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Doctor Who Proms. Part 1. (The Ten era.)
For those confused, 'The Proms' is the world's greatest classical music festival. (Look here.)
In 2008 they did a 'Doctor Who Proms' with music from the show + various classical pieces that fitted with the theme of the show, and (happily) decided to do another one this year! (You can see the last one here. Well the first part - it's very long. But it's all there.) Saturday night's show was broadcast live on the radio, and they played a TON of music that hasn't been released yet - and lo, it was awesome. (But not available yet. *sigh*) The girls and I listened along, and loved it all. A few thoughts on the music they played from the RTD era under the cut.
'This is Gallifrey: Our Childhood, Our Home' is still one of my favourite pieces of music ever. It was the reason I first decided to spend money on a Doctor Who soundtrack, and I have never regretted it!
They also played 'Song of Freedom', but I'm afraid that it was eclipsed by 'Vale Decem' - the music from Ten's regeneration. And I swear, it was like stepping into a time machine and being transported right back to New Year's Day, all the feelings of 'Oh Ten, don't leave!!!!' and the general heartbreak of those final scenes brought back with painful clarity. Impish Girl (bless her) was sobbing her heart out, because she remembered it all far too vividly (even though she's now an Eleven fangirl), and also the sadness of the music reminded her of the fact that her best friend has moved to a different school. The power of music is quite, quite extraordinary, and Murray Gold is a freaking genius.
Will be back later with thoughts on Eleventy and his awesomeness! :)
In 2008 they did a 'Doctor Who Proms' with music from the show + various classical pieces that fitted with the theme of the show, and (happily) decided to do another one this year! (You can see the last one here. Well the first part - it's very long. But it's all there.) Saturday night's show was broadcast live on the radio, and they played a TON of music that hasn't been released yet - and lo, it was awesome. (But not available yet. *sigh*) The girls and I listened along, and loved it all. A few thoughts on the music they played from the RTD era under the cut.
'This is Gallifrey: Our Childhood, Our Home' is still one of my favourite pieces of music ever. It was the reason I first decided to spend money on a Doctor Who soundtrack, and I have never regretted it!
They also played 'Song of Freedom', but I'm afraid that it was eclipsed by 'Vale Decem' - the music from Ten's regeneration. And I swear, it was like stepping into a time machine and being transported right back to New Year's Day, all the feelings of 'Oh Ten, don't leave!!!!' and the general heartbreak of those final scenes brought back with painful clarity. Impish Girl (bless her) was sobbing her heart out, because she remembered it all far too vividly (even though she's now an Eleven fangirl), and also the sadness of the music reminded her of the fact that her best friend has moved to a different school. The power of music is quite, quite extraordinary, and Murray Gold is a freaking genius.
Will be back later with thoughts on Eleventy and his awesomeness! :)
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*grabby hands*
I've been listening to Vale Decem in low quality youtube rips for months and it still makes me shiver every time.
Same here!
There are so many great tracks in The End of Time alone, not to mention all the fantastic stuff from S5, and it makes me so frustrated that I can't get any soundtrack versions of them yet.
It makes me want to shake the BBC.
And now I've got Eleven's action-y theme stuck in my head.
*goes off to turn it on* It's only a converted youtube track, but I needed to have it! I love it to absolute distraction.
And ooh, audio. I didn't realize the BBC iPlayer worked in America.
It... doesn't.
Oh and there's youtube vids here.
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I'm hearing the Doctor talking to the audience right now. I'm fairly sure it's working...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00szx5b
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