Talk:Ron Grainer

message: I'm not convinced that he ever "got his hands dirty" and actually worked on electronic music in the Radiophonic Workshop. I'll investigate, but if I find no evidence I'll edit this article.Silver plane
:Already have done. I'm also pretty sure that he never did any of the actual radiophonic stuff, but I think my wording has left me an out if I turn out to be wrong.  :o)
:-Paul A
"A few years ago"? When exactly? (Don't tell me, place it in the article :)). Cheers. --kingboyk 03:37, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: "second ex-wife at his side"? It's enough to say "second wife" when you've already explained that she's an ex-wife.--Rfsmit (talk) 03:00, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  odd wording 

message: "In 1964 and 65 he furthered his collaboration with Derbyshire in creating four Inventions for Radio (whose working title was Mid-Century Attitudes) made as a collage of voices recorded from life in an Old People's Home, set to a backing of pure electronic music."
This is a misattribution. The 'Inventions for radio' were a collaboration between Delia Derbyshire and Barry Bermange, not Ron Grainer.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.144.123.26 (talk) 03:12, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Misattribution 

message: Grainer is credited for the incidental music to the Thames series "Edward and Mrs Simpson."  Did he compose the music and/or lyrics to the theme song?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.117.144.216 (talk) 23:48, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edward and Mrs Simpson 

message: Would it OK to include "Ron Grainer "The Australian Years" in External Links? 
http://rongrainertheaustralianyears.blogspot.com.au/ 
This blog goes into a lot more detail on Grainer's family background, early life and early career. Disclosure: I am the author of the blog which tries, for the most part, to use Wikipedia principles and was only started because of dissatisfaction with certain information about Grainer currently given online. The primary sources are digitised Australian newspaper articles accessed via the Australian National Library search engine TROVE. tobalwin (talk) 15:08, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I know nothing of blogspot, but Trove links would have to be the gold standard. Doug butler (talk) 01:18, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ron Grainer The Australian Years link? 

message: I think reference 6, Grainer's first divorce, would be more fairly served by a link to the Ron Grainer.org biography http://www.rongrainer.org.uk/bio.php rather then the "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" interview Margot Grainer gave to "The Canberra Times" 19.1.1972 p18 with accusations that Ron Grainer personally denied, once he knew about them,"Canberra Times" 18.11.72 p3. tobalwin (talk) 07:40, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  First divorce reference   

message: Film: As the key term is "Notable" I deleted "Mutiny On the Buses" [a tv series cash in], "I Don't Want To Be Born" is regarded by many online film review sites as one of the worst movies ever made. "Night Must Fall" is notorious for Albert Finneys  bizarre accent and acting and Grainer's underscore, with the exception of a savage music rift that appears mainly in the trailer, is very derivative of Bernard Herrmann's Hitchcock work [this may have been at the producers insistence]. "One Away" is a minor film with an ordinary soundtrack.tobalwin (talk) 20:53, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edited "Notable Film Credits"/ "Notable Television Credits" "Stage Credits"

message: Added relevant years to list of Grainer's education using as source his Air Crew application / National Archives of Australia / RAAF records / A9301/23963/ barcode 4564067/ "Ronald Erle Grainer" p25/80 photo document section.On an earlier application form [p15/80] he overlaps his years as Edge Hill State 1933 to 1935, Cairns High 1935 to 1937, Nudgee 1937 to 1939, Uni 1939. On the second application he corrected this mistake. The Edge Hill State School Golden Jubilee book lists Ronald Grainer as starting there in 1933. tobalwin (talk) 16:39, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added education years detail 

message: There is no mention of Grainers Mt Muligan childhood and little information on his full career in England and the reasons for his unexpected relocation to Portugal. The paragraph devoted to a review of one composition "The Omega Man" would be better as just a reference link. I'm working on these updates and will post them in the next weekor so.tobalwin (talk) 15:02, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Brilliantly written article. The best humour on any Wikipedia article I have read so far. 86.181.121.123 (talk) 12:44, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Biography 

message: Added direct link [30] to British Hansard record http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1959/mar/16/television-bogus-news-broadcast#S5CV0602P0_19590316_HOC_407
tobalwin (talk) 04:32, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Before The Sun Goes Down" panic 1959 

message: Deleted a paragraph giving publicity to an lp released by Bristol band The Eagles managed for a brief period by Ron Grainers first wife Margot. This article is an overview of the life of Ron Grainer not the artists he worked with or their product. The Eagles [UK band] have ther own Wiki page and information or detail of their albums should be inserted there if appropriate and relevant.tobalwin (talk) 21:08, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: The Eagles [UK group] paragraph deleted

message: Deleted reference to a record company sampler album containing Grainers theme and incidental music for the Maigret series plus some Grainer b sides and filler tracks by other artists who have no connection to Grainers work. The three compilation albums listed feature only Grainer material from a variety of TV and film projects and give a wide focussed overview of his output over a certain period.tobalwin (talk) 14:26, 2 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Deleted Compilation Reference

message: Several attempts have been made to change the date for Grainers transfer to the RAAF entertainment unit without any references to justify the alteration. The official National Archives of Australia document Ronald Erle Grainer NAA A9301 23963 is open for public inspection and shows on page 6/80, in pencil script that can be read with magnification, that Grainer was accepted on 22.3.1944 https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=4564067&fbclid=IwAR0Foqc2CwfKBadHViU1F4DHEfymhgaWjl47FmF8LtpTJzqf_yNqRP2gOSo As stated in the original Wikipedia article he only had a couple of months in the unit before his leg accident. tobalwin (talk) 13:32, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Correct Date for Transfer to Entertainment Unit