British composer Tristram Cary, a pioneer in electronic music, has died in Australia aged 82.
Born in Oxford in 1925, the son of novelist Joyce Cary, he developed his own electronic and tape music whilst working as a radar engineer for the Royal Navy during World War II and is regarded as one of the earliest pioneers of these musical forms.
In 1967, he created the first electronic music studio of the Royal College Of Music and was co-designer of the EMS VCS3 portable synthesiser used by many avant-garde musicians in the 60s. He is also remembered for his soundtrack music for film, TV, radio and theatre, which included compositions for 'Doctor Who' and Ealing comedy 'The Ladykillers'.
Cary is reported to have died due to a complication during surgery in Adelaide on 24 Apr.