Barry Gray + Derek Meddings should be honoured the same way as Anderson
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
gojohnniegogo — 20 years ago(March 21, 2006 10:45 AM)
In my opinion that is! Between these two men, they completed Anderson's visions. Barry Gray's tones from orchestral magic to creepy Mysteron appearences. Also Derek Medding's stunning visual effects. I have no bias that Barry Gray was born in my hometown, Blackburn, Lancashire (UK). Honest!
What do you guys think? I thought this topic would have been a little more liveley than it is.
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AdmNaismith — 18 years ago(July 22, 2007 09:37 PM)
Don't forget the sound editors. This group never bacame houseghold names, but without the expert editing and mixing, none of Anderson's creations would be believable. Form the guy who programmed all the lip-flaps on down the line to the re-recording mixers, everyone deserves kudos for clean and powerful soundtracks that brough all the fantastic images to life.
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moysant — 18 years ago(September 20, 2007 11:43 PM)
And don't forget old Sylvia Anderson, who from everything I've read, sorted out a lot of Gerry's storyboard/character problems, and kept things ticking along.
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LiamABC — 13 years ago(May 07, 2012 04:15 AM)
Absolutely - all the series credits say "Characters created by Sylvia Anderson".
So between them, all the credit that is given just to Gerry should be shared with Sylvia, and Derek Meddings and Barry Gray, and a few others as well, but those were the most indispensible.
Remember, Anderson tended to keep most of the same people from one series to the next, so arguably it's the whole team who should get the credit.
I guess that answers the question of what the producers and executive producers do on TV shows and films - they take the credit for everyone else's hard work!