Symphonic Spectacular Homage Album Cover

Monday, 20 April 2015 - Reported by Marcus

Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular is celebrating its first ever UK tour with a homage to the legendary Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover.

Symphonic Spectacular (Credit: BBC Worldwide)

In advance of the forthcoming Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular which visits six cities across the UK from May 23rd, artwork has been released today to capture the monsters and characters from Doctor Who, alongside the musicians taking part in the tour.

Paying homage to the classic Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover designed by Sir Peter Blake for The Beatles in 1967, the design features a range of characters, past and present, including the Fifth Doctor Peter Davison who will be presenting the Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular tour.

The line-up also features a range of fan favourites including the current and last three incarnations of the Doctor - Peter Capaldi, Matt Smith, David Tennant and Christopher Eccleston - as well as their respective companions. Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular’s take on the iconic album cover also features a range of monsters from the show including the Daleks, Cybermen, Judoon and Dream Crabs.

Murray Gold, who scored the Doctor Who music since 2005 also features on the image, along with conductor Ben Foster, Welsh soprano Elin Manahan Thomas and a number of the members of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and BBC National Chorus of Wales taking part in the tour.

The tour visits London, Cardiff, Birmingham, Leeds, Newcastle and finishes in Glasgow. Tickets are on sale online

1. Foretold 2. Martin Bowen 3. Dalek 4. Delphox 5. Ros Butler 6. Margot Leadbeater 7. Katie Littlemore 8. Amy 9. Nicholas White 10. Whisperman 11. Kerry Gordon-Smith 12. Dalek 13. Cybermen 14. Paul Mann 15. Carolyn Hewitt 16. Dalek 17. Judoon 18. Donna 19. Sarah Chapman 20. Sontaran Strax 21. Jaroslaw Augustyniak 22. Teller Guard 23. Martha 24. Cyberman 25. Clara 26. Silurians 27. Rose Tyler 28. Arthur 29. Robot Knight 30. Katherine Miller 31. Vigil 32. Ood 33. David Cowley 34. Danny 35. Cyberman 36. Teller 37. Teller Guard 38. Lucas Suarez 39. Andy McGlasson 40. Rob Plane 41. Ian King 42. Adam Goldsmith 43. Dan Todden 44. Eva Stewart 45. Silence 46. Missy 47. Silurians 48. Silurians 49. Christopher Eccleston 50. David Tennant 51. Matt Smith 52. Peter Capaldi 53. Elin Manahan Thomas 54. Peter Davison 55. Ben-Foster 56. Murray Gold 57. Tom Rees-Roberts 58. Chris Stock 59. Dalek 60. Dalek 61. Sontaran 62. River Song 63. Mr Sin 64. Dream Crab 65. Weeping Angel 66. Auton Doll 67. Peg Doll 68. Dream Crab

FILTER: - Music - Peter Davison - Special Events

Series 8 Soundtrack release

Friday, 17 April 2015 - Reported by Harry Ward

Silva Screen have revealed details of the soundtrack release for Series 8 and Last Christmas, which will be released on 18th of May 2015.

Doctor Who: Series 8 (Credit: Silva Screen)

Doctor Who: Series 8 will be the first soundtrack release of music from the twelfth Doctor Who, Peter Capaldi, featuring the new Doctor’s theme A Good Man? (Twelve’s Theme). This 3 disc set also includes the music from the episode Last Christmas and an extensive 24 page booklet with notes from Murray Gold. The score is performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Murray Gold (computer instruments, guitars and synths) and conducted by Ben Foster and James Shearman. The first 5000 copies of the CD will include an extra 16 page booklet depicting the 13 Radio Times posters, one for each episode. All pre-ordered product on this store will include the extra booklet.

Updated 22 April: Full track list is now available

Track Listing:

Series 8 and Last Christmas
Release Date: 18th May 2015

DISC ONE

Doctor Who Theme (Series 8)
A Good Man? (Twelve’s Theme)

Deep Breath

Something It Ate
Concussed
It’s Still Him
Pudding Brains
Breath
Hello Hello
A Drink First
Missy’s Theme

Into The Dalek

Aristotle, We Have Been Hit
We’re Still Going To Kill You
Tell Me, Am I A Good Man?
What Difference A Good Dalek?
The Truth About The Daleks

Robot Of Sherwood

Old Fashioned Hero
This Is My Spoon
Robert, Earl of Loxley
The Legend of Robin Hood
Robin of Sherwood
The Golden Arrow

Listen

Listen
Rupert Pink
Fear

DISC TWO

Time Heist

The Architect
Rob The Bank
Account Closed
Open Up

The Caretaker

The Caretaker

Kill The Moon

Are You Going To Shoot Me?
When I Say Run
That Is The Moon

Mummy On The Orient Express

Start The Clock
There’s That Smile
The Sarcophagus Opens
The Artefact
Study Our Own Demise

Flatline

Not Knowing
Siege Mode

In The Forest Of The Night

We Weren’t Asleep That Long
Forgetting
The Song of Danny and Clara

Dark Water

Throw Away The Key
Browsing
They Walk Among Us

Death In Heaven

There is No Clara Oswald
Missy And Her Boys
A Good Man, An Incredible Liar
Freefall
I Need To Know
Missy's Theme - Extended
Missy's Gift
(The Majestic Tale of) An Idiot With a Box

DISC THREE

Last Christmas

3 Perfectly Ordinary Roof People
Do You Really Believe In Santa?
Unsealing the Infirmary
Ghosts
What Seems to be the Problem?
We Don’t Know What’s Real
Thinking About It
Clara’s Dream Christmas
The Doctor’s Dream Christmas
Dreams Within Dreams
Believe in Santa
Sleigh Ride
A Reunion
Every Christmas is Last Christmas

Doctor Who Series 8 Soundtrack (Pack Shot) (Credit: Silva Screen)

The soundtrack is available to pre-order now.

FILTER: - Murray Gold - Music - Series 8/34

Peter Davison to present UK Symphonic Spectacular

Monday, 3 November 2014 - Reported by Marcus

BBC Worldwide have announced that Peter Davison, the fifth Doctor, is to join the Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular UK tour.

Davison has presented the tour in Australia and New Zealand in the past and made an appearance at the 2013 Doctor Who Prom Concert. Vision Nine and BBC Worldwide have today confirmed that he will host the UK events in May 2015 as well as the previously announced Australisian part of the tour.

In addition, given the very strong demand for tickets, one additional matinee performance has now been confirmed for Sunday 24th May at the SSE Arena, Wembley.

The Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular, which celebrates the world’s longest running science fiction TV series, showcases the music written by Murray Gold for the series since 2005 and features over 100 performers including the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and members of the BBC National Chorus of Wales, conducted by Ben Foster. The first ever UK shows will be staged from Saturday 23rd May 2015 to Friday 29th May 2015.

Looking forward to the tour Davison said

I’m very excited to be hosting the Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular in the UK in 2015. Doctor Who fans are an extraordinary, wonderful bunch, who are very passionate about the series. The Symphonic Spectacular has already proved to be a monster hit down under with thousands of fans packing into arenas across the southern hemisphere and the UK’s first ever tour promises to be even bigger. I can’t believe that I will be taking the stage at some of the UK’s biggest arenas like Wembley’s SSE Arena and the First Direct Arena in Leeds. With Murray Gold’s amazing music performed live by the programme’s ‘house band’, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, I’m also looking forward to reuniting on stage with conductor Ben Foster.

Tickets for the additional matinee performance on 24th May 2015 go on sale at 10am on Wednesday 5th November. Tickets for the other performances are on sale now.

FILTER: - Music - Peter Davison - Special Events

The Day Of The Doctor / The Time Of The Doctor: Soundtrack

Tuesday, 28 October 2014 - Reported by Harry Ward

The Day Of The Doctor / The Time Of The Doctor (Credit: Silva Screen Records)

Silva Screen are to release Murray Gold's music from The Day of the Doctor and The Time of the Doctor on a two disc CD. The set will be released in the UK the day after Doctor Who's 51st anniversary on Monday, 24th November 2014.

Murray Gold’s lush and spirited scores to the final two episodes of Matt Smith's journey as The Doctor. Featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Crouch End Festival Chorus conducted by Ben Foster.

The first disc presents music from the 50th Anniversary episode, The Day of the Doctor, starring Matt Smith, David Tennant and John Hurt, with a guest appearance from Tom Baker and a two second 13th Doctor incarnation of Peter Capaldi.

The second disc presents music from the 2013 Christmas episode, The Time of the Doctor, featuring Matt Smith’s final Doctor Who performance and Peter Capaldi in his first regular appearance as The Doctor.

Track Listing:

The Day of the Doctor / The Time of the Doctor
Release Date: 24th November 2014 (pre-order)

DISC ONE

The Day of the Doctor

I.M Foreman (1:10)
Will There Be Cocktails? (0:40)
It's Him (The Majestic Tale)(2:05)
He Was There (4:23)
No More (1:06)
The War Room (1:42)
Footprints In The Sand (1:43)
Who Are You (4:38)
England 1562 (1:03)
Nice Horse (1:43)
The Fez And The Portal (2:44)
Two Doctors (1:02)
Three Doctors (1:56)
Somewhere To Hide (1:50)
Rescue The Doctor (1:08)
2.47 Billion (4:28)
Zygon In The Painting (1:35)
Man And Wife (1:33)
We Don't Need To Land (2:27)
We Are The Doctors (0:49)
The Moment Has Come (3:06)
This Time There's Three Of Us (The Majestic Tale (7:03)
Song For Four/Home (3:41)

DISC TWO

The Time of the Doctor

The Message (1:16)
Handles (2:07)
The Dance Of The Naked Doctor (2:13)
You Saved It (0:57)
Papal Mainframe (0:45)
Tasha Lemm (1:07)
Bedroom Talk (1:49)
The Mission (0:54)
Christmas (2:27)
The Crack (5:24)
Rhapsody Of War (0:52)
Back To Christmas (3:09)
Snow Over Trenzalore (Song For Four) (2:46)
Beginning Of The End (2:47)
This Is How It Ends (3:07)
Never Tell Me The Rules (3:12)
Trenzalore/The Long Song/I Am Information (Reprise) (4:03)
Hello Twelve (0:40)

FILTER: - Day of the Doctor - Murray Gold - Music - Series Specials

Symphonic Spectacular Returns to Australasia

Wednesday, 6 August 2014 - Reported by Marcus

BBC Worldwide has announced that the Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular will return to Australia and New Zealand early next year.

The show toured the region earlier this year, earning rave reviews and performing to sell out houses. The show will feature a cast of over 145 musicians, actors and singers and will be presented by the Fifth Doctor, Peter Davison. It includes Daleks, Cybermen and a host of other Doctor Who monsters.

Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular is a musical celebration of the iconic TV series which last year celebrated its 50th anniversary. The concert includes special edited sequences of Peter Capaldi’s debut as the Twelfth Doctor, as well as fan favorites from recent series and classic nostalgic footage. Composer, Murray Gold’s music, will be performed by Australia’s finest musicians and singers including Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, West Australian Symphony Orchestra and Sydney’s The Metropolitan Orchestra.

Four venues are listed for the 2015 itinerary.

Sat 24 January 2015 - Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Sat 31 January 2015 - Perth Arena
Sat 7 February 2015 - Qantas Credit Union Arena, Sydney
Sat 14 February 2015 - Auckland Vector Arena

Tickets for the performances go on sale to the general public from 18th August

A UK version of the tour was announced last month and takes place next May.

FILTER: - Australia - Music - New Zealand

Symphonic Spectacular for the United Kingdom in 2015

Monday, 28 July 2014 - Reported by Chuck Foster

BBC Worldwide have announced that the successful Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular will be arriving in the United Kingdom during May 2015, to be performed by the BBC’s National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales.

Content of the performances are detailed as follows:

The version of the show performed on the 2015 UK Tour will include some of the music performed at previous Doctor Who Proms and the Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular shows performed in Australia and in New Zealand in 2012 and 2014. It will also include a very considerable amount of material not performed at any of the previous shows, both from the first adventures of the Twelfth Doctor (which broadcasts on 23 August 2014) and from previous incarnations.

Two performances are planned for 3:00pm and 7:30pm at the following venues:

Sat 23 May 2015 - SSE Arena, Wembley, London
Mon 25 May 2015 - Motorpoint Area, Cardiff
Tue 26 May 2015 - National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
Wed 27 May 2015 - First Direct Arena, Leeds
Thu 28 May 2015 - Newcastle Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle
Fri 29 May 2015 - SSE Hydro, Glasgow

Tickets for the performances go on sale to the general public from Friday 1st August, but fans will be able to book early from 10:00am on Wednesday 30 July via the SeeTickets website. There are also some pre-order packages available that can be purchased along with the ticket:

Standard Edition: includes souvenir brochure and a t-shirt design not available on the tour
Platinum Edition (3000 only): includes souvenir brochure with limited edition cover, t-shirt design not available on tour, limited edition numbered tour poster, souvenir ticket, limited edition tour laminate and lanyard

FILTER: - Music - Special Events

BBC Radiophonic Workshop - Live at the Quay

Friday, 25 July 2014 - Reported by Marcus

Former members of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop will be performing tonight as part of the BBC at the Quay event.

The live entertainment festival is being held alongside the Commonwealth Games, from a site directly outside BBC Scotland’s headquarters building at Pacific Quay. It features huge variety of live and recorded radio and TV programmes and special events.

The Radiophonic team will be performing music from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Doctor Who.

Those taking part include Paddy Kingsland, Peter Howell, Dick Mills, Mark Ayres, Roger Limb and drummer Kieron Pepper.

The team are performing from 7.30pm UK time with the whole event will be streamed online.

NB Update. Performance in now on iPlayer

FILTER: - Music - Special Events

Dual Planet to release incidental music by Eric Siday and Don Harper

Wednesday, 21 May 2014 - Reported by Chuck Foster

Dual Planet are to release two albums which include music that featured in Doctor Who during the William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton eras:

Eric Siday: The Ultra Sonic Perception (Credit: Dual Planet)

The Ultra Sonic Perception
Eric Siday

A compilation of electro-acoustic and early electronic music. Compiled from series of rare electronic 78rpm 10”s, featuring music used in the 1960s Doctor Who TV Series.

Considered to be one of the pioneers of Psychoacoustics, Eric Siday is also acknowledged as a key name in the growth of 20th century electronic music. An important figure in the development of the Moog Synthesizer, Siday’s compositions were a testing ground for Bob Moog ideas, in turn shaping the technical advancement of the instrument. An early experimenter of Musique Concrete and extended technique he inaugurated these concepts into the world of television scoring and advertising. Slightly pre-dating Ron Grainer and Delia Derbyshire’s ground-breaking composition for the Doctor Who theme, he begun experimenting with electronics in soundtracks as early as 1960 carrying through to the 1970s where he created inspired electronic ‘sound logos’ for various entertainment companies such as CBS, ABC and Columbia.

Pulling together a clutch of eerie atomic-age miniatures drawn from a series of rare 10” 78rpm library discs, this compilation explores Siday’s scientific study of sound, a concept he branded ‘The Ultra Sonic Perception’. Partially used as the soundtrack to the early 1960s Doctor Who TV series, this document is an amazing insight into the early electronic music used in television as well as a showcase of the pioneering techniques used by this forward thinking composer.

Ultimate
Moonscape
Galaxy
Suspended Animation
The Power Planet
The Machines
The Concerto To The Stars
Telecommunications
Telecommunications 2
The Laboratory
Pavane
Pizzicato Piano
Challenge Of Space
Space Drift
Meteors
Stars
Comet
Transmutations 1
Transmutations 2
Transmutations 3
Sidereal Vibrations
Plenipoteniary
Chromatic Aberration
Fallout
Fallout Aftermath
Eclipse

Don Harper: Cold Worlds (Credit: Dual Planet)

Cold Worlds
Don Harper

A previously unreleased Doctor Who score mastered from the original tapes. Includes additional electronic tracks from Don Harper’s catalogue and music featured in George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead.

A collection of Horror-Electronics, supernatural soundscapes and sinister library muzak from Australian composer Don Harper. Centring on a previously unreleased score for the 1968 Doctor Who series The Invasion (a dark otherworldly sci-fi jazz suite) Cold Worlds is also a focus on the electronic music of this largely unsung composer. Like many Australian film composers (Ron Grainer, Dudley Simpson, Don Banks) Don Harper based himself in the UK during the 1960s and subsequently found employment at the BBC and other British film and library companies.

Probably best known for his BBC scores for World of Sport, Sexton Blake and The inside Man, Harper also immersed himself in the world of electronics. Acknowledged as a virtuoso jazz violinist, he notably produced a 1974 electronic/altered jazz session for Lansdowne Studios titled Homo Electronicus (featuring Norma Winstone and other progressive UK jazz musicians). In addition to cutting a number of library sessions for Joseph Weinburger’s Impress label, in which several tracks were later famously sampled by MF Doom, he also co-wrote the music (alongside Delia Derbyshire and David Vorhaus) for the essential Radiophonic KPM recording Electrosonic. Also, featured on this compilation are his nightmarish cues used in George Romero’s cult zombie classic Dawn of the Dead.

Doctor Who Theme
Nightmare
Moving Shadows
Dank Earth
Cold Worlds
Psychosis
Sinister Stranger
Twisted Mind
Troubled Mind – Torment

Note: the tracks are a re-recording of the score made by Harper for the de Wolfe music library. Aside from the Doctor Who theme, the tracks from The Invasion included on this album are separate cues to those included in Silva Screen's 50th Anniversary Collection.

The albums will be released in both vinyl and CD formats, and can be ordered from their website. Some sample tracks can be heard via their Soundcloud page.

Thanks to Dual Planet we have five prizes up for grabs. In order to be in with a chance of winning, answer the following question:

Name a Doctor Who story which features music from Eric Siday’s "Ultra Sonic Perception".

Please send your answers along with your name, address and where you heard about the competition to comp-dual@doctorwhonews.net with the Subject "Space Age". The competition is open world-wide and the winners will be able to choose which composer and format (Vinyl or CD) to receive (please specify in your entry). Only one entry per household will be accepted. Closing date: 31st May 2014.

FILTER: - Music - Second Doctor - Competitions - First Doctor

Silva Screen: Eleven Disc edition pre-order period extended

Thursday, 8 May 2014 - Reported by Chuck Foster

50th Anniversary Collection: CD Edition (closed) (Credit: http://www.doctorwhomusic.com/)

Silva Screen have extended the pre-order period for their 'standard' Eleven Disc edition of the 50th Anniversary Collection, citing the late announcement of the product for their decision. The closing date for ordering is now 10:00am BST on the 16th May.

The closing date for the TARDIS edition remains unchanged, i.e. 10:00am tomorrow.

FILTER: - Music - Merchandise

New Doctor Who theme version to preview at Myth Makers convention

Thursday, 8 May 2014 - Reported by Chuck Foster

The Doctor Who Appreciation Society have announced a preview of a new version of the Doctor Who theme by composer Dominic Glynn at their forthcoming Myth Makers convention in June:

Next month, composer Dominic Glynn will release a new version of the Doctor Who theme (in four different mixes) via Amazon and iTunes. This new version was initially premiered at the 'Gallifrey One' event in Los Angeles earlier this year.

DWAS is very pleased to announce that the new version will also be previewed at its forthcoming 'Myth Makers' event at Riverside Studios in London on 1st June, prior to its official release on June 16th at which Dominic is a guest. On this occasion only, attendees will be able to see the theme set to a brand new video made by Doctor Who documentary maker Brendan Sheppard. This will be a once only screening!

As well as Dominic other guests confirmed are: Colin Baker, Derrick Sherwin, Terrance Dicks, Andrew Cartmel, Mike Tucker and Philip Hinchcliffe.

For more information on Dominic Glynn please visit his website.

For more details please visit the event website.

(with thanks to Paul Winter/DWAS

FILTER: - Music - Conventions

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Peter Davison to present UK Symphonic Spectacular

The Day Of The Doctor / The Time Of The Doctor: Soundtrack

Track Listing:

Symphonic Spectacular Returns to Australasia

Symphonic Spectacular for the United Kingdom in 2015

BBC Radiophonic Workshop - Live at the Quay

Dual Planet to release incidental music by Eric Siday and Don Harper

Silva Screen: Eleven Disc edition pre-order period extended

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