I am listening to this on Spotify as I type, and have been listening to it all evening. Really it is amazing. Some really astounding stuff here. The Terror of the Zygons music is glorious. The 60s Cybertheme by Martin Slavin, and the "exploring Telos" music from Tomb. The Ballad of the Last Chance Saloon! John Smith and the Common Men. The "60s film series" music from The Invasion is just as striking as when I watched the DVD the other week. Les Structures Sonores from Galaxy Four.

Utterly lush.

I might even buy the CD.

Thanks. I was wondering whether I should buy that. Sounds ace.

I know this is slightly off topic, but was the music used when capaldi arrived and started talking in the regeneration scene new music or from an old episode?

I bought it off iTunes when it was first available.

Some of the classic stuff is great, but some really does sound like a kid with a Bontempi electronic keyboard making it up as he goes along. I love Tom's farewell music in Logopolis and Tegan's farewell music too.

The modern stuff is superb, of course.

The modern stuff is too samey for me. It's just "telly music": the same symphonic, orchestral stuff that you get in every TV series. Drmaatic in the dramatic bits, emotional in the emotional bits. No variety. I didn;t get as far as the moedrn stuff when I was listening to the album last night, and it will be nice to hear it "out of context" as music rather than as part of the TV show, but the modern music is one of the things that I like least about the C21st show.

The 80s Cybertheme ... now there's a piece of music!

Oh yes!

Listening to more of it now ... the Pertwee electronica gets a bit repetitive, but Death ton the Daleks is great. I love the chanting ... I recall thinking it was very sinister and unsettling when I first saw the story on video aged approx 10. Stills spooks a bit now.

Sadly, no Attack of the Cybermen music. The "Peri running" and "Cryon" twinkly music are both very evocative. But the Vervoid music is here! I don't see "Adric's Theme", but haven't got that far, aurally.

I might buy this on CD.

This is the greatest CD I ever bought you won't regret the purchase.

Odd how the Cybermen often choose rubbish scripts, but have excellent choice in music!

'We may not have emotions, but you must admit we still have good taste!' - The Cyber-Controller

I love the modern stuff. Gold is a genius and a cut above usual television fare. If anything his pieces have the grand scope of Hollywood.

The sixties and seventies were also remarkable for their invention and brilliance. A different kind of scoring than New Who but as great in its own way.

The eighties were mostly dire reaching a nadir in the Mccoy era where it sounded like someone playing around with the demo settings of a mid price Casio keyboard on a Saturday afternoon in Argos after a few lunchtime pints. Woeful.

I haven't got to the late 80s stuff yet, but I was struck by how far the Cybermen's musical taste had dropped when I watched Silver Nemesis recently.

From memory, Ghost Light is very effective, and Survival's guitars are very powerful.

More news as it comes.

I was hoping for the song from Sylv's gramophone from The Movie, but alas I will have to go without.

No City of Death, too, which is odd.

They shouldve included that first one!

"It's the end", from Logopolis ... fantastic!


The Watcher! So he was the Doctor all the time!

The recording of the City of Death music no longer exists I believe (and it isn't possible to get it out the episodes).

Oh, what a shame. Such lovely music in the "running through Paris" scenes.

I remember when Doctor Who The Music came out in 1983 such a great album but this new one, wow, the music seems to be half the show now, its brilliant.

Anyone else notice the CD track listing errors (4 disc UK version)?

For those who are interested:

Track 17 is actually "A Christmas Carol: Abigail's Song (Silence is All You Know)", not "A Good Man Goes to War: Melody Pond"

Track 18 is "A Good Man Goes to War: Melody Pond", not "The Wedding of River Song"

Track 19 is "The Wedding of River Song", not "A Christmas Carol: Abigail's Song (Silence is All You Know)"

I first noticed that Katherine Jenkins' voice wasn't very prominent on track 19 which made me check and found her on track 17! The other 2 tracks I confirmed by comparing with tracks on the season soundtracks.

The iTunes listing is correct.

I've just bought this album from amazon, and the track listing looks absoloutely amazing! Should arrive either on Tuesday, if not Wednesday.

You can sample each track for 30 secs each on amazon too. I've been doing that to whet my appetite for the real thing, once it arrives.

There are a few small points that I feel I should mention though. This I noticed, has been left off the album:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b4bkoUzIYE

Really loved this version. Possibly the best one since DW came back.

Also, this has been left off too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax4y5iE1TKw


And this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaL56H47lHo


Why they've done that. I do not know! I mean, an album to celebrate the best of DW's incidental music and themes from the last 50 odd years, and those get left off. I'm quite upset about that.

Anyway, the 2005 theme is on there, though, which is good!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRE1aOogdPI