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===[[Towards Tomorrow]]===                    <!-- entry date 1 Oct 1967, first broadcast 7th December 1967 -->
 
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===[[Oedipus the King]]===                    <!-- "delia collaborated in 1967" according to Breege Brennan's thesis; the film was released 14 June 1968>
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==1968==
 
==1968==

Revision as of 11:53, 6 December 2021

Here is all of Delia's music and effects that I have managed to recover so far, in as close as I know to the order in which she created them.

The software used to produce the graphics here was written specially for the WikiDelia and is described on the page Spectrograms.

Contents

Undated

Air

Created before March 1967, as that's when it was included on BBC Radiophonic Music.[1] Air - Spectrogram.jpg

Music to Undress to

Reconstructed from Delia's manuscript score and played on a cheesy MIDI piano

The Delian Mode

Created before March 1967, as that's when it was included on BBC Radiophonic Music.[1] The Delian Mode - Spectrogram.jpg

1962

Time On Our Hands

Time On Our Hands - Spectrogram.jpg

City Music

City Music - Spectrogram.jpg

Arabic Science and Industry

Arabic Science and Industry - Spectrogram.jpg

Closed Planet

  • Opening

Closed Planet - Opening - Spectrogram.jpg

  • Meteor warning and strike

Closed Planet - Meteor warning and strike - Spectrogram.jpg

  • Chords "This is understood"

Closed Planet - Chords "This is understood" - Spectrogram.jpg

  • Ship landing

Closed Planet - Ship landing - Spectrogram.jpg

  • End of shift hooter

Closed Planet - End of shift hooter - Spectrogram.jpg

  • Arrival of the flycar

Closed Planet - Arrival of the flycar - Spectrogram.jpg

  • Good Night

Closed Planet - Good night - Spectrogram.jpg

  • Takeoff

Closed Planet - Takeoff - Spectrogram.jpg

  • Landing

Closed Planet - Landing - Spectrogram.jpg

  • Ship takeoff and outro

Closed Planet - Ship takeoff and outro - Spectrogram.jpg

Mattachin

From BBC Radiophonic Music
Mattachin - Spectrogram.jpg

1963

Know Your Car

Know Your Car - Spectrogram.jpg

Radio Newsreel

Radio Newsreel - Spectrogram.jpg

Doctor Who

Doctor Who - Spectrogram.jpg

1964

Talk Out

Talk Out - Spectrogram.jpg

Science and Health

From BBC Radiophonic Workshop 21
Science and Health - Spectrogram.jpg

The Cyprian Queen

Clip from Wee Have Also Sound Houses
The Cyprian Queen - clip from Wee Have Also Sound Houses - Spectrogram.jpg

The Anger of Achilles

  • 1. Achilles' plea to his goddess mother Thetis (1:13)

The Anger of Achilles 1 - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 2. Thunderclap (0:13)

The Anger of Achilles 2 - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 3. The sending of the false dream to Agamemnon (2:00)

The Anger of Achilles 3 - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 4. Father Zeus' message, thunderclap, horse effects (1:08)

The Anger of Achilles 4 - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 5. Thetis theme reprise (0:36)

The Anger of Achilles 5 - Spectrogram.jpg

Invention for Radio #1: The Dreams

  • 1. Running (8:08) The Dreams - 1. Running - Spectrogram.jpg


  • 2. Falling (8:45) The Dreams - 2. Falling - Spectrogram.jpg


  • 3. Land (7:02) The Dreams - 3. Land - Spectrogram.jpg


  • 4. Sea (8:31) The Dreams - 4. Sea - Spectrogram.jpg


  • 5. Colour (6:23) The Dreams - 5. Colour - Spectrogram.jpg


A shorter version was prepared for overseas broadcast

  • The Dreams Tx (Third) 5.1.1964 (27:24)

with:

  • 1. Running (3:48)
  • 2. Falling (7:47)
  • 3. Sea (8:31)
  • 4. Colour (6:23)

Invention for Radio #2: Amor Dei

Amor Dei - 1. Groping towards God - Spectrogram.jpg

Amor Dei - 2. Rorate Coeli - Spectrogram.jpg

Amor Dei - 3. I'd like to believe in God but... - Spectrogram.jpg

Amor Dei - 4. There IS a God! - Spectrogram.jpg

1965

Invention for Radio #3: The Afterlife

Recorded from the radio

with

  • 1. "Death is going from shadow into reality" (7:47)
  • 2. "It's just like going to sleep" (11:09)
  • 3. "Light. Everywhere is light." (10:30)
  • 4. "Death is just a changing" (10:14)

Invention for Radio #4: The Evenings of Certain Lives

Oranges and Lemons

Oranges and Lemons - Spectrogram.jpg

1966

Ape and Essence

Reconstructed from her manuscript and played on a cheesy MIDI piano

Ziwzih Ziwzih OO-OO-OO

From BBC Radiophonic Music
Ziwzih Ziwzih OO-OO-OO - Spectrogram.jpg

Moogies Bloogies

From delia-derbyshire.org
Moogies Bloogies - Spectrogram.jpg

Way Out

From Music from The Tomorrow People
Way Out - Spectrogram.jpg

A Game of Chess

From Delia's listening copy of final tape, 21st September 1966:

  • 1. King solo

A Game of Chess - 01. King solo - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 2. Bishop solo

A Game of Chess - 02. Bishop solo - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 3. Queen solo

A Game of Chess - 03. Queen solo - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 4. Pawn solo (1)

A Game of Chess - 04. Pawn solo (1) - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 5. Pawn solo (2)

A Game of Chess - 05. Pawn solo (2) - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 6. Knight solo

A Game of Chess - 06. Knight solo - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 7. Castle solo

A Game of Chess - 07. Castle solo - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 8. Pawn and Knight duet

A Game of Chess - 08. Pawn and Knight duet - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 9. King and Queen duet

A Game of Chess - 09. King and Queen duet - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 10. Castle and Bishop Duet

A Game of Chess - 10. Castle and Bishop duet - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 11. Game A

A Game of Chess - 11. Game A - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 12. Game B

A Game of Chess - 12. Game B - Spectrogram.jpg

1967

A New View of Politics

From BBC Radiophonic Workshop 21
A New View of Politics - Spectrogram.jpg

Chromophone Band

Chromophone Band - Spectrogram.jpg

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday - Spectrogram.jpg

Blue Veils and Golden Sands

Blue Veils and Golden Sands - Spectrogram.jpg

Macbeth (1967)

It Was a Solid Killing Match

Intro

It Was a Solid Killing Match - Intro - Spectrogram.jpg

It Was a Solid Killing Match

It Was a Solid Killing Match - Spectrogram.jpg

Dissolvence

It Was a Solid Killing Match - Dissolvence - Spectrogram.jpg

A Tremendous Artillery Crash

It Was a Solid Killing Match - A Tremendous Artillery Crash - Spectrogram.jpg

Tel-el-Aqqaqir scene change

It Was a Solid Killing Match - Tel-el-Aqqaqir scene change - Spectrogram.jpg

Rommel Smashed in Battle

It Was a Solid Killing Match - Rommel Smashed in Battle - Spectrogram.jpg

Towards Tomorrow

Towards Tomorrow - Spectrogram.jpg

Oedipus the King

Dance from Noah - Spectrogram.jpg

Tutankhamun's Egypt

Tutankhamun's Egypt - Spectrogram.jpg

I.E.E.100

I.E.E.100 Man on a Moon (clip from Sisters with Transistors) - Spectrogram.jpg

The Autocrat

Intro

The Autocrat - Intro - Spectrogram.jpg

Outro

The Autocrat - Outro - Spectrogram.jpg

Travelling in Winter

Dreaming - Spectrogram.jpg

Science All Around - Sound

Reconstructed from Delia's manuscripts

O Fat White Woman

1972

Electrosonic

Quest

Quest - Spectrogram.jpg

Quest - fast

Quest - fast - Spectrogram.jpg

Computermatic

Computermatic - Spectrogram.jpg

Frontier of Knowledge

Frontier of Knowledge - Spectrogram.jpg

The Pattern Emerges

The Pattern Emerges - Spectrogram.jpg

Freeze Frame

Freeze Frame - Spectrogram.jpg

Plodding Power

Plodding Power - Spectrogram.jpg

Busy Microbes

Busy Microbes - Spectrogram.jpg

Liquid Energy (a)

Liquid Energy (a) - Spectrogram.jpg

Liquid Energy (b) (rhythm only)

Liquid Energy (b) (rhythm only) - Spectrogram.jpg

No Man's Land

No Man's Land - Spectrogram.jpg

Depression

Depression - Spectrogram.jpg

Nightwalker

Nightwalker - Spectrogram.jpg

Electrostings

Electrostings - Spectrogram.jpg

Electrobuild

Electrobuild - Spectrogram.jpg

Celestial Cantabile

Celestial Cantabile - Spectrogram.jpg

Effervescence

Effervescence - Spectrogram.jpg

The Wizard's Laboratory

The Wizard's Laboratory - Spectrogram.jpg

Shock Chords

Shock Chords - Spectrogram.jpg

Circle of Light

Circle of Light - Spectrogram.jpg

Shadow of the Pharoah

Ways of Seeing - Three Dreams

Play for Today - Title Music

Play for Today title music - Spectrogram.jpg

Great Zoo

Great Zoo - Spectrogram.jpg

1973

Music of the Spheres

From The Ascent of Man episode 5, 44:47-46:54
Music of the Spheres - Spectrogram.jpg

The Legend of Hell House

  • Opening titles (0:36)
  • Approach to the House (1:17)
  • Closing titles (1:01)

1974

Pompeii

  • Intro (1:26)
  • The Three Theatres (5:26)
  • The Eruption (5:14)

1975

About Bridges

  • Opening titles (3:11)

About Bridges - Intro - Spectrogram.jpg

  • Main theme (0:50)

About Bridges - Theme - Spectrogram.jpg

2001

Synchrondipity Machine

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 TRW 6641: Tracks for BBC Radiophonic Music.
  2. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named SwT