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Does anybody happen to be well versed on Murray Gold's work for Doctor Who? I'm looking to get started and I wonder where would be a good place to start. There's a lot to choose from with 7 series and all of the special releases.
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I recommend listening to them in order too. Some themes grow through the seasons.
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I have to keep in mind that the 2005 revamp was written and produced by a guy who ... IMO thought of himself as being Rose Tyler (my loony viewpoint, but there you have it)
I'll totally buy that.
OTOH, I’ve loved every season of nuWho in one way or another.
Another vote for Season 3 or 4. 3 is better overall, but 4 has several of my favorite tracks.
Other than a couple of really stand out tracks (I Am the Doctor) I haven’t been able to keep the monster CDs straight. I’m sure there a people that love every note, but for me they’ve been too much to get through.
I generally hate overtly comic music so a LOT of Smith’s music is out the window for me.
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For me the sheer quality of Murray's music from Series 1 to 5 overshadows my feeling that it has perhaps got a little generic since. So I support the idea of going in order on this. Even my wife listens constantly to the cds up to and including the first disc of Series 5.
I think maybe my tastes are towards whatever Russell T Davies wanted over the present regime. It's much more emotional and dramatic. Either the Steven Moffatt crowd prefer a more low key approach, or Murray's left to his own devices and HE prefers this. Don't get me wrong, the music is still excellent quality overall, but the themes and standout pieces of the 'This is Gallifrey..' kind seem to have faded. Clara's Theme excepted of course.
Hopefully a new Doctor and general feel to the show this provides, will inspire a return to a more robust and thematic approach.
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Just to provide a contrary opinion, while it's all good stuff, I prefer the albums from series 5 onwards. Some of the music in the RTD years is a bit OTT, and it seems a bit more restrained and to my tastes in the Moffat years (comparatively). But then again, I prefer the show in the Moffat years, and some of the people above who are recommending stuff from the RTD years probably preferred the show then, so there is probably an element of identifying with the music from specific eras they like going on for some people (me included). I'd probably suggest getting the series 3 and series 5 releases to start, to get a taste of the best of each era. Or just start from the beginning. (Also, the fourth disc of the reasonably-priced 4-disc 50th Anniversary set is all-Murray Gold, and a good taster of the breadth of his contribution to the show).
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Mar 11, 2014 - 8:51 AM
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I have to keep in mind that the 2005 revamp was written and produced by a guy who ... IMO thought of himself as being Rose Tyler (my loony viewpoint, but there you have it)
I'll totally buy that.
OTOH, I’ve loved every season of nuWho in one way or another.
Another vote for Season 3 or 4. 3 is better overall, but 4 has several of my favorite tracks.
Other than a couple of really stand out tracks (I Am the Doctor) I haven’t been able to keep the monster CDs straight. I’m sure there a people that love every note, but for me they’ve been too much to get through.
I generally hate overtly comic music so a LOT of Smith’s music is out the window for me.
I hate comedic music as well, though series five has some stand outs. I love Amy's theme. Really the whole fairy tale approach to the series. Mad Man in a Box, Victory of the Daleks, the delicious Vampires of Venice, and the tremendous music in the last two episodes of the series, The Pandorica, and The Big Bang.
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I don’t know if my ear is going, but what is the difference between Martha’s Theme and The Doctor Forever? Or am I confused because the track The Doctor Forever starts out with Martha’s Theme?
I’d have to say that Martha has my favorite companion theme. And as much as I love I Am the Doctor, I’m going to go with Gold’s original Doctor’s Theme (especially season 4). I wanted to hear more of it in Day of the Doctor. OTOH The Doctor Forever was a great intro for Ten.
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and I did love the music when the Dr first met Amy Pond as a little girl in series 5(?), just a gorgeous Horner-like choir theme that really stood out for me.