Simon Kay He later had a daughter Serena with partner Janice Willett a former producer with ABC Television[4] Kay died in 2001 of motor neuron disease aged 72. He never divorced Mary Fieldhouse
ReferencesEdit
^ abc"Norman Kay obituary". The Guardian. 30 May 2001. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
^"An Unearthly Child". BBC. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
^ ab"Norman Kay 1929–2001". The Musical Times: 8. Summer 2001. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
^Hayes, Alan; McGinlay, Richard; Hayes, Alys (26 January 2017). Two Against the Underworld: The Collected Unauthorised Guide to The Avengers Series 1. lulu.com. pp. 253–254. ISBN978-1326466268.
norman, composer, norman, forber, january, 1929, 2001, british, composer, writer, norman, composer, conducts, excerpts, from, film, incidental, music, born, bolton, educated, bolton, school, royal, manchester, college, music, royal, college, music, composed, i. Norman Forber Kay 5 January 1929 12 May 2001 was a British composer and writer Norman Kay Composer conducts excerpts from his film and incidental music Kay who was born in Bolton was educated at Bolton School the Royal Manchester College of Music and the Royal College of Music 1 Kay composed the incidental music for three serials in the first season of Doctor Who 1 including the very first An Unearthly Child 2 as well as The Keys of Marinus and The Sensorites After leaving Doctor Who following its first season Kay provided the incidental music for many of the Out of the Unknown stories during the rest of the 1960s as well as composing the atmospheric theme tune of its first three seasons Kay also provided music on productions such as Late Night Horror in 1968 as well as many other television productions He also scored the 1968 comedy heist film Diamonds for Breakfast Kay also worked as a music critic for The Daily Telegraph 3 He was the first British musician to write a study on Dmitri Shostakovich a work that was well received 1 3 In 1951 Kay married Mary Fieldhouse and the couple had three sons Anthony Kay Peter Kay and Simon Kay He later had a daughter Serena with partner Janice Willett a former producer with ABC Television 4 Kay died in 2001 of motor neuron disease aged 72 He never divorced Mary FieldhouseReferences Edit a b c Norman Kay obituary The Guardian 30 May 2001 Retrieved 22 February 2010 An Unearthly Child BBC Retrieved 22 February 2010 a b Norman Kay 1929 2001 The Musical Times 8 Summer 2001 Retrieved 22 February 2010 Hayes Alan McGinlay Richard Hayes Alys 26 January 2017 Two Against the Underworld The Collected Unauthorised Guide to The Avengers Series 1 lulu com pp 253 254 ISBN 978 1326466268 External links EditNorman Kay at IMDb nbsp This Doctor Who related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Norman Kay composer amp oldid 1161400265, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
