| Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack - Series 3 | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by Murray Gold, Ben Foster and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales | ||||
| Released | November 5, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2006-2007 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 74:36 | |||
| Label | Silva Screen Records | |||
| Producer | Murray Gold and Ben Foster | |||
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Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack - Series 3 is a soundtrack album that was released on 5 November 2007,[1] containing incidental music that was used throughout the third 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.[2]
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 BBC had stated on their Doctor Who website that they were planning a release of a second soundtrack after the end of Series 4 (2008), but since they were inundated with requests for an earlier release, they were "contemplating one". This release would appear to be the one referenced. Therefore, this volume features only one series' worth of material rather than two, as the previous release contained.
The title of Track 1, "All the Strange, Strange Creatures" is a quote from "Love Don't Roam", a song composed for the 2006 Christmas special "The Runaway Bride" and included on the first soundtrack. The musical sting at the beginning of "All the Strange, Strange Creatures" also appeared on the previous soundtrack, as part of the selection "Westminster Bridge"; it has been heard at the beginning of several episodes, including the "The Runaway Bride". Portions of the remainder of "All the Strange, Strange Creatures" have been heard in episodes from "Gridlock" onwards, most notably "42" where it is used extensively, and in the chase sequence of "The Sound of Drums". In a DVD commentary for "42", executive producer Russell T Davies mentions that the theme was "moved up" into earlier episodes than initially planned. The track is subtitled (The Trailer Music) acknowledging the use of the track in Series 3 trailers.
Returning to the soundtrack was Melanie Pappenheim whose vocals can be heard on track 2: Martha's Theme, track 15: The Doctor Forever and track 20: Yana.
This volume contains three vocal tracks ("My Angel put the Devil in Me", "The Stowaway" and "Abide With Me"), although only two of these were specifically composed for Doctor Who. "The Stowaway" appeared in the 2007 Christmas special, "Voyage of the Damned"; the full version of the song was released on SilvaScreen's MySpace page. The CD versions of "The Stowaway" and "My Angel put the Devil in Me" are both performed by the vocalist Yamit Mamo.[3] The remaining lyrical track, the hymn "Abide With Me", is a choral arrangement originally presented at the end of the episode "Gridlock", as the Doctor tells Martha the truth about Gallifrey. It is implied that the now free motorists are the singers.
| Track no. | Track | Stories used in | Track Time |
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| 1 | "All the Strange, Strange Creatures (The Trailer Music)" | "Gridlock", "Evolution of the Daleks", "42", "The Family of Blood", "The Sound of Drums", "Last of the Time Lords", "Voyage of the Damned", "The Fires of Pompeii", ″The Poison Sky″, "Forest of the Dead", "Turn Left", "Journey's End, ″The Waters of Mars", The End of Time Part One & Two, Variation used in Flesh and Stone, Cold Blood, "The Curse of the Black Spot", "A Good Man Goes to War", "The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe" Rearranged for Series 5 Soundtrack as "I Am The Doctor" | 04:07 |
| 2 | "Martha's Theme" | "Smith and Jones", "Last of the Time Lords"[4] (Variations in "The Shakespeare Code", "The Lazarus Experiment", "42", "The Sontaran Stratagem", "The Poison Sky", "The Doctor's Daughter", and Torchwood Series 2 and Day One of Torchwood: Children of Earth) | 03:42 |
| 3 | "Drowning Dry" | "The Shakespeare Code", "Gridlock", Two parter: "Daleks In Manhattan" / "Evolution of the Daleks", softened version in The Infinite Quest | 01:54 |
| 4 | "The Carrionites Swarm" | "The Shakespeare Code" | 03:23 |
| 5 | "Gridlocked Cassinis" | "Gridlock" | 01:17 |
| 6 | "Boe" | "New Earth", "Gridlock", "Last of the Time Lords" (Variations in "Utopia")[5] | 03:43 |
| 7 | "Evolution of the Daleks" | Two parter: "Daleks in Manhattan" / "Evolution of the Daleks" including mash-up with the version of "All The Strange, Strange Creatures" from "Gridlock" , "Last of the Time Lords", brief snatch heard in "Gridlock" (Variation used in "Journey's End" and "Victory of the Daleks") | 01:53 |
| 8 | "My Angel Put the Devil in Me" (performed by Yamit Mamo) | "Daleks in Manhattan", "The End of Time, Part Two" | 03:08 |
| 9 | "Mr Smith and Joan" | Two parter: "Human Nature" / "The Family of Blood" | 02:05 |
| 10 | "Only Martha Knows" | "Human Nature" | 02:31 |
| 11 | "Smith's Choice" | Two parter: "Human Nature" / "The Family of Blood", "City of the Daleks", "Shadows of the Vashta Nerada" | 01:42 |
| 12 | "Just Scarecrows to War" | Two parter: "Human Nature" / "The Family of Blood" | 01:30 |
| 13 | "Miss Joan Redfern" | Two parter: "Human Nature" / "The Family of Blood" | 01:51 |
| 14 | "The Dream of a Normal Death" | Two parter: "Human Nature" / "The Family of Blood", "Journeys End" | 01:56 |
| 15 | "The Doctor Forever" | Heard in most Series 3 and 4 episodes. | 04:19 |
| 16 | "Blink (Suite)" | "Blink", ″Midnight″, "The Time of Angels" (excerpt) | 02:55 |
| 17 | "The Runaway Bride" | "The Runaway Bride", short excerpt in "Partners in Crime", "Cold Blood" (excerpt) | 04:18 |
| 18 | "After the Chase" | "The Runaway Bride", "Partners in Crime", variation in "Journey's End" | 01:26 |
| 19 | "The Futurekind" | "Utopia", "Forest of the Dead", Series 4 Trailer | 01:44 |
| 20 | "YANA (Excerpt)" | "Utopia","Last of the Time Lords" "Planet of the Ood", "Turn Left" | 00:54 |
| 21 | "The Master Vainglorious" | "42", Three-parter: "Utopia" / "The Sound of Drums" / "Last of the Time Lords", theme adapted for "The End of Time" | 03:22 |
| 22 | "Martha's Quest" | Three-parter: "Utopia" / "The Sound of Drums" / "Last of the Time Lords" | 03:19 |
| 23 | "This is Gallifrey: Our Childhood, Our Home" | Three-parter: "Utopia" / "The Sound of Drums" / "Last of the Time Lords", "The Doctor's Daughter" & "The End of Time". | 03:17 |
| 24 | "Martha Triumphant" | "Last of the Time Lords", "Time Crash", "The Doctor's Daughter" | 02:49 |
| 25 | "Donna's Theme" | "The Runaway Bride" (Variations heard in many series 4 episodes) | 03:14 |
| 26 | "The Stowaway" (performed by Yamit Mamo) | "Voyage of the Damned" and "The End of Time, Part 2" | 03:36 |
| 27 | "The Master Tape" | "The Sound of Drums" | 01:55 |
| 28 | "Abide With Me" | "Gridlock" | 02:28 |
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