Originally Posted by The Moonlit Door
Hi Danny, I'm very glad I stopped by.
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Always great to see you around these parts.
Originally Posted by The Moonlit Door
It's a wonderful gesture for Dominic Glynn to make this adaptation of his work available to us.
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I agree, it's very generous of him!
Originally Posted by The Moonlit Door
My favourite part of it is what's been done with the opening sting. Much more ominous than the sting Glynn eventually went with.
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Definitely -- the sting is probably my favorite part of the mix as well. It's possible that the only reason he changed it was to conform to the existing visuals for the titles; the reversed sting doesn't work too well with the graphics that were forced on him. He told me once that it was very restricting to have to create a new theme that conformed with graphics that were already made and polished -- I can definitely understand that!
Originally Posted by The Moonlit Door
The rest sounds more whimsical than the Trial version as well, and for some reason much more grounded. For instance the whistle-like sounds seem less digitized and I think say "Cosmic Hobo" more obviously.
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I would tend to agree, although I have to admit that I think a little of that comes from the remastering work that I did. The original demo was much
more grounded, not to mention somewhat thin-sounding. I added some significant stereo separation and reverb, which loosened things up a bit. I also added my own secondary melody line over top of the whole thing, which might be the "less digitized" component you're referring to. His original melody does sound slightly different to his final theme, but it still comes out sounding a bit thin. Of course I don't mean to insult his original demo theme! I really loved quite a few of the ideas in there, and I thought they deserved a chance to shine, which is why I did the remix in the first place. Dom totally gets all the credit here.
Originally Posted by The Moonlit Door
Great stuff, loved it.
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Originally Posted by The Moonlit Door
This said, I'd love to hear a Doctor Who theme from somebody that was wholly their own take on the music, not a remix, or involving samples, but generated purely by the musician. Any takers?
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I only have about a million of my own versions scattered around various hard drives throughout my house.
Admittedly, many of them are unfinished, but there are quite a few that I've done that do not rely on any samples or other versions. I'll try and post a couple for you when I can.