Remastered Murray Gold themes

Danny Stewart · #1 April 18, 2007, 6:51 PM

I have just finished work remastering Murray Gold's series one and series two closing themes. I have done significant work to make them hopefully sound as good as possible.

I first tackled the series two theme, as I felt inspired to do so after Sontaran's attempt. I think this one came out very well. The highs are crisp and clear and the lows are nice and bassy. You can download the series two theme here.

While I was at it, I decided to also give the series one theme a try. For this, I used similar techniques as I did for the series two theme, except less pronounced (the series one theme seemed to need less mastering to begin with). In addition to this, I felt obligated to correct Murray Gold's psychotic choppy Derbyshire bassline which appears and disappears at random points throughout the theme. There is now a consistent, clear Derbyshire bassline throughout this version. You can download the series one theme here.

I hope you enjoy these!

Superkid11 · #2 April 18, 2007, 8:03 PM

Very good!

I listened to these with my headphones on, and they're great. I was especially fond of the closing hiss in the series one closing. You did a great job!

Danny Stewart · #3 April 18, 2007, 8:14 PM

Thank you very much!

Dalek104 · #4 April 19, 2007, 10:39 AM

Wow, these are incredible. Thanks for sharing, Danny!

Danny Stewart · #5 April 19, 2007, 11:39 AM

Thanks.

Ben Dawson · #6 April 20, 2007, 11:28 AM

Really nice work, good work with the bassline on the season one closing.

Danny Stewart · #7 April 20, 2007, 11:30 AM

Thanks, Ben. I'm proud of how well it blended with Murray's.

Ben Dawson · #8 April 21, 2007, 11:37 AM

I bet you are, it blends in perfectly, sounds very authentic.

Sontaran Of Brunei · #9 May 8, 2007, 12:59 PM

Great work as always Danny - glad I inspired you!

Could you possibly give the CIN orchestral theme the same treatment please?

Ben Dawson · #10 May 8, 2007, 1:23 PM

I think he did at one point.

Danny Stewart · #11 May 8, 2007, 1:46 PM

I did, but not on its own. It received remastering treatment when I merged it with the isolated Derbyshire elements. I could try and remaster it on its own if you like.

Ben Dawson · #12 May 8, 2007, 1:56 PM

That would be brilliant.

Sontaran Of Brunei · #13 May 8, 2007, 5:19 PM

Yes please Danny

Danny Stewart · #14 May 8, 2007, 5:25 PM

I'll take a look at it and see what needs to be done.

#15 June 3, 2007, 5:47 AM

Brilliant work. Well done

Danny Stewart · #16 June 3, 2007, 12:35 PM

Thank you very much!

BritCanuck · #17 June 17, 2007, 4:52 PM

Everyone's doing a great job with the themes, remastered, original or otherwise.

Danny, have you considered contributing your original theme remixes (especially the "Fool's Gold" theme) to WhoMix ( http://whomix.trilete.net/ )?
I think it would be a big hit there as well.
(Anything that improves on Murray Gold is apparently very popular over there.)

Danny Stewart · #18 June 17, 2007, 5:34 PM

Thanks very much. I have considered posting Fool's Gold to Whomix... it's just a matter of putting together that "final" final version that everyone's happy with. I'm pretty happy with it as it stands now, and Murray seems to like it well enough. I'm just going to run it by Dom now and see what he thinks of it before I call it done.

Ronnie Rowlands · #19 June 20, 2007, 12:10 PM

Upload it to the Whomix Danny, then wait a year for it to appear

Superkid11 · #20 June 20, 2007, 12:55 PM

You really should, they'd go wild.

Originally Posted by BritCanuck

(Anything that improves on Murray Gold is apparently very popular over there.)

His version of the theme is popular.