Composer Tristram Cary died 24 April 2008 at his home in Australia. Born in Oxford, England, on 14 May 1925, he was the son of novelist Joyce Cary, and was a naval radar officer during World War II. It was during his service that he hit upon the idea of electronic and tape music.
Following the war, he co-designed a synthesizer and was one of the founder of electronic music. As a composer, his genre work included the films Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb (1971), Quatermass and the Pit (1967), and Silent Playground (1963). He also worked on the television series Late Night Horror (1968), as well as four dozen episodes of Doctor Who (1963-67).
In 1991, he was the recipent of the Medal of the Order of Australia for services to Australian music.