[5] His concert works of note include a Sonata for guitar (1959), Continuum for tape (1969), a cantata Peccata Mundi (1972), Contours and Densities at First Hill for orchestra (1972), a Nonet (1979), String Quartet No.

He wrote music for the science fiction television series Doctor Who (including the first Dalek story[6]), as well as the score for the Ealing comedy The Ladykillers (1955).

[7] Later film scores included The Boy Who Stole a Million (1960); The Prince and The Pauper (1962); Sammy Going South (1963); Quatermass and the Pit (1967) and Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971), both for Hammer.

He built another at his home in Fressingfield, Suffolk which he transported to Australia when he emigrated there, and incorporated it into the University of Adelaide where he worked as a lecturer until 1986.

[11] He also received the 2005 lifetime achievement award from the Adelaide Critics' Circle for his contribution to music in England and Australia.