Silva Screen: Christmas Specials on CD

Wednesday, 18 September 2013 - Reported by Chuck Foster
Following on from the release of music from the seventh series of Doctor Who, Silva Screen have announced the soundtrack listing for the 2011 and 2012 Christmas Specials:

The Snowmen (including The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe) (Credit: Silva Screen)
Reverse cover: The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe (including The Snowmen) (Credit: Silva Screen)
The Snowmen /
The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe

Music by Murray Gold

At one time Christmas Day on the BBC meant The Morecambe & Wise Show, a time for families to gather around the TV together. But in the modern era that mantle has now been taken by the Doctor Who Christmas Special. This release brings together the music of the last two which were broadcast on Christmas Day 2011 and 2012 and were watched by a joint audience of close to 20m. This ninth release in the series brings the full canon of Murray Gold’s prolific output up to date, eight years of elaborate and dazzling scores for one of the BBC’s most popular shows worldwide. The booklet for this release is reversible to allow the display of a separate cover for The Doctor, The Widow And The Wardrobe.

Tracklisting:

The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe
Geronimo
Dressed In a Hurry
Bumps
Ditched at Sea
Madge’s Theme
Armchair Waltz
I Know
Quite a Tree
Into the Present
Baubles
The King
The Queen
Interrogation
Lifeboat
You’re Fired
Flying Home for Christmas
Safe Landing
Never Alone at Christmas
Friendship
The Snowmen
A Voice in the Snow
What’s Wrong With Silly
Psychotic Potato Dwarf
Remember the Worm
Clara Who?
Clara in the Tardis
Governess Clara
Hello Mates
One Word
Sherlock Who?
Antifreeze
Clara Lives
Whose Enigma
The album is due for release on 21st October 2013.

Competition

We have three copies of the CD set as prizes courtesy of Silva Screen. To be in with a chance to win a copy please answer the following question:
When the Doctor introduces the TARDIS to Clara, how does she describe it?
Please send your answer to comp-xmasmusic@doctorwhonews.net with the subject line "Let it snow!", along with your name, address, and where you read about this competition. The competition is open worldwide, and the closing date will be 20th October 2013. Only one entry per household will be accepted.




FILTER: - Murray Gold - Merchandise - Audio - Competitions

Troughton And Gold Win Audio Drama Awards

Sunday, 27 January 2013 - Reported by John Bowman
Both David Troughton and Murray Gold were winners at the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2013 this evening.

The event - a celebration of audio drama on air and online - was hosted by David Tennant at BBC Broadcasting House. He said:
The quality of our radio drama is one of the things that makes me proud to be British. Acting on the radio is challenging, inspiring, delicate, and always a privilege. Radio drama is often overlooked and undervalued next to its showier younger siblings on the television and in the cinema, and yet it is on the wireless that so many important and brilliant talents have been discovered and nurtured. I am delighted radio drama is being celebrated in this way.
Troughton was named Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of the Earl of Leicester in BBC Radio 3's Singles and Doublets, while Gold's Kafka the Musical, which aired on Radio 3 and starred Tennant in the title role, won the Tinniswood Radio Drama Award 2012 for best radio drama script. Tennant was named Best Actor in last year's BBC Audio Drama Awards for his portrayal of Kafka in the production.

The BBC awards covered audio dramas first broadcast in English in the UK between 1st October 2011 and 31st October 2012 – or first uploaded/published for free listening online in the UK during the same period.


Last Wednesday's National Television Awards saw Colin Morgan win the Drama Performance: Male gong for Merlin, while Coronation Street, produced by Phil Collinson, won the Serial Drama trophy, Downton Abbey, starring Hugh Bonneville and Penelope Wilton (who presented the Best Actor award to Andrew Scott for Betrayal on Radio 4 at this evening's BBC Audio Drama ceremony), claimed the Drama title, and Paul O'Grady: For The Love Of Dogs won the Factual Entertainment award.





FILTER: - Murray Gold - David Tennant - Awards/Nominations - Radio - BBC

People Roundup

Thursday, 29 March 2012 - Reported by Chuck Foster
Murray Gold will be one of the speakers at a series of events being organised by BAFTA and the Royal Albert Hall, entitled Conversations with Screen Composers. The Doctor Who composer will be appearing at the Hall's Elgar Room on Wednesday 11th July to discuss the development of creative ideas for his music. Other speakers in the series are Rachel Portman and James Hannigan. [Royal Albert Hall, 21 Mar 2012]

John Barrowman will be appearing as a Spotlight Guest at the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2), which takes place at McCormick Place, Chicago, from 13th-15th April. Organiser Lance Fensterman said: "We're very excited to welcome John Barrowman this year to C2E2. Doctor Who has grown into a global phenomenon, and John Barrowman is an actor with a following on both sides of the Atlantic. There's tremendous excitement from the fanboys and fangirls within C2E2's own office, and we know our audience in Chicago will be overjoyed to meet him." [Comic Book Resources, 21 Mar 2012]

Barrowman has also donated some of his clothes to the Dogs Trust: "It's no secret to anyone who knows me that two of my favourite things are shopping and supporting Dogs Trust. After a recent spring-cleaning, I donated lots of stuff to the new Cowbridge shop, including posters, watches and boxes of clothing. I hope you'll pay a visit and share in my favourite things." [Ecorazzi, 26 Mar 2012]

Billie Piper visited a family in Norfolk as part of the BBC's Sport Relief in order to speak to a mother and three daughters who had just lost their father. Her Doctor Who co-star David Tennant also contributed to the cause, being one of the celebrity faces to run the Sport Relief Mile on Sunday. You can still donate to the causes through the Sport Relief website.

Tennant has also revealed that he has adopted wife Georgia Moffett's first child, Tyler: "My baby is almost a year old now and I adopted my wife's boy last year as well so I became a father twice within six months - that's got to be something of a record hasn't it?" [Absolute Radio, 21 Mar 2012]

Tennant and John Simm are among the famous names and faces contributing to the Sky Arts 2 documentary Discovering Hamlet, which is scheduled to be broadcast on Sunday 15th April at 9.40pm. Tennant will also be seen on Sky Arts 1 three days earlier - Thursday 12th April - playing an artist called Will in the drama The Minor Character, which airs at 9pm. Meanwhile, Tennant is back doing the voiceover for the spoof documentary Twenty Twelve, the second series of which starts on BBC Two tomorrow at 10pm and co-stars Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Hynes, and Olivia Colman.

Mark Gatiss can be seen in conversation with Mark Lawson on BBC Four on Tuesday 3rd April at 10.50pm. The hour-long interview will be available via the BBC iPlayer for seven days afterwards.

Louise Jameson appears in an episode of daytime drama Doctors on BBC One on Wednesday 4th April at 1.45pm. She plays "other woman" Shirley Carter who schemes with her lover's wife to take revenge on the man in their lives when they discover that he has been cheating on both of them. It will be available via the BBC iPlayer for seven days afterwards.

Richard Curtis
is returning to the theme of time travel for one of his latest film scripts, which he will also direct. About Time is billed as a low-budget dramedy. Zooey Deschanel, who played Trillian in the 2005 film version of Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, is reportedly in talks to star in the Working Title production. [Variety, 27 Mar 2012]

Radio Times has published an online interview with Anneke Wills in which the actress who played companion Polly tells of a spooky coincidence involving companion actress-in-waiting Jenna-Louise Coleman. As well as reminiscing about life aboard the TARDIS and meeting Tom Baker, Sylvester McCoy and David Tennant, Wills also talks candidly about her marriage to Michael Gough. [Radio Times, 22 Mar 2012]

Back in November we reported on the advertisement for a new BBC Worldwide Marketing Director for Consumer Products; the person hired for the position has now been revealed to be Rob Lowe, currently marketer for games company Nintendo. His responsibilities will include developing the commercial potential of Doctor Who among other series. [Marketing Week, 26 Mar 2012]




FILTER: - People - Murray Gold - Billie Piper - David Tennant - Radio Times - John Barrowman

Series 6 CD Track List

Friday, 25 November 2011 - Reported by Marcus
Silva Screen have released the tracklisting for the soundtrack to Series Six of Doctor Who, due for release in the UK on 19th December, 2011.

The two-disc set includes music from throughout the series, composed by Murray Gold and played by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Ben Foster. The CD is available to pre-order on Amazon.
DISC ONE
    The Impossible Astronaut / Day of the Moon
  1. I Am The Doctor In Utah
  2. 1969
  3. The Impossible Astronaut
  4. Trust Me
  5. Help Is On Its Way
  6. Another Perfect Prison
  7. Greystark Hall
  8. Apollo 11
  9. Day Of The Moon
  10. I See You Silence
  11. The Curse of the Black Spot
  12. You’re A Dead Man
  13. Deadly Siren
  14. Perfect Reflection
  15. All For One
  16. The Curse Of The Black Spot
  17. The Doctor’s Wife
  18. I’ve Got Mail
  19. My TARDIS
  20. Run, Sexy
  21. Locked On

  22. Rebel Flesh / The Almost People
  23. The Chemical Castle
  24. Which One Is The Flesh?
  25. Scanning Me
  26. Ransacked
  27. Always With The Rory
  28. Double Doctor
  29. Tell Me The Truth
  30. Loving Isn’t Knowing (The Almost People Suite)
  31. A Good Man Goes to War
  32. River’s Waltz
  33. Pop
  34. Tell Me Who You Are
  35. Melody Pond
DISC TWO
    Let’s Kill Hitler
  1. Growing Up Fast
  2. The Blush Of Love
  3. Terror Of The Reich
  4. The British Are Coming
  5. A Very Unusual Melody
  6. When A River Forms
  7. Pay Attention Grown Ups
  8. The Enigma Of River Song
  9. Night Terrors
  10. Bedtime For George
  11. Tick Tock Round The Clock
  12. A Malevolent Estate
  13. Night Terrors
  14. The Girl Who Waited
  15. Apalapucia
  16. 36 Years
  17. Lost In The Wrong Stream
  18. The God Complex
  19. The Hotel Prison
  20. Room Of Your Dreams
  21. Fear Enough
  22. What’s Left To Be Scared Of?
  23. Rita Praises
  24. Closing Time
  25. Stormageddon, Dark Lord Of All
  26. Definitely Going
  27. Over Your Shoulder
  28. Ladieswear
  29. Fragrance
  30. My Time Is Running Out
  31. The Wedding of River Song
  32. Tick Tock (Vocal Track)
  33. 5:02 PM
  34. The Head Of An Enemy
  35. My Silence
  36. Brigadier Lethbridge – Stewart
  37. Forgiven
  38. Time Is Moving
  39. The Wedding Of River Song
  40. Day of the Moon
  41. The Majestic Tale (Of A Madman In A Box)





FILTER: - Murray Gold - Audio - Series 6/32

Murray Gold returns to Torchwood

Thursday, 31 March 2011 - Reported by Harry Ward
The BBC Torchwood Twitter account has announced that the current composer for Doctor Who, Murray Gold, will be returning to the series to compose music for Torchwood: Miracle Day.

The announcement was made via Twitter at 9:41pm BST on 31st March:
THIS JUST IN: The 'Doctor Who' veteran Murray Gold will be composing Torchwood: Miracle Day. BRILLIANT.
Gold co-wrote music with Ben Foster for the first two series of Torchwood with the music being performed by the National Orchestra of Wales. He has also composed music for the computer-animated film, Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil which is due for release on April 29, 2011.




FILTER: - Murray Gold - Torchwood - Production - Miracle Day (Series 4)

A Christmas Carol - Soundtrack details

Thursday, 3 February 2011 - Reported by Harry Ward
Silva Screen have released the cover art and tracklisting for the soundtrack to A Christmas Carol. The album was originally due to be released in the UK on 21 February but has now been delayed until 21 March.

1. Come Along Pond
2 .Halfway out of the Dark
3. Pray for a Miracle
4. Geoff
5. You Didn't Hit the Boy
6. Fish
7. Kazran Sardick 12 1/2
8. Ghost of Christmas Past
9. Babysitter
10. Talk About Girls
11. Sonic Fishing
12. Just a Little One
13. Big Colour
14. I Can't Save Her
15. The Other Half's Inside the Shark
16. Abigail
17. He comes every Christmas
18. Shark Ride
19. New Memories
20. Holding Hands
21. Christmas Dinner
22. Goodlucknight
23. Goodnight Abigail
24. This Planet Is Ours
25. Ghost of Christmas Present
26. The Course of my Life
27. Ghost of Christmas Future
28. Abigail's Song (Silence is all you Know), (performed by Katherine Jenkins)
29. Everything Has to End Some Time

The music is composed by now Doctor Who composer of choice Murray Gold and performed by the excellent BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Crouch End Festival Chorus. The album will be released both physically (SILCD1360) and digitally (SILED1360). The TV episode was broadcast on Christmas Day at 6pm and featured Matt Smith as The Doctor, Karen Gillan as Amy Pond and Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams. They were joined by Michael Gambon as Kazran Sardick and Katherine Jenkins as Abigail Pettigrew.





FILTER: - Music - Murray Gold - Merchandise - Doctor Who - Series 6/32

News Roundup

Friday, 1 October 2010 - Reported by Marcus
The Radio 4 documentary, Shelved, looking at how the political circumstances of the late 1970s resulted in the cancellation of the Fourth Doctor story, Shada, is repeated on Friday 8th October at 23.30 UK Time and will be available worldwide on the BBC iPlayer.

Toby Hadoke's satirical journey as a Doctor Who obsessive, Moths Ate My Dr Who Scarf, is now in the BBC iPlayer until next Wednesday.

Doctor Who composer Murray Gold has written a foreword for a new book Soundtrack Nation which contains interviews with representatives from the art and business sides of movie and television soundtracks.

A sketch featuring Doctor Who appeared on US Television in The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and can be seen on YouTube.

Freelance designer Kyle Lambert has been working with IDW on an idea to publish a Doctor Who comic book cover drawn on an iPad using a finger. Although the project is unlikely to go ahead a video showing how they were made has been posted by Lambert on YouTube.




FILTER: - Music - Murray Gold - Documentary - Radio

Specials CD Delayed

Thursday, 9 September 2010 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who - The SpecialsSilva 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.

Talking about the release Composer Murray Gold said
This collection is a bit different to the previous releases on Silva Screen. It’s a double CD, of course, and the tracks are drawn from four stories. Previously a single episode has had, at most, three tracks. This time, we linger somewhat longer, and there’s perhaps more a sense of passage through the stories. In some ways, it’s a more conventional soundtrack, with less zipping about through styles. We could have compressed everything onto a single disc, but Silva Screen offered to put out a double. It seemed the better route.




FILTER: - Music - Murray Gold - Merchandise

Doctor Who Series 5 Original TV Soundtrack

Friday, 13 August 2010 - Reported by Chuck Foster
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.




FILTER: - Music - Murray Gold - Merchandise

Doctor Who - The Specials CD

Wednesday, 4 August 2010 - Reported by Chuck Foster
Doctor Who - The SpecialsDoctor 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.

Click on the image for the large version of the cover.




FILTER: - Music - Murray Gold - Merchandise