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Old March 25, 2007, 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by MI7 View Post
(Arnold's wasn't a "totally new arrangement", either, if it was a totally new arrangement it would go melody 2, middle 8, melody 1, melody 1 or something. It still followed the tried and tested theme pattern, just with a techno/grungey sound. )
Perhaps they should stop saying: 'Theme arranged by…" on merchandise then. It's giving us all the wrong idea.

Originally Posted by MI7 View Post
Originally it was a lot less like "someone else's work" - Russell T. Davies told him to go back and make it more like the original after he showed his original mix.
That's a real shame, but at least he's able to put more of his own stuff in there now.

Originally Posted by MI7 View Post
And no, there has been no totally original arrangements. If it was a "totally original arrangement" it wouldn't be the Doctor Who theme as written by Ron Grainer and realised by Delia Derbyshire, would it?
So no-one's had a go at creating a version of the theme from scratch then? Great, I'll be on my way.