List of Doctor Who music releases

This is a list of music releases from and relating to the BBC television series Doctor Who. It is split into two sections: One for soundtracks of music from the show and its spinoffs, and one for music relating to the series, mainly novelty or tribute records.

Soundtrack music

There have been several LP and CD releases of music and sound effects over the years from the BBC television series Doctor Who by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, freelance composers, and stock music

Title	Composer	Label	Format	Year of Release	Notes
BBC Sound Effects No. 19 - Doctor Who Sound Effects	BBC Radiophonic Workshop	BBC Records	LP/Cassette	1978	In mono, with sound effects from the Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker eras of Doctor Who. Reissues Reissued on CD in Spain by Diapason in 1990 as Efectos De Sonido - Ciencia Ficcion. Reissued on CD by AudioGo in a "facsimile" edition recreating the original artwork 2 February 2012. Reissued on LP by AudioGo and Discovery Records on 21 April 2012 as part of Record Store Day.
BBC Sound Effects No. 26 - Sci-Fi Sound Effects	BBC Radiophonic Workshop	BBC Records	LP/Cassette	1981	Seventeen stereo sound effects, by Dick Mills, from Season Eighteen of Doctor Who were included on this release. Reissues Reissued on CD in 1991 as Essential Science Fiction Sound Effects Vol. 1. Reissued on CD by AudioGo in a "facsimile" edition recreating the original artwork 4 April 2013.
Doctor Who - The Music	BBC Radiophonic Workshop	BBC Records	LP	1983	Reissues Reissued on CD by Silva Screen Records in 1992 as Earthshock – Classic Music From The BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 1 with bonus tracks
Doctor Who - The Music II	BBC Radiophonic Workshop	BBC Records	LP	1985	Reissues Reissued on CD by Silva Screen Records in 1992 as The Five Doctors – Classic Music From The BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 2 with bonus tracks
Space Adventures - Music from 'Doctor Who' 1963–1968	Stock music	Doctor Who Appreciation Society	Cassette	1987	Limited edition (300 copies) cassette release of stock music used in the series. Reissued on CD, expanded to cover through 1971, by the researcher Julian Knott in 1998, again in a limited issue of 300 copies.
Black Light - The Doctor Who Music of Dominic Glynn	Glynn, DominicDominic Glynn	Doctor Who Appreciation Society	Cassette	1988	Music from The Mysterious Planet, The Ultimate Foe, and Dragonfire. Reissues Reissued on CD in 2003
The Doctor Who 25th Anniversary Album	McCulloch, KeffKeff McCulloch	BBC Records	LP/Cassette/CD	1988	Also includes versions of the Doctor Who Theme by Delia Derbyshire, Peter Howell, and Dominic Glynn. Reissues Reissued on CD as Evolution - The Music From Dr Who by Prestige Records in 1997. Reissued on CD as Music from Doctor Who by Castle Pulse in July 2002.
The Corridor of Eternity - The Music of Paddy Kingsland	Kingsland, PaddyPaddy Kingsland	Doctor Who Appreciation Society	Cassette	1990	Music from Castrovalva and Mawdryn Undead
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric	Ayres, MarkMark Ayres	Silva Screen Records	CD	1991
Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy	Ayres, MarkMark Ayres	Silva Screen Records	CD	1992
Doctor Who: Ghost Light	Ayres, MarkMark Ayres	Silva Screen Records	CD	1993
Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars	Simpson, DudleyDudley Simpson	Silva Screen Records	CD	1993	Re-recorded from the original scores on synthesiser by Heathcliff Blair.
Doctor Who: 30 Years at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop	BBC Radiophonic Workshop	BBC Enterprises	CD	1993	Compilation of sound effects, atmospheres, and music produced at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
The Best of Doctor Who Volume 1 – The Five Doctors	BBC Radiophonic Workshop	Silva America	CD	1993	Compilation for select tracks from The Music and The Music II plus the "Terror Version" of the theme music from Variations on a Theme (see below)
The Best of Doctor Who Volume 2 – The Greatest Show in the Galaxy	Ayres, MarkMark Ayres	Silva America	CD	1994	Compilation of edited highlights from Mark Ayres's three scores released on Silva Screen plus the McCulloch arrangement of the theme music.
The Worlds of Doctor Who	various	Silva Screen Records	CD	1994	Compilation of Silva Screen's Doctor Who soundtrack output
Music from The Tomb of the Cybermen	Stock music	Via Satellite Records	CD	1997	Compilation of stock music used in this Doctor Who serial.
Doctor Who: Original Soundtrack Recording	Debney, John, John Sponsler and Louis FebreJohn Debney, John Sponsler and Louis Febre	John Debney Productions	CD	1997	Music from the 1996 TV movie. Promotional CD release by the composer
Sherlock Holmes Meets Dr Who	Blyton, CareyCarey Blyton	Upbeat Classics	CD	1999	Contains new recordings of suites of music from Doctor Who and the Silurians, Death to the Daleks, and Revenge of the Cybermen
Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons	Burgon, GeoffreyGeoffrey Burgon	BBC Music	CD	2000	Music from Terror of the Zygons and The Seeds of Doom.
Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 1: The Early Years 1963–1969	BBC Radiophonic Workshop	BBC Music	CD	2000	Reissues Reissued on CD by Mute Records in 2005
Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 2: New Beginnings 1970–1980	BBC Radiophonic Workshop	BBC Music	CD	2000	Reissues Reissued on CD by Mute Records in 2005
Dr Who - Music from the Tenth Planet	Stock music	Ochre Records	CD	2000
Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 3: The Leisure Hive	Howell, Peter Peter Howell and Dick Mills at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop	BBC Music	CD	2002
Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 4: Meglos & Full Circle	Kingsland, PaddyPaddy Kingsland and Peter Howell at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop	BBC Music	CD	2002
The Film Production Music	Blyton, CareyCarey Blyton	Apollo Sound	CD	2003	Contains suites of music from Doctor Who and the Silurians, Death to the Daleks, and Revenge of the Cybermen
Doctor Who: Devils' Planets - The Music of Tristram Cary	Cary, TristramTristram Cary	BBC Music	2-CD	2003	Incidental music from The Daleks, The Daleks' Master Plan and The Mutants.
Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack	Gold, MurrayMurray Gold	Silva Screen Records	CD	2006	Music from series one and two, featuring two songs performed by Neil Hannon.
Doctor Who – The Gunfighters	Cary, TristramTristram Cary	BBC Audio	2-CD	2007	This narrated soundtrack release included as an extra "The Ballad of the Last Chance Saloon" composed for this story by Tristram Cary.
Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack - Series 3	Gold, MurrayMurray Gold	Silva Screen Records	CD	2007	Featuring two songs performed by Yamit Mamo.
Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack - Series 4	Gold, MurrayMurray Gold	Silva Screen Records	CD	2008	Features music selections from "Voyage of the Damned" and all of the Series 4 episodes originally broadcast in 2008 except for "The Next Doctor" Christmas Special.
Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack - Series 4: The Specials	Gold, MurrayMurray Gold	Silva Screen Records	2-CD	2010	Features music selections from the Series 4 special episodes "The Next Doctor", "Planet of the Dead", "The Waters of Mars", and The End of Time.
Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack - Series 5	Gold, MurrayMurray Gold	Silva Screen Records	2-CD	2010
Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack - A Christmas Carol	Gold, MurrayMurray Gold	Silva Screen Records	CD/Download	2011	Featuring Katherine Jenkins singing “Abigail’s Song”.
Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack - Series 6	Gold, MurrayMurray Gold	Silva Screen Records	2-CD	2011
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani	Limb, RogerRoger Limb and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop	Silva Screen Records	CD/Download	2013
John Smith and the Common Men: Sounds from the Inferno	Stock music	Hysterion Records	7-inch EP	2013	Limited edition of 1000 for Record Store Day 2013. Contains "Three Guitars Mood 2" from An Unearthly Child as well as "Latin Gear" and "The Eyelash" from The War Machines
Doctor Who: The Krotons	Hodgson, BrianBrian Hodgson and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop	Silva Screen Records	CD/Download/10" Vinyl	2013

Spinoffs

Big Finish

Music from the Big Finish range of audios

Title	Composer	Label	Format	Year of Release	Notes
Doctor Who: Music from the New Audio Adventures – Volume I	Lock, AlistairAlistair Lock	Big Finish	CD	2000	Music from Phantasmagoria, The Fearmonger, The Marian Conspiracy, and The Spectre of Lanyon Moor
Doctor Who: Music from the New Audio Adventures – Volume II	Lock, AlistairAlistair Lock	Big Finish	CD	2001	Music from Last of the Titans, The Shadow of the Scourge and The Fires of Vulcan
Doctor Who: Music from the New Audio Adventures – Volume III	Stone, RussellRussell Stone	Big Finish	CD	2001	Music from Red Dawn, Winter for the Adept, and The Holy Terror
Doctor Who: Music from the Eighth Doctor Audio Adventures	Lock, Alistair Nicholas Briggs, Russell Stone & William AllenAlistair Lock, Nicholas Briggs, Russell Stone & William Allen	Big Finish	2-CD	2002	Music from Storm Warning, Sword of Orion, The Stones of Venice, and Minuet in Hell, plus the Eighth Doctor Big Finish Theme
Doctor Who: Music from the Fifth Doctor Audio Adventures	Lock, Alistair David Darlington & Russell StoneAlistair Lock, David Darlington & Russell Stone	Big Finish	CD	2002	Music from Loups-Garoux, The Eye of the Scorpion, and Primeval
Doctor Who: Music from the Sixth Doctor Audio Adventures	Lock, Alistair, Jim Mortimore & Jane ElphinstoneAlistair Lock, Jim Mortimore & Jane Elphinstone	Big Finish	CD	2002	Music from Bloodtide, Project: Twilight, The One Doctor
Doctor Who: Music from the Excelis Audio Adventures	Darlington, DavidDavid Darlington	Big Finish	CD	2002	Music from Excelis Dawns, Excelis Rising, Excelis Decays, and The Plague Herds of Excelis
Doctor Who: Music from the Seventh Doctor Audio Adventures	Hardwick, Andy, Jim Mortimore & Russell Stone Andy Hardwick, Jim Mortimore & Russell Stone	Big Finish	CD	2003	Music from Dust Breeding, The Rapture, and Bang-Bang-a-Boom!
Doctor Who - Embrace the Darkness - Remastered	Mortimore, JimJim Mortimore	Bandcamp	Download	2012
Doctor Who - The Rapture - Remastered	Mortimore, JimJim Mortimore with Jane Elphinstone & Simon Robinson	Bandcamp	Download	2012
Doctor Who - Project Twilight - Remastered	Mortimore, JimJim Mortimore	Bandcamp	Download	2012
Doctor Who - He Jests at Scars - Remastered	Mortimore, JimJim Mortimore	Bandcamp	Download	2012
Doctor Who - Seasons of Fear - Remastered	Elphinstone, JaneJane Elphinstone	Bandcamp	Download	2013
Doctor Who - Davros - Remastered	Elphinstone, JaneJane Elphinstone	Bandcamp	Download	2013

Torchwood

Title	Composer	Label	Format	Year of Release	Notes
Torchwood: Original Television Soundtrack	Foster, Ben and Murray GoldBen Foster and Murray Gold	Silva Screen Records	Download/CD	2008	Music from Series 1 and 2 of Torchwood
Torchwood: Original Television Soundtrack - Children of Earth	Foster, BenBen Foster	Silva Screen Records	Download/CD	2009	Music from Children of Earth

Other Spinoffs

Title	Composer	Label	Format	Year of Release	Notes
Myths and Other Legends	Ayres, MarkMark Ayres	Metro Music	LP	1990	Ayres' music for Reeltime Pictures' Myth Makers series of Doctor Who interviews. Reissues Reissued in an expanded format on CD by Silva Screen Records in 1991
Downtime: Original Soundtrack Recording	Levine, IanIan Levine, Nigel Stock, &Erwin Keiles	Silva Screen Records	CD	1995	Music from the direct-to-video spinoff
Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans – Original Soundtrack Recording	Ayres, MarkMark Ayres	Silva Screen Records	CD	1996	Music from the direct-to-video spinoff
Dæmos Rising: The Music	Lock, AlistairAlistair Lock	Reeltime	CD	2004	Music from the direct-to-DVD spinoff
Dr. Who & the Daleks	Lockyer, Malcolm and Bill McGuffieMalcolm Lockyer and Bill McGuffie	Silva Screen	2-CD	2009	Music from Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. with effects by Barry Gray
Dr. Who and the Daleks/Daleks Invasion of Earth 2150 A.D.	Lockyer, Malcolm and Bill McGuffieMalcolm Lockyer and Bill McGuffie	Silva Screen	7" EP	2011	Released on 16 April 2011 as part of Record Store Day. Side Two is a mini-adventure featuring the film's dialogue with music by Bill McGuffie

Related Music Releases

Over the years, there have been music releases that did not feature in the series, but are related to Doctor Who, ranging from novelty spoofs to loving tributes to the series.

Title	Artist	Label	Format	Year of Release	Notes
"Doctor Who is Gonna Fix It"	Bullamakanka	RCL Records (Australia) BBC/Gemcom (US) BBC Records(UK)	7"	1983
"Doctor in Distress"	Who Cares?	Record Shack	7" 12"	1985	Charity single with proceeds going to Cancer Research created to raise awareness of the 1985 hiatus
"Doctorin' the Tardis"	The Timelords	KLF Communications(UK) TVT Records(US)	7" 12" cassette CD	1988
Doctor Who: Variations on a Theme	various	Metro Music	12" Square CD	1989	This disc consists of four versions of the Doctor Who theme, arranged by Mark Ayres, Dominic Glynn and Keff McCulloch. Reissued in 1991 by Silva Screen.
CyberTech	Pack, AdrianAdrian Pack and Michael Fillis	Jump Cut	CD	1994	Music inspired by the series, including the Dimensions in Time version of the theme music
CyberTech Part II - Pharos	Pack, AdrianAdrian Pack and Michael Fillis	Jump Cut	CD	1995	Music inspired by the series and the New Adventures novels
Who is Dr Who	various	RPM	CD	2000	Compilation of novelty singles and related singles from 1964–1973 produced by Mark Ayres
Chameleon Circuit	Chameleon Circuit	DFTBA Records	CD, Download	2009
Still Got Legs	Chameleon Circuit	DFTBA Records	CD, Download	2011
Vashta Nerada [Doctor Who Theme]	Traffic Experiment	Traffic Experiment Music	Download	2012	Traffic Experiment's reworking of the original theme, produced by Stuart Chalmers and George Shilling.

See also

• Doctor Who theme music
• List of music featured on Doctor Who
• List of Doctor Who composers

References

• Ayres, Mark (9 March 2002). "Doctor Who Compact Disc Catalogue". Retrieved 2 June 2009. 
• "CD & Cassettes". The TARDIS Library. Retrieved 29 June 2009. 
• "Incidental Music Discography". The Millennium Effect. Retrieved 29 June 2009.