John Lewis (electronic Musician)
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John Lewis (died ) was a Canadian-born British
electronic music Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroa ...
and
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composer and musician who worked on multiple projects during the 1970s and 1980s. Born in
Edmonton Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city ancho ...
, Canada, he received classical music education at the
University of Alberta The University of Alberta, also known as U of A or UAlberta, is a Public university, public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford,"A Gentleman of Strathcona – Alexande ...
in the mid-1960s and relocated to England, where he composed scores for Ballet Rambert during the 1970s. Around 1970 Lewis got acquainted with
Brian Hodgson Brian Hodgson (born 1938) is a British television composer and sound technician. Born in Liverpool in 1938, Hodgson joined the BBC Radiophonic Workshop in 1962 where he became the original sound effects creator for the science fiction program ...
, who worked at the
BBC Radiophonic Workshop The BBC Radiophonic Workshop was one of the sound effects units of the BBC, created in 1958 to produce incidental sounds and new music for radio and, later, television. The unit is known for its experimental and pioneering work in electroni ...
at the time. In 1972 Hodgson left the
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to set up Electrophon studios with Lewis. Under the name "Wavemaker", they released albums of melodic synthesiser music titled ''Where Are We Captain?...'' (1975) and ''New Atlantis'' (1977). In 1977, Hodgson returned to the Radiophonic Workshop and left the Electrophon studio in Lewis' hands. Lewis worked with British new wave band M on their 1979 hit song "
Pop Muzik "Pop Muzik" is a 1979 song by M, a project by English musician Robin Scott, from the debut album ''New York • London • Paris • Munich''. The single, first released in the UK in early 1979, was bolstered by a music video (directed by Br ...
". As Hodgson, and the entire Workshop, was heavily involved in creating '' Doctor Who'' sound effects and music, he suggested outsourcing some of the work to Lewis, who began recording the original incidental music for the serial ''
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'', broadcast in 1985. However, Lewis was already suffering from AIDS in an advanced stage, and managed to complete only the first episode of the score, when the fell too ill to complete the score. He died soon afterwards, and the score was finished by Jonathan Gibbs. Lewis' score for the first episode was included on the DVD release.


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