"Sealing the Void"

Danny Stewart · #1 July 9, 2006, 10:40 PM

Every now and then, Murray Gold will do something particularly well with his incidental music score on Doctor Who. I felt he did something particularly well yesterday in his score for "Doomsday" -- the music that plays when the bridge through the void connecting the Doctor's world to Pete's world is closed and the Doctor and Rose are forever separated.

To that end, I sat down this evening and spent approximately two hours recreating that piece in its entirety. I figured some of you here might like to hear it, so without further ado, here is Murray Gold's piece that I have dubbed "Sealing the Void."

Click here to listen to "Sealing the Void," recreated from Murray Gold's score by Danny Stewart.

I hope you enjoy it!

BritCanuck · #2 July 10, 2006, 10:41 PM

Lovely remake.

All the music from the past two seasons has me yearning for an official Gold soundtrack release, perhaps a 2 CD Deluxe Edition soundtrack album...

Someone posted the original version, as featured on the official homepage, for a limited time on a file server. The link can be found on this IMDb thread.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436992/...hread/47843880

Danny Stewart · #3 July 11, 2006, 12:18 AM

Thanks BritCanuck. I too recorded it, but I haven't made it available online yet. Strictly speaking it's not exactly the same -- it was played twice during the episode, the first time just after the bridge to the void is closed, the second during the beach scene. The one on the BBC web site is the second (beach) one, but the one I recreated is the first one. The second one has some added guitar and additional drums. Mine lacks those (because it's not based on that version). I'm considering taking a stab at that version (or perhaps extending my original to include it) later on.

Ross Hendrie · #4 July 11, 2006, 5:46 PM

I listened to it, and from what it's worth coming from a non-remixer, sounds good.

Danny Stewart · #5 July 11, 2006, 9:42 PM

Thank you, Ross! It was intended for non-remixers and people who wanted the music. Your opinion is most valuable here.

Ronnie Rowlands · #6 July 12, 2006, 3:38 AM

My dad will be particularly glad to hear this one. I was speaking to him on the phone and he said that there was a bit of music in it that he really liked. He says thanks for making it available for him to listen to

Danny Stewart · #7 July 12, 2006, 10:50 AM

You and your dad are both very welcome.

Alexus · #8 July 26, 2006, 12:46 PM

That's nice. Very nice

Danny Stewart · #9 July 26, 2006, 1:09 PM

Thank you very much.

Dalek104 · #10 August 6, 2006, 12:14 AM

I think this is a superb recreation, Danny! Well done! So much better than what I could ever do...I'm not much of a music-maker, hehe!

Danny Stewart · #11 August 6, 2006, 5:58 PM

Thank you very much, Dalek!

Ben Dawson · #12 August 7, 2006, 4:23 AM

To Britcanuck, there is a Murray Gold soundtrack coming out. No official release date has been set but it is deffinitely coming out soon.

Dalek104 · #13 August 7, 2006, 6:33 AM

Originally Posted by Danny Stewart

Thank you very much, Dalek!

Anytime, Danny! I'm happy to make others happy!

Danny Stewart · #14 August 8, 2006, 1:16 AM

And I'm happy to be made happy by others making others happy. Or something.

Dalek104 · #15 August 8, 2006, 6:11 AM

So that makes everyone happy!

Danny Stewart · #16 August 8, 2006, 12:47 PM

Precisely.

Dalek104 · #17 August 10, 2006, 6:18 AM

You know what peice of incidental music I think you should make next, Danny? The 'Rose' theme. You probably don't know what I mean. It's the music played from the very start of the episode 'Rose' when she wakes up and goes to work. It's also played at the beginning of 'The Doctor Dances' and 'New Earth'. It would be great if you were to make a recreation of this! It's my favourite Doctor Who incidental music!
Thanks!

Dalek104 · #18 August 13, 2006, 8:21 PM

Hmm...My Edit button won't appear to edit my above post, so I'll have to make a new post to say this.

Either the Rose theme, or....
Song For Ten. But I'm talking about the piano/orchestral version used at the end of School Reunion. It's hard to pick out, but as long as you have the tune worked out from The Christmas Invasion you can then add the version from the beginning of Army of Ghosts which is the same as from School Reunion but without the piano and more of an orchestra. Sorry if I'm not making much sense, I'm in a bit of a hurry right now. Sorry!

Hope you take note of this Danny and I look forward to listening to more of your incidental work!

Danny Stewart · #19 August 21, 2006, 8:43 PM

Thanks for your support, Dalek! I will attempt to turn out more soon, although I'm hard at work on a top secret project right now so it'll have to wait a little bit.

Dalek104 · #20 August 22, 2006, 4:08 AM

Oo! Does the 'top secret project' have anything to do with this website?