Murray Gold Soundtrack CDs Thread-Day/ Time in Nov

[Dirk Gently]

My CD is in the post. I'm looking forward to it more now that I've read your review, Si. Cheers.

[Dirk Gently]

It arrived this morning & I've only just noticed the track Stowaway is from the as yet unseen Voyage of the Damned.

[DrWho2150]

This soundtrack is awesome. Murray Gold did some great numbers for Series Three. Far superior to 1 & 2. Martha's Theme alone is angelic.

[Andrew Curnow]

I've borrowed my brother's copy of this, and listened to the whole thing. I think it's actually brought home to me that, although I really enjoyed season 3, I'm not very familiar with it at all. Thinking about it, I've probably watched most of the episodes once only - so consequently a lot of the music doesn't have any great 'association' for me, unlike the previous album. So some tracks just seem like noise, and others like catchy noise! It was a good listen though, and Martha's theme is gorgeous.

Plus, the fanboy in me feels obliged to point out that "Abide With Me" includes the verse that contains the line "Change and decay in all around I see" as quoted in Kinda.

[Pip Madeley]

Some might like to know that 'The Old Rugged Cross' from Gridlock, a track that wasn't included on the Series 3 CD, is available to hear at the BBC website (Day 5 of their Advent Calendar). Rarity!

[SiHart]

The track listing for the series 4 release is:

1. Doctor Who Season Four Opening Credits (0:46)
2. A Noble Girl About Town (2:14)
3. Life Among the Distant Stars (2:30)
4. Corridors and Fire Escapes (1:12)
5. The Sybilline Sisterhood (1:53)
6. Songs of Captivity and Freedom (4:03)
7. UNIT Rocks (1:11)
8. The Doctor's Daughter (1:38)
9. The Source (3:21)
10. The Unicorn and the Wasp (3:11)
11. The Doctor's Theme Season Four (2:47)
12. Voyage of the Damned Suite (10:21)
13. The Girl With No Name (2:45)
14. The Song of Song (2:14)
15. All in the Mind (1:18)
16. Silence In The Library (2:57)
17. The Greatest Story Never Told (6:17)
18. Midnight (3:07)
19. Turn Left (2:20)
20. A Dazzling End (2:22)
21. The Rueful Fate of Donna Noble (2:44)
22. Davros (2:07)
23. The Dark and Endless Dalek Night (3:44)
24. A Pressing Need to Save the World (4:55)
25. Hanging On The Tablaphone (1:07)
26. Song of Freedom (2:51)
27. Doctor Who Season Four Closing Credits (1:07)

Should be good.

Si xx

[SiHart]

There's more on the way in the autumn apparently...

Doctor Who - The Specials - the latest in the line of music from the television series - has now been reported as being released on the 20th September 2010. No track listings have been made available as yet, but it will be a 2-CD boxed set of Murray Gold's music for the final four adventures of the Tenth Doctor.

Si xx

[Rob McCow]

If only The Specials were covering the music for The Specials. Sigh. That would almost be a lame joke.

[Zbigniev Hamson]

There are Murray Gold CDs?!?! Why... what? I'd rather listen to recordings of my own intestinal tract. From when I'm ill. I'd rather BE ill.

[Rob McCow]

Really?!

These CDs are rather good actually. They're certainly on a par with most movie soundtrack releases. And the sheer amount of complex orchestral music that Murray writes for the show is very impressive.

I thought the main complaint that some people had about the music was that it was too loud in the mix and drowned out some of the dialogue?

[Simon R]

Murray's music has never done anything for me either. It's very often far too over blown and unsubtle with far too much vocal stuff in recent years with various wailing voices at every opportunity.

[Larry]

Murray's music has never done anything for me either. It's very often far too over blown and unsubtle with far too much vocal stuff in recent years with various wailing voices at every opportunity.

not sure I agree with you on that i've got the soundtracks for all the first 4 series and when you listen to it as just a piece of music a lot of the stuff is very good. As for this up and coiming cd I'm a bit suprised it's not being issued as a specials/series 5 combination as I would of thought there wouldn't quite be enough music from the specials to put on one cd.

[SiHart]

Track listing:

Disc One

1. Vale

The Next Doctor

2. A Victorian Christmas
3. Not the Doctor
4. A Bit of a Drag
5. In the Sea of Memory
6. Hidden in the Closet
7. The Wonder of Balloons
8. A Forceful Intelligence
9. The Greats of Past Time
10. The March of the Cybermen
11. Goodbyes

Planet of the Dead

12. A Disturbance in the Night
13. The Cat Burglar
14. Alone in the Desert
15. A Special Sort of Bus
16. Stirring in the Sands
17. Lithuania

The Waters of Mars

18. Letter to Earth
19. By Water Borne ...
20. The Fate of Little Adelaide
21. Altering Lives

Disc Two

The End of Time

1. We Shall Fare Well
2. A Frosty Ood
3. A Dream of Catastrophe
4. All in the Balance
5. A Ruined Gaol
6. Wilf’s Wiggle
7. Minnie Hooper
8. The End Draws Near
9. Gallifrey
10. Final Days
11. The Council of the Time Lords
12. The Master Suite
13. The Ruined Childhood
14. A Chaotic Escape
15. The World Waits
16. A Longing to Leave
17. A Lot of Life Behind Us
18. Dealing with the Menace
19. Speeding to Earth
20. The Time Lords’ Last Stand
21. The Clouds Pass
22. Four Knocks
23. Song for Ten (Reprise)
24. Vale Decem
25. Vale
26. The New Doctor

Si xx

[Rob McCow]

Andrew Lloyd Webber that's a lot of music!

I can hardly remember any music from the Specials, apart from the singing Ood. Perhaps these discs will change that.

[Llordllama]

Oh finally! I was scouting around for these on Amazon only the other week. Right that's my pre-order in then

[SiHart]

More news from The Doctor Who newspage:

Murray Gold's music from the fifth series of Doctor Who has been reported as being released on CD by Silva Screen on the 8th November 2010, the same day as the series is released on DVD/Blu-ray by BBC Worldwide/2Entertain.

This CD quickly follows the release of the Specials set a couple of months before on 20th September.

No other details about the CD are available at present.

Si xx

[Llordllama]

Good news, I can stop listening to my erm, bootleg, then

[SiHart]

Silva Screen have delayed the release of Doctor Who - The Specials, the latest in the line of music from the television series, by two weeks, giving a new release date of Monday 4th October.

The set will feature music from the gap year specials. It has also been revealed that two additional tracks, The Cyberleader Runs Amok and Never Too Old To Shoot And Fly, will be available exclusively on iTunes to buyers who buy the whole album as a download bundle.

Oh well. It's been two years since the last one, what's another fortnight?

Si xx

[Llordllama]

I know, but damn it I was looking forward to listening to it sooner

[SiHart]

Here's the Season 5 Soundtrack cover:



Si xx

[Rob McCow]

I don't remember the Doctor and Amy having Tai-chi lessons in Season 5 ?

[Darren]

Doh!! That's Venusian Karate!

[SiHart]

The specials CD is rather good so far. I'm not so keen on the Planet of the Dead stuff, but the music from The Next Doctor was really rather fine. Much better and more distinctive than I remember it being.
Just got to The Waters of Mars, and aside from the running music, this is lovely, dark stuff.

Si xx

[Larry]

well my specials cd arrived today and I've already downloaded it onto my i-pod making a toatal of 130 Murray Gold tracks..

[SiHart]

Apparently the Specials CD has made it to no 49 in this week's album chart!

Si xx