Doctor Who: Series 5 (soundtrack)

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The soundtrack for series 5 of Doctor Who was released on November 8, 2010, and is the second 2 disc edition to be released by Silva Screen Records since the series was revived in 2005. As with the Specials soundtrack, iTunes UK offered two bonus tracks and a digital book download. Series 5 introduced several new themes, most of which were introduced in "The Eleventh Hour". Such new material included two new themes for the Doctor, entitled I Am the Doctor and The Mad Man with a Box; along with multiple themes associated with Amelia Pond, and River Song . The longest track is "Kiss the Girl", at 5:14, and the shortest is "Paint" at 0:35.

Material

The two-disc album contains 63 select pieces of Murray Gold’s incidental music from the 2010 series of Doctor Who, as well as two bonus tracks sold on iTunes UK. Just like the other four albums preceding it, the soundtrack’s vocal numbers were largely performed by Melanie Pappenheim, Yamit Mamo and Dorie Jackson, while the fully orchestral pieces were performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. For tracks such as "The Beast Below", "A Cab for Amy Pond", "Amy in the TARDIS", and "I Am the Doctor", the group vocals were done by the Crouch End Festival Chorus. For the series’ new opening sequence, Gold rearranged the Doctor Who theme for the third time, including the track’s bridge section that he had originally excluded during the first season. Gold notes in the album’s booklet that "Steven Moffat wanted a new theme. I wanted it to sound a bit reckless. I got it a big brass riff at the front, and a sped-up tempo". As well as the theme song, most of the recurring themes for the season were introduced in the opening episode, including Amy’s childhood themes ("Little Amy", "Can I Come With You?") and the Eleventh Doctor’s themes, "I Am the Doctor", "The Mad Man With A Box", replacing tracks previously associated with the Ninth and Tenth Doctors ("The Doctor’s Theme" and "The Doctor Forever"). After the track first debuted in "The Eleventh Hour", multiple variations of "I Am the Doctor" appeared in every episode of the fifth series, from "The Eleventh Hour" to "The Big Bang", though only some of these appeared on the soundtrack. For the 2010 Christmas special and the subsequent 2011 series, Gold continued to write variations of "I Am the Doctor", from "The Impossible Astronaut" to "The Wedding of River Song".

Like most of the series’ ongoing themes, "The Mad Man With A Box" first debuts in "The Eleventh Hour", and speaks about the Doctor’s unique relationship with his TARDIS. The track contains several vocal lines by Melanie Pappenheim, but Pappenheim’s vocals are omitted from the fully orchestral arrangements used in "The Eleventh Hour", "Flesh and Stone", "The Doctor's Wife", and "Let's Kill Hitler". Her partner, Yamit Mamo also lended her own vocals for "Can I Come With You", and the track’s subsequent variation, "Amy in TARDIS". But unlike most of the other tracks on the soundtrack, "Amy’s Theme", debuted in the second episode of the season, "The Beast Below", during Amy’s first trip to the distant future. In the album’s booklet, Gold states that "Amy’s Theme" ‘evolved’ after she first traveled with the Doctor, in the same way as Rose Tyler’s theme from the first (2005) and second series (2006). For "Amy’s Theme", Pappenheim performed the track’s main vocal lines, while the Crouch End Festival Chorus performed the closing section. For "The Time of Angels" / "Flesh and Stone" and "The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang", Gold replaced River Song’s ethereal-like themes from the fourth series (2008), with more militant and synthesized tracks such as "River’s Path", "River Runs Through It", and "A River of Tears". For "Victory of the Daleks" and "The Hungry Earth" / "Cold Blood", Gold also rearranged "The Daleks", and composed a new theme for the Silurians. Along with the "The Daleks", Gold continued to write variations of "All the Strange, Strange Creatures", "Corridors and Fire Escapes", "March of the Cybermen", "A Special Sort of Bus", "The Runaway Bride", "Final Days", "A Dream of Catastrophe", "Evolution of the Daleks", "Midnight", "The Greats of Past Time", "A Pressing Need to Save the World", "All in the Balance", "The Song of Song", "The World Waits", and "The Cybermen", though only some of these variations were featured on the soundtrack.

Track listing

Disc no.	Track no.	Track	Stories used in	Track time	Notes
1	1	"Doctor Who XI"	All episodes from "The Eleventh Hour" to "The Wedding of River Song"	1:04	The Doctor Who theme.
	2	"Down to Earth"	"The Eleventh Hour", "Blood of the Cybermen", "Shadows of the Vashta Nerada"	1:06	Features a motif from "All in the Balance".
	3	"Little Amy"	"The Eleventh Hour"	1:45	Variations heard in "The Eleventh Hour", "The Beast Below", "Victory of the Daleks", "The Vampires of Venice", "Amy's Choice", "The Hungry Earth" / "Cold Blood", "The Big Bang", "A Good Man Goes To War" / "Let's Kill Hitler", "The Girl Who Waited", "Closing Time".
	4	"Fish Custard"	"The Eleventh Hour"	2:00	Variations heard in "The Lodger".
	5	"Can I Come With You?"	"The Eleventh Hour", "The Girl Who Waited", "The God Complex".	1:38	Vocal lines not present in "Day of the Moon".
	6	"Little Amy: The Apple"	"The Eleventh Hour", "Victory of the Daleks", "The Big Bang"	1:12	Variation of "Little Amy".
	7	"The Sun's Gone Wibbly"	"The Eleventh Hour", "The God Complex"	2:25	Rearrangement of "The World Waits"; contains bridge section of "I Am the Doctor".
	8	"Zero"	"The Eleventh Hour"	1:42	Rearrangement of "A Special Sort of Bus".
	9	"I Am the Doctor"	Heard in most Series 5 and 6 episodes.	4:04	Variations heard from "The Eleventh Hour" to "The Wedding of River Song".
	10	"The Mad Man with a Box"	"The Eleventh Hour", "Flesh and Stone", "The Doctor's Wife", "Let's Kill Hitler", "The Wedding of River Song"	2:11	Features a vocal line which was not present in "The Eleventh Hour". Variations heard in "The Vampires of Venice", "The Big Bang", "The Girl Who Waited", "Closing Time".
	11	"Amy in the TARDIS"	"The Eleventh Hour", "Flesh and Stone", "The Doctor's Wife", "A Good Man Goes To War", "Let's Kill Hitler"	4:18	Contains elements of "Little Amy", a variation on "Can I Come With You?" and a rearrangement of "I Am The Doctor". Variations heard in "Flesh and Stone", "The Vampires of Venice", "Cold Blood", and "The Girl Who Waited".
	12	"The Beast Below"	"The Beast Below", " Night Terrors", "TARDIS"	1:50	Used in the trailer for "The God Complex".
	13	"Amy's Theme"	"The Beast Below", "The Hungry Earth", "A Good Man Goes To War"	2:06	Variations heard in "The Eleventh Hour", "Amy's Choice", "The Pandorica Opens", "The Big Bang", "The Impossible Astronaut", "The Almost People", "Let's Kill Hitler", "The Girl Who Waited", "The God Complex".
	14	"A Lonely Decision"	"The Beast Below", "Victory of the Daleks", "The Curse of the Black Spot"	3:24
	15	"A Tyrannical Menace"	"The Beast Below", "Victory of the Daleks"	2:03
	16	"Victory of the Daleks"	"Victory of the Daleks"	1:13	Variation of "The Daleks".
	17	"Battle in the Sky"	"Victory of the Daleks"	3:25
	18	"River's Path"	"The Time of Angels"	1:16	Discordant notes present in "The Vampires of Venice"; variations heard in "The Time of Angels", "The Pandorica Opens".
	19	"The Time of Angels"	"The Time of Angels" / "Flesh and Stone"	3:59	Incorporates "Midnight". Brief excerpts heard in "The Eleventh Hour", "The Doctor's Wife".
	20	"I Offer You My Daughter"	"The Vampires of Venice"	1:38
	21	"Chicken Casanova"		1:24	Contains a variation of "I Am the Doctor".
	22	"Signora Rosanna Calvierri"		4:25
	23	"Cab for Amy Pond"		2:08	Contains brief melodic quotation from "The Mad Man with a Box".
	24	"The Vampires of Venice"	"The Vampires of Venice", "City of the Daleks", "TARDIS"	4:50	Used in trailers for "A Christmas Carol, and the Doctor Who Prom (2010)
	25	"Wedded Bliss"	"Amy's Choice"	1:07
	26	"This is the Dream"	"Flesh and Stone", "Amy's Choice", "The God Complex"	2:55	Features "Midnight".
	27	"Rio de Cwmtaff"	"The Hungry Earth"	4:03	Contains a variation of "The Silurians".
	28	"The Silurians"	"The Hungry Earth" / "Cold Blood", "A Good Man Goes to War".	2:02
2	1	"Paint"	"Vincent and the Doctor"	0:35
	2	"Vincent"		2:00
	3	"Hidden Treasures"		1:01
	4	"A Troubled Man"	"Cold Blood", "Vincent and the Doctor"	2:30	Contains a variation of "I Am the Doctor".
	5	"With Love, Vincent"	"Vincent and the Doctor"	3:27
	6	"Adrift in the TARDIS"	"The Lodger"	0:45	Contains variation of "I Am the Doctor".
	7	"Friends and Neighbours"	"The Lodger", "Closing Time"	1:16
	8	"Doctor Gastronomy"	"The Lodger"	1:08	Contains elements from "Fish Custard".
	9	"You Must Like It Here"		0:52
	10	"A Useful Striker"		1:33	Contains a variation of "I Am the Doctor".
	11	"A Painful Exchange"		1:11
	12	"Kiss the Girl"		5:14
	13	"Thank You Craig"		0:45	Contains a sample from "Midnight".
	14	"River Runs Through It"	"The Time of Angels", "The Pandorica Opens"	1:28	Features a variation of "River's Path".
	15	"Away on Horseback"	"The Pandorica Opens"	1:25
	16	"Beneath Stonehenge"		3:45	Melodic quotations from "I Am The Doctor" and "The Cybermen".
	17	"Who Else is Coming?"	"Cold Blood", "The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang", "A Good Man Goes to War"	1:52	Quotes "I Am the Doctor".
	18	"Amy and Rory"	"The Pandorica Opens", "The Girl Who Waited"	0:46	Variation of "Amy's Theme".
	19	"The Pandorica"	"The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang", "Space"	2:00
	20	"Words Win Wars"	"The Pandorica Opens", "A Good Man Goes to War"	1:48	Rearrangement of "I Am the Doctor".
	21	"The Life and Death of Amy Pond"	"The Pandorica Opens", "The Impossible Astronaut", "Night Terrors", "The God Complex"	3:12	Rearrangement of "Amy's Theme".
	22	"Amy's Starless Life"	"The Big Bang"	1:41	Rearrangement of "Little Amy".
	23	"Into the Museum"	"The Big Bang"	1:17
	24	"This is Where It Gets Complicated"	"The Big Bang", "Space"	1:08	Variation of "The Pandorica" and "The Song of Song".
	25	"Roman Paradox"	"The Big Bang", "Doctor Who: The Best of the Doctor"	1:22	Quotes "Little Amy" and "I Am the Doctor".
	26	"The Patient Centurion"	"The Big Bang"	2:49
	27	"The Same Sonic"		0:54
	28	"Honey I'm Home"	"The Big Bang", "A Good Man Goes to War"	2:13
	29	"The Perfect Prison"	"The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang", "Space"	2:41
	30	"A River of Tears"	"The Big Bang"	1:00	Variation Used In "Let's Kill Hitler".
	31	"The Sad Man with a Box"	"The Big Bang", "Let's Kill Hitler", "The Girl Who Waited", "Closing Time"	3:18	Variation of "The Mad Man with a Box"; contains a rearrangement of "I Am the Doctor".
	32	"You and Me, Amy"	"The Big Bang"	2:27	Variation of "The Mad Man with a Box"; quotes "I Am the Doctor" and "Amy's Theme".
	33	"The Big Day"		2:20
	34	"I Remember You"		1:53	Contains "A River of Tears" and "I Am The Doctor".
	35	"Onwards!"		0:58	Rearrangement of "I Am The Doctor".
-	36	"Emotions Get the Better of Him"	"Victory of the Daleks"	4:36	iTunes Store exclusive , contains "I Am the Doctor" and a variation of "The March of the Cybermen".
	37	"Impossible Choice"	"The Beast Below", "The Vampires of Venice", "Amy's Choice", "The Curse of the Black Spot"	3:36	iTunes Store exclusive, rearranges "A Dream of Catastrophe".