Originally Posted by Danny Stewart
Thank you very much! 
I have to agree with you. Originally upon hearing the new TCI arrangement I was elated at the return of the bridge, but after living with this theme for a year and a half, I'm starting to downright hate it. It's way too bombastically orchestral, and the timing (and in fact the whole mix) feels awfully imprecise to me. I'd much prefer more balance between the orchestra and the electronic elements -- perhaps 60/40, instead of the more 90/10 thing he has going on right now. And I really wish the orchestra would calm down a little bit! They're not supposed to be so enthusiastic... dark and mysterious would be so much better. 
Not Murray Gold's fault, but again, I agree with you -- very incompetently done. They could probably give it to Murray to do and he would finish it in the same amount of time but it would sound a lot better. 
I'll try and get on this for you tonight when I'm home. If not, then certainly in the next couple of days. |
Thanks.
The series one music was perfect in my opinion, as I'm not all that fussed for the so called "middle eight", nice though it is.
In series one the closing theme exactly matched the opening theme, and actually sounded like a decent rework of the seventies themes. Then for some reason Murray made it all orchestral from TCI onwards and it just doesn't work for me. the final section after the bridge could in fact be another piece of music altogether, it is not really part of the Doctor Who theme as I know it.
Then there's the fact that they did not compose a matching piece for the opening titles, meaning they do not match even slightly. I begin to wonder if those in charge simply haven't noticed this. It jars really badly and is simply unprofessional.
Then finally these wretched edits which are frankly a joke. They are a disaster. They don't even use the same ones twice! Just where exactly do they want the trailers? I thought it was single parters at the start, two parters at the end to avoid spoiling the suspense. But now it's all over the place, and sometimes (as with Human Nature and The Lazarus Experiment) not even played over the music at all. Which is fine, but instead of having a proper edit to cope with that, they simply cobble it together like a five year old with a spray gun!
It lets things down badly, and it's been happening ever since Parting Of The Ways....I am amazed nobody at the BBC has said anything.