Year after year, composer Murray Gold has given us a wonderful array of varied musical numbers to fill the many episodes of Doctor Who, and his work in the Series 6 Original Television Soundtrack is no less impressive. From the whimsical reuniting of the Doctor and the Ponds in I Am The Doctor In Utah to the suitably darker tones of the Astronaut's appearance and the Doctor's death in 1969, to the light-hearted and fast-paced recap of River's younger timeline as teenage Melody Pond in Growing Up Fast and the subtle Sherlock-esque scene of deduction in A Blush Of Love, to the uplifting chords of a certain marraige in the appropriately titled The Wedding of River Song, to the concluding anticipated music which was used when the Doctor defeated the Silence in Day of the Moon (titled The Majestic Tale Of A Madman In A Box), there really is something for every fan here. Where the soundtrack perhaps suffers as a finished product is in its overall variety- because much of the first half of the season was far darker in tone than its predecessors and successors, the opening disc of the set can seem a little repetive, particularly in the Flesh two-parter's work. Thankfully, everything picks up gracefully with A Good Man Goes To War and on the second disc, but nonetheless it's something you may consider to be more of a shortcoming than with previous CD releases. Once again, this really is for the hardcore fans of Doctor Who such as myself who are looking to pass the time between now and September in any possible way, but if you like classical music and remember Series 6 fairly well, you'll have a great time with this soundtrack!
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Sunday, 1 January 2012
Doctor Who: Series 6 Original Soundtrack Review (4/5)
Year after year, composer Murray Gold has given us a wonderful array of varied musical numbers to fill the many episodes of Doctor Who, and his work in the Series 6 Original Television Soundtrack is no less impressive. From the whimsical reuniting of the Doctor and the Ponds in I Am The Doctor In Utah to the suitably darker tones of the Astronaut's appearance and the Doctor's death in 1969, to the light-hearted and fast-paced recap of River's younger timeline as teenage Melody Pond in Growing Up Fast and the subtle Sherlock-esque scene of deduction in A Blush Of Love, to the uplifting chords of a certain marraige in the appropriately titled The Wedding of River Song, to the concluding anticipated music which was used when the Doctor defeated the Silence in Day of the Moon (titled The Majestic Tale Of A Madman In A Box), there really is something for every fan here. Where the soundtrack perhaps suffers as a finished product is in its overall variety- because much of the first half of the season was far darker in tone than its predecessors and successors, the opening disc of the set can seem a little repetive, particularly in the Flesh two-parter's work. Thankfully, everything picks up gracefully with A Good Man Goes To War and on the second disc, but nonetheless it's something you may consider to be more of a shortcoming than with previous CD releases. Once again, this really is for the hardcore fans of Doctor Who such as myself who are looking to pass the time between now and September in any possible way, but if you like classical music and remember Series 6 fairly well, you'll have a great time with this soundtrack!
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