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Format: CD (2 disc)
Release Date: Nov 08, 2010
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Audio Mixer: Jake Jackson .
Liner Note Author: Murray Gold.
Recording information: Abbey Road Studios, London; Air Studios, London; BBC Hoddinott Hall.
Composer Murray Gold, a very busy and prolific musician, came up with another season's worth of background scoring for the 13 episodes of the venerable British science fiction series Doctor Who in 2010, and it is compressed into about 131 minutes on this two-CD set. Matt Smith, the 11th actor to play the title character since the show began in 1963, is given a typically galloping new theme, "Doctor Who XI," to lead things off, and then he is launched into encounters with angels, vampires, and other odd creatures in one show after another. If the music is any indication, the fifth series (in the latter-day manifestation of the program, that is) begins lighter and more action-filled, then turns more thoughtful and complex. At least, the first disc tends to have showier and more adventurous music. Gold devotes over half of the second disc, the last 21 of 34 tracks, to the final two episodes, "The Pandorica Opens" and "The Big Bang," and, as the 24th track put it, "This Is Where It Gets Complicated." The BBC National Orchestra of Wales, with some participation by the Crouch End Festival Chorus for wordless vocal expressions, gets put through some challenging paces in music that rewards the orchestral sweep it requires. Gold notes that the two-disc format was used for the previous album, Series 4: The Specials, and since that one made the U.K. Top 50, it may be the standard going forward as Doctor Who approaches the half-century mark. ~ William Ruhlmann
Liner Note Author: Murray Gold.
Recording information: Abbey Road Studios, London; Air Studios, London; BBC Hoddinott Hall.
Composer Murray Gold, a very busy and prolific musician, came up with another season's worth of background scoring for the 13 episodes of the venerable British science fiction series Doctor Who in 2010, and it is compressed into about 131 minutes on this two-CD set. Matt Smith, the 11th actor to play the title character since the show began in 1963, is given a typically galloping new theme, "Doctor Who XI," to lead things off, and then he is launched into encounters with angels, vampires, and other odd creatures in one show after another. If the music is any indication, the fifth series (in the latter-day manifestation of the program, that is) begins lighter and more action-filled, then turns more thoughtful and complex. At least, the first disc tends to have showier and more adventurous music. Gold devotes over half of the second disc, the last 21 of 34 tracks, to the final two episodes, "The Pandorica Opens" and "The Big Bang," and, as the 24th track put it, "This Is Where It Gets Complicated." The BBC National Orchestra of Wales, with some participation by the Crouch End Festival Chorus for wordless vocal expressions, gets put through some challenging paces in music that rewards the orchestral sweep it requires. Gold notes that the two-disc format was used for the previous album, Series 4: The Specials, and since that one made the U.K. Top 50, it may be the standard going forward as Doctor Who approaches the half-century mark. ~ William Ruhlmann
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - Doctor Who: Season 5~Doctor Who XI
2 - Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour~Down to Earth
3 - Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour~Little Amy
4 - Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour~Fish Custard
5 - Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour~Can I Come With You?
6 - Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour~Little Amy: The Apple
7 - Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour~The Sun's Gone Wibbly
8 - Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour~Zero
9 - Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour~I Am The Doctor
10 - Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour~The Mad Man With A box
11 - Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour~Amy In The TARDIS
12 - Doctor Who: The Beast Below~The Beast Below
13 - Doctor Who: The Beast Below~Amy's Theme
14 - Doctor Who: The Beast Below~A Lonely Decision
15 - Doctor Who: Victory Of The Daleks~A Tyrannical Menace
16 - Doctor Who: Victory Of The Daleks~Victory Of The Daleks
17 - Doctor Who: Victory Of The Daleks~Battle In The Sky
18 - Doctor Who: The Time Of Angels / Flesh And Stone~River's Path
19 - Doctor Who: The Time Of Angels / Flesh And Stone~The Time Of Angels
20 - Doctor Who: The Vampires Of Venice~I Offer You My Daughter
21 - Doctor Who: The Vampires Of Venice~Chicken Casanova
22 - Doctor Who: The Vampires Of Venice~Signorra Rosanna Calvierri
23 - Doctor Who: The Vampires Of Venice~Cab For Amy Pond
24 - Doctor Who: The Vampires Of Venice~The Vampires Of Venice
25 - Doctor Who: Amy's Choice~Wedded Bliss
26 - Doctor Who: Amy's Choice~This Is The Dream
27 - Doctor Who: The Hungry Earth / Cold Blood~Rio de Cwmtaff
28 - Doctor Who: The Hungry Earth / Cold Blood~The Silurians
Disc 2:
1 - Doctor Who: Vincent And The Doctor~Paint
2 - Doctor Who: Vincent And The Doctor~Vincent
3 - Doctor Who: Vincent And The Doctor~Hidden Treasures
4 - Doctor Who: Vincent And The Doctor~A Troubled Man
5 - Doctor Who: Vincent And The Doctor~With Love, Vincent
6 - Doctor Who: The Lodger~Adrift in the TARDIS
7 - Doctor Who: The Lodger~Friends And Neighbors
8 - Doctor Who: The Lodger~Doctor Gastronomy
9 - Doctor Who: The Lodger~You Must Like It Here
10 - Doctor Who: The Lodger~A Useful Striker
11 - Doctor Who: The Lodger~A Painful Exchange
12 - Doctor Who: The Lodger~Kiss The Girl
13 - Doctor Who: The Lodger~Thank You Craig
14 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~River Runs Through It
15 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~Away On Horseback
16 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~Beneath Stonehenge
17 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~Who Else Is Coming
18 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~Amy And Rory
19 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~The Pandorica
20 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~Words Win Wars
21 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~The Life And Death Of Amy Pond
22 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~Amy's Starless Life
23 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~Into The Museum
24 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~This Is Where It Gets Complicated
25 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~Roman Paradox
26 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~The Patient Centurian
27 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~The Same Sonic
28 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~Honey I'm Home
29 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~The Perfect Prison
30 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~A River Of Tears
31 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~The Sad Man With A Box
32 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~You And Me, Amy
33 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~The Big Day
34 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~I Remember You
35 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~Onwards!
1 - Doctor Who: Season 5~Doctor Who XI
2 - Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour~Down to Earth
3 - Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour~Little Amy
4 - Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour~Fish Custard
5 - Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour~Can I Come With You?
6 - Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour~Little Amy: The Apple
7 - Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour~The Sun's Gone Wibbly
8 - Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour~Zero
9 - Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour~I Am The Doctor
10 - Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour~The Mad Man With A box
11 - Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour~Amy In The TARDIS
12 - Doctor Who: The Beast Below~The Beast Below
13 - Doctor Who: The Beast Below~Amy's Theme
14 - Doctor Who: The Beast Below~A Lonely Decision
15 - Doctor Who: Victory Of The Daleks~A Tyrannical Menace
16 - Doctor Who: Victory Of The Daleks~Victory Of The Daleks
17 - Doctor Who: Victory Of The Daleks~Battle In The Sky
18 - Doctor Who: The Time Of Angels / Flesh And Stone~River's Path
19 - Doctor Who: The Time Of Angels / Flesh And Stone~The Time Of Angels
20 - Doctor Who: The Vampires Of Venice~I Offer You My Daughter
21 - Doctor Who: The Vampires Of Venice~Chicken Casanova
22 - Doctor Who: The Vampires Of Venice~Signorra Rosanna Calvierri
23 - Doctor Who: The Vampires Of Venice~Cab For Amy Pond
24 - Doctor Who: The Vampires Of Venice~The Vampires Of Venice
25 - Doctor Who: Amy's Choice~Wedded Bliss
26 - Doctor Who: Amy's Choice~This Is The Dream
27 - Doctor Who: The Hungry Earth / Cold Blood~Rio de Cwmtaff
28 - Doctor Who: The Hungry Earth / Cold Blood~The Silurians
Disc 2:
1 - Doctor Who: Vincent And The Doctor~Paint
2 - Doctor Who: Vincent And The Doctor~Vincent
3 - Doctor Who: Vincent And The Doctor~Hidden Treasures
4 - Doctor Who: Vincent And The Doctor~A Troubled Man
5 - Doctor Who: Vincent And The Doctor~With Love, Vincent
6 - Doctor Who: The Lodger~Adrift in the TARDIS
7 - Doctor Who: The Lodger~Friends And Neighbors
8 - Doctor Who: The Lodger~Doctor Gastronomy
9 - Doctor Who: The Lodger~You Must Like It Here
10 - Doctor Who: The Lodger~A Useful Striker
11 - Doctor Who: The Lodger~A Painful Exchange
12 - Doctor Who: The Lodger~Kiss The Girl
13 - Doctor Who: The Lodger~Thank You Craig
14 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~River Runs Through It
15 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~Away On Horseback
16 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~Beneath Stonehenge
17 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~Who Else Is Coming
18 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~Amy And Rory
19 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~The Pandorica
20 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~Words Win Wars
21 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~The Life And Death Of Amy Pond
22 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~Amy's Starless Life
23 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~Into The Museum
24 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~This Is Where It Gets Complicated
25 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~Roman Paradox
26 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~The Patient Centurian
27 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~The Same Sonic
28 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~Honey I'm Home
29 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~The Perfect Prison
30 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~A River Of Tears
31 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~The Sad Man With A Box
32 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~You And Me, Amy
33 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~The Big Day
34 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~I Remember You
35 - Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang~Onwards!