brass tentet and Narration (1993) for symphonic wind ensemble. Refrains III, written for the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra, develops Orr's interest in improvisation, even including the conductor as one of the different improvising groups within the total ensemble. It was first broadcast on 6 May 1975 on BBC Radio 3. (There are six Refrains, all written for different forces. Each of them uses a recurrent idea to bind together a structure). His early film music included horror film scores such as Grip of the Strangler (1958), Corridors of Blood (1958) and Doctor Blood's Coffin (1961). Some of his stock music was used in several Doctor Who serials in the 1960s. During the 1980s Orr composed three music theatre pieces: Unicorn (1981), The Last Circus (1984) and Ring in the New (1986), and a number of song cycles, including the "caustic" Ten Types of Hospital Visitor (1986), setting Charles Causley. Recordings Caledonian Suite (1980), Tournament (1985) and Narration (1993). Royal Scottish Academy Of Music And Drama Wind Orchestra & Brass, Doyen DOY CD 118 (2001) Celtic Suite for strings (1968) and Fanfare and Processional for strings (1968) on The Land of the Mountain and the Flood: Scottish Orchestral Music, ASV CDWHL21C (1999) Chamber Music for Strings, includes String Quartet No 1 (1977) and No 2 (1985), String Trio (1996), Duo for Baroque Violin and String Bass (1994). Beethoven String Trio, Toccata TOCC0103 (2012) Piano Trios No 1-3. York Piano Trio. Marco Polo MP 3842 (1996) Songs: (includes the song cycles Canzona (1963), Ten Types of Hospital Visitor (1986), and Songs of a Childhood (1967). Delphian DCD 34175 (2017) (with Barry Guy). The London Jazz Composers' Orchestra Ode (Incus, 1972) Elegy (1994) and A Carmen Fantasy (1985) for cello and piano on dialogo. Dagmar Spengler and Oliver Drechsel, Verlag Dohr DCD 017 (2002) Film music References External links Refrains II, for clarinet, viola and piano (1971). UTAS Conservatorium of Music recording 1924 births 1997 deaths English musicologists English people of Scottish descent Musicians from Glasgow Scottish composers 20th-century classical musicians 20th-century English composers 20th-century Scottish musicians 20th-century British musicologists