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After the outbreak of World War II, Grainer joined the
Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in December 1940
and was sent to Amberley, Queensland, posted to 73 Signals, given a course at Point Cook and assigned to Radar
Station No. 58, Townsville. While stationed there, and
in subsequent similar postings, he contributed to barracks
recreation activities by scoring and organising numerous
servicemen shows.[23] In February 1940 he joined the
RAAF entertainment unit. In the ocial report on his
audition performance, the only music piece mentioned
by title was Ravel's Bolero,[24] a seemingly simple instrumental ri which holds the listeners attention in a similar manner to Grainers later themes and signature tunes.
Grainer had only a few months performing for his fellow airmen, for in July 1944, a 44-gallon drum fell on his
leg while he was travelling in a truck; he sustained a severe injury and was admitted to the 3 RAAF Hospital,
seriously ill.[25] For a while, the air force medical team
considered amputation, but Grainer eventually recovered.
He was discharged from the RAAF as permanently medically unt in September 1945.[26] A rehabilitation course
took him to the New South Wales State Conservatorium
of Music, where he studied under Eugene Goossens.[27]
Concerts in the years following the disaster included performances by a very young Ron Erle Grainer, taught
piano-playing from the age of four by his mother [9]
and encouraged to learn the violin by an elderly Welsh
miner.[10] As Grainers music skills developed, he started
demonstrating an ability to reconstruct tunes he had
heard at school or on gramophone records.[9] Mary Wardle, a Classical music singer, historian, and former resident of Mt Mulligan, remembers Grainer performing on
keyboard instruments when he could barely reach the
pedals.[11]
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Steptoe and Son, 1962 Ivor Novello Award Outstanding Composition for Film, TV or Radio
12 Nominations
Flickers [1980] Bafta Best Television Music Award
1981
Shelley [1979] Bafta Best Television Music Award
1981
Tales of the Unexpected [1979] Bafta Best Television
Music Award 1981
13 Film credits
Terminus (1961)
Final year
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Compilations
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Awards
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Television credits
Maigret (1960)
Comedy Playhouse (1961)
That Was The Week That Was (1962)
Steptoe and Son (1962)
Giants of Steam (1963)
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[8] Peter Bell If Anything Too Safe 2nd edition James Cook
Uni 1996 p87
Shelley (1979)
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Stage credits
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References
17 External links
Ron Grainer website
Ron Grainer at the Internet Movie Database
Ron Grainer The Australian Years blog
All Music Guide to compilation CD with music
samples
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