The other day, I started on a joke project called "All Aboard the Failboat," that was designed to make fun of Murray Gold's latest attempt at a Doctor Who theme which premiered with "Voyage of the Damned." I put in his incorrect bassline with horribly misunderstood second layer (it's two semitones down
before each bit of the bassline, not after!) and I started building a mix around it.
But eventually I decided that I couldn't in good conscience produce a Doctor Who theme mix that was
designed to suck. So I changed the name to "A Voyage Saved," and I set to work fixing the bassline notation and replacing Murray's ideas with some of my own. I scrapped Murray's string arpeggios and replaced them with something of my own creation. I also added new layers that give the mix a much more haunting feel. Overall, I'm very pleased with how the mix is sounding, and I'm surprised it began its life as a parody of the Muzzmeister's latest theme. I now think it takes a few of the ideas from the newest theme (mainly the drums and the more distorted bassline) and expands on them, hopefully turning out a better theme as a result.
Click here to listen to Doctor Who: A Voyage Saved.
Enjoy! Let me know what you think.