Out of This World is a 1976 compilation of atmospheric sounds and effects from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop

BBC Radiophonic Workshop

The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, one of the sound effects units of the BBC, was created in 1958 to produce effects and new music for radio, and was closed in March 1998, although much of its traditional work had already been outsourced by 1995. It was based in the BBC's Maida Vale Studios in Delaware...

. The album was divided into four sections (two on each side), each representing a different theme: "Outer Space", "Magic and Fantasy", "Suspense and the Supernatural" and "The Elements".

The album was produced by Glynis Jones

Glynis Jones

Glynis Jones was a composer, musician and member of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. She joined the Workshop in 1973. In 1976, she produced the album Out of This World, on which some of her material appears. Her compositions also feature on the album The Radiophonic Workshop.Currently living in West...

 and features sounds created by the various members of the Workshop. While many of the tracks are basic sound effects, such as those from the TV series Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...

, others are like ambient music

Ambient music

Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...

, designed to create soundscapes rather than fulfilling a specific music or sound effects requirement.

The album was re-released, in 1991, as Essential Science Fiction Sound Effects Vol. 2

Track 61, "Passing clouds", by Roger Limb

Roger Limb

Roger Limb is a British composer, specialising in electronic music. He is best known for his work on the television series Doctor Who whilst at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. He joined the BBC as a studio manager, before going on to become a television announcer. In 1972 he left this position to...

, was used on "Eye No", the opening song on Lovesexy

Lovesexy

Lovesexy is the tenth studio album by Prince, released on May 10, 1988. Lovesexy was issued as a substitute record after the release of the infamous The Black Album had been suddenly cancelled. The Black Album and Lovesexy almost act as companion pieces, sharing the song "When 2 R in Love", but...

, the album by Prince, released in 1988. It was also released as "Clouds", but wrongly credited to Delia Derbyshire

Delia Derbyshire

Delia Ann Derbyshire was an English musician and composer of electronic music and musique concrète. She is best known for her electronic realisation of Ron Grainer's theme music to the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and for her work with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.-Early...

, on a 2-CD bootleg called "Wow!", released by "Eye" Records in 2008.

Outer Space

1. Dick Mills
   Dick Mills
   Dick Mills is a British sound engineer, specialising in electronic sound effects which he produced at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop....
   
    - "Sea of Mercury"
2. Peter Howell
   Peter Howell
   Peter Howell is a musician and composer. He is best known for his work on Doctor Who as a member of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop....
   
    - "Galactic Travel"
3. Brian Hodgson
   Brian Hodgson
   Brian Hodgson 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 programme Doctor Who...
   
    - "TARDIS take-off"
4. Brian Hodgson - "TARDIS land"
5. Dick Mills - "Space rocket take-off"
6. Dick Mills - "Space rocket land"
7. Paddy Kingsland
   Paddy Kingsland
   Paddy Kingsland is a composer of electronic music best known for his incidental music for science fiction series on BBC radio and television whilst working at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Educated at Eggars Grammar School, Alton, in Hampshire, he joined the BBC as a tape editor before moving on to...
   
    - "Flying saucer land"
8. Paddy Kingsland - "Flying saucer take-off"
9. Richard Yeoman-Clark
   Richard Yeoman-Clark
   Richard Yeoman-Clark is a British composer and sound engineer who worked at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop from 1970 to 1978.He is most recognised for providing special sound for the first two seasons of the science fiction series Blake's 7....
   
    - "Flying saucer interior (constant run)"
10. Brian Hodgson - "Space ship control room atmosphere"
11. Brian Hodgson - "Space ship interior atmosphere"
12. Dick Mills - "Electric door open"
13. Dick Mills - "Electric door shut"
14. Brian Hodgson - "Laser gun, five bursts"
15. Brian Hodgson - "Computer"
16. Brian Hodgson - "Gravity generator"
17. Roger Limb
    Roger Limb
    Roger Limb is a British composer, specialising in electronic music. He is best known for his work on the television series Doctor Who whilst at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. He joined the BBC as a studio manager, before going on to become a television announcer. In 1972 he left this position to...
    
     - "Time warp start, run, stop"
18. John Baker
    John Baker (Radiophonic musician)
    John Baker was a British musician and composer who worked in jazz and electronic music. He was educated at the Royal Academy of Music where he studied piano and composition. In 1960 he joined the BBC as a sound mixer, before transferring, in 1963, to the BBC Radiophonic Workshop where he remained...
    
     - "Venusian space lab."
19. Malcolm Clarke
    Malcolm Clarke
    Malcolm Clarke was a British composer, and a member of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop for 25 years from 1969 to 1994.Clarke proved somewhat controversial when he joined the workshop, due to his views that Radiophonic music should be, in his words, "fine art," a philosophy that was not shared by...
    
     - "Andromedan war machine"
20. Dick Mills - "Space-battle"

Magic and Fantasy

1. Malcolm Clarke - "Dance of fire-flies"
2. Delia Derbyshire
   Delia Derbyshire
   Delia Ann Derbyshire was an English musician and composer of electronic music and musique concrète. She is best known for her electronic realisation of Ron Grainer's theme music to the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and for her work with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.-Early...
   
    - "Dreaming"
3. Glynis Jones
   Glynis Jones
   Glynis Jones was a composer, musician and member of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. She joined the Workshop in 1973. In 1976, she produced the album Out of This World, on which some of her material appears. Her compositions also feature on the album The Radiophonic Workshop.Currently living in West...
   
    - "Crystal city"
4. Dick Mills - "Enchanted forest"
5. Malcolm Clarke - "Goblins lair"
6. Glynis Jones - "Magic carpet take-off"
7. Glynis Jones - "Magic carpet flight"
8. Glynis Jones - "Magic carpet land"
9. Brian Hodgson - "Magic flower grows and buds"
10. Roger Limb - "Magic beanstalk grows"
11. Dick Mills - "Star Fairies"
12. Malcolm Clarke - "Midsummer elves"
13. Malcolm Clarke - "Fairy appears"
14. Malcolm Clarke - "Fairy disappears"
15. David Cain
    David Cain (composer)
    David Cain was a composer and technician for the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. He was educated at Imperial College London, where he earned a degree in mathematics. In 1963, he joined the BBC as a studio manager, specialising in radio drama...
    
    - "Wizard flies off"
16. Malcolm Clarke - "Casting a spell"
17. Malcolm Clarke - "Magic mushroom"
18. Glynis Jones - "Magic bird song"

Suspense and the Supernatural

1. Delia Derbyshire - "Phantoms of darkness"
2. Dick Mills - "Uncanny expectation"
3. David Cain - "Spectres in the wind"
4. Malcolm Clarke - "Evil rises up"
5. Malcolm Clarke - "Threatening shadow"
6. Dick Mills - "Moments of terror"
7. Malcolm Clarke - "Passing shade"
8. Glynis Jones - "Psychic fears"
9. Glynis Jones - "Two terror twangs"
10. Glynis Jones - "Three terror bangs"
11. David Cain - "Terror zing"
12. Malcolm Clarke - "Terror glissando"
13. Malcolm Clarke - "'Thing' approaches"
14. Brian Hodgson - "Roaring monster"
15. Peter Howell - "Firespitting monster"
16. Dick Mills - "Nightmare forest"
17. Dick Mills - "Fiendish shrieks"

The Elements

1. Delia Derbyshire - "Heat haze"
2. Roger Limb - "Desert sands"
3. Delia Derbyshire - "Frozen waste"
4. Delia Derbyshire - "Icy peak"
5. David Cain - "Snow swirls"
6. Roger Limb - "Passing clouds"
7. Glynis Jones - "Starry skies"
8. John Baker - "Electric storm"
9. John Baker - "Watery depths"
10. John Baker - "Rising bubbles"
11. Glynis Jones - "Spring tide"

External links

• mb21 Discography entry