Doctor Who: Series 4 (soundtrack)
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Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack - Series 4 is a soundtrack album released on 17 November 2008,[2] containing incidental music that was used throughout the fourth series of the BBC science fiction television programme Doctor Who. The music was composed by the British musical director Murray Gold and was orchestrated by his collaborator Ben Foster who had previously worked with him on the films Alien Autopsy, I Want Candy and most recently Frank Oz's Death at a Funeral.[3]
The album's independent record label is Silva Screen Records who were responsible for the release of previous Doctor Who soundtracks, in collaboration with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. The soundtrack features regular vocalist Melanie Pappenheim on tracks 12 and 19 and countertenor Mark Chambers on track 6.
Track listing
| Track no. | Track | Stories used in | Track time[1] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Doctor Who Opening Credits" | This arrangement used in "Voyage of the Damned"; a similar arrangement in all episodes since | 0:45 |
| 2 | "A Noble Girl About Town" | "Partners in Crime" | 2:12 |
| 3 | "Life Among the Distant Stars" | "Partners in Crime", "The Fires of Pompeii", "Turn Left", "Journey's End" | 2:28 |
| 4 | "Corridors and Fire Escapes" | "Partners in Crime", "The Fires of Pompeii", "The Sontaran Stratagem", "The Poison Sky", "The Doctor's Daughter", "The Stolen Earth" "Journey's End" | 1:13 |
| 5 | "The Sybilline Sisterhood" | "The Fires of Pompeii" | 1:53 |
| 6 | "Songs of Captivity and Freedom" | "Planet of the Ood", see "Song of Freedom" for variation in "Journey's End" | 4:03 |
| 7 | "UNIT Rocks" | "The Sound of Drums", "The Sontaran Stratagem", "The Poison Sky"; | 1:11 |
| 8 | "The Doctor's Daughter" | "The Doctor's Daughter" | 1:37 |
| 9 | "The Source" | "The Doctor's Daughter" | 3:20 |
| 10 | "The Unicorn and the Wasp" | "The Unicorn and the Wasp" | 3:09 |
| 11 | "The Doctor's Theme Series 4" | "Forest of the Dead", "The Stolen Earth" | 2:45 |
| 12 | "Voyage of the Damned Suite" | "Voyage of the Damned", "The Fires of Pompeii" (excerpt, also used in "Partners in Crime") | 10:21 |
| 13 | "The Girl with No Name" | "Silence in the Library", "Forest of the Dead" | 2:45 |
| 14 | "The Song of Song" | "Silence in the Library", "Forest of the Dead" | 2:13 |
| 15 | "All in the Mind" | "Forest of the Dead" | 1:16 |
| 16 | "Silence in the Library" | "Silence in the Library", "Forest of the Dead" | 2:56 |
| 17 | "The Greatest Story Never Told" | "Forest of the Dead", "Turn Left", "The Stolen Earth", "Journey's End", ″The Next Doctor″ | 6:16 |
| 18 | "Midnight" | "Forest of the Dead" (excerpt), "Midnight", "Turn Left", "The Stolen Earth" (excerpt), "Journey's End", various discordant notes used in Series 4 episodes starting "Silence in the Library" and onwards to "Journey's End" | 3:07 |
| 19 | "Turn Left" | "Forest Of The Dead", "Turn Left", "Journey's End" (vocalisation), beginning section briefly heard at the beginning of "Midnight" | 2:21 |
| 20 | "A Dazzling End" | "Turn Left", heard briefly in "The Runaway Bride", reused in "Gridlock" and "The Doctor's Daughter" | 2:14 |
| 21 | "The Rueful Fate of Donna Noble" | "Turn Left", "The Stolen Earth", "Journey's End" | 2:44 |
| 22 | "Davros" | "Midnight" (various excerpts), "The Stolen Earth", "Journey's End" | 2:03 |
| 23 | "The Dark and Endless Dalek Night" | "The Stolen Earth", "Journey's End", ″The Next Doctor″ | 3:43 |
| 24 | "A Pressing Need to Save the World" | ″The Family of Blood″ "Forest of the Dead", "The Stolen Earth", "Journey's End", ″The Next Doctor″ ; elements present in "Partners in Crime" and "The Poison Sky" | 4:50 |
| 25 | "Hanging on the Tablaphone" | "The Stolen Earth", "Journey's End" | 1:04 |
| 26 | "Song of Freedom" | "Journey's End", | 2:51 |
| 27 | "Doctor Who Closing Credits" | "Voyage of the Damned", similar arrangement used from "Partners In Crime" onwards | 1:06 |
Total running time: 76:27 minutes.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Murray Gold - Doctor Who - Series 4". 7digital. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
- ^ "Doctor Who Series 4 Original TV Soundtrack". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
- ^ Ben Foster at IMDB, IMDB.com