[dervish]

In the last story (which I thought was very good and a lot beyons the normal mindless and childless dross that RTD churns out) the only neagtive was the often instrusive and inappropriate scoring of music that was going on continuously during scenes.

One 'theme' in particular (the Little Brown Jug music) which accompanied the little girl was pathetic and liek something from The Chickle Brothers or Peter Glaze from Crackerjack...

Do you think there is too much incidentral music in new Dr Who?

Do you think this heightnens the drama or ruin it?

Do you think the amount of music is ok but just silly and intrusive?

[cazzz]

I think that sometimes the music overpowers the show. I feel as if I've been a a concert at times. It can be too loud. The composer has more airtime than the actors!

[The Exiled Dub]

I agree. Sometimes I have to boost the centre speaker on my system as I cannot hear what is being said over the blasting my ears are getting from the music. Far too intrusive. Music should be there to complement drama, in Doctor Who it certainly does not do this, it overpowers it.

[Eaglestriker]

TBF, it isn't Murray Gold's fault. Its the guy who levels it in the final mix.

[Sharon87]

I think most of the time it's ok, although the music does sometime gets my attention more than what is going on in the show.

[mikw]

I LOVE Murray Gold's music, it makes the show seem "Bigger". Perhaps it could be mixed a little lower when there's dialogue though.

[Andy B]

I quite like the music tbh, I love listening to them in the background, but yeah, maybe lower the volume down a bit on intimate scenes.

[Tegan Jovanka]

The music has got a lot better since the first series when often it did seem intrusive and overbearing. Since using an orchestra for scoring the music the whole thing sounds cinematic. The only thing is sometimes I find the choice of music unsuitable for certain scenes. This is not really a serious problem and used to happen in the old series as well as the new..

[alagermound]

did any one notice the little girls theme was the same as the little gails theme in the rememberance of the daleks.

[Silent Timelord]

Murray Gold is a legend! I cannot get 'Marthas theme 'out of my head!

Originally Posted by Silent Timelord

Murray Gold is a legend! I cannot get 'Marthas theme 'out of my head!

i loved Roses theme too, but the Doctors and Marthas
are very haunting.

[GiraffeGirl]

Originally Posted by Silent Timelord

Murray Gold is a legend! I cannot get 'Marthas theme 'out of my head!

I adore Rose's Theme and the Doomsday music and the Dalek choral stuff from Bad Wolf and Parting of the Ways... spine-tingling

Also loved the funky Torchwood music in that clip shown on 'wossy' with the Barrowman.

[trilobite]

Originally Posted by alagermound

did any one notice the little girls theme was the same as the little gails theme in the rememberance of the daleks.

I did!

I have to agree about the incidental music. It sometimes obscures the actors' dialogue. I have noticed that I have to increase the volume to hear the speech, then I'm blasted out the chair by the music and sound effects.

There is something wrong with the production team's idea of balanced audio.

[Silent Timelord]

Originally Posted by GiraffeGirl

I adore Rose's Theme and the Doomsday music and the Dalek choral stuff from Bad Wolf and Parting of the Ways... spine-tingling

Not so fussed about dalek music, though it serves its purpose greatly, but that doomsday music is fantastic!

Originally Posted by emma30

Also loved the funky Torchwood music in that clip shown on 'wossy' with the Barrowman.

I love the torchwood theme! just what the show needs

Personally i think the music maketh the atmosphere-but it does need turning down in a few places.

[jaques marron]

is there any way to listen to the doctors, rose's and martha's themes online??

[Eaglestriker]

Originally Posted by jaques marron

is there any way to listen to the doctors, rose's and martha's themes online??

No, but heres a technical tip.

Spoiler

If you have a Sound Editor with a Stereo Processor, you could record an excerpt of the themes from a DVD and use the Stereo Processor to play the left channel only, you can hear the themes clean.

Or...

Spoiler

Buy the Soundtrack CD

[jaques marron]

ok and where do u get the cd from

[nicknack]

Watched a interview with RTD recently where he said he likes a lot of noise on the show, including loud music. So basically he gives the okay to the sound levels on the episodes.

But I do think the sound mix is a bit all over the place sometimes, especially the music level.

[The Slug]

Originally Posted by jaques marron

ok and where do u get the cd from

err, a record shop? also online, for example iTunes, where you can buy just the tracks you want and also hear snippets.

[mikw]

Originally Posted by jaques marron

ok and where do u get the cd from

Amazon have the CD for the first 2 series, it's really good, better than most film scores of recent years.

[PaperOstrich]

Personally, I think the music is great. But there is some dissent, and never let it be said that I am an enemy of democracy: so if you hate it, try this - http://www.bbc.co.uk/consumer/tv_and...er_index.shtml

[{ph[oe]nix}]

Originally Posted by dervish

Do you think there is too much incidentral music in new Dr Who?

Do you think this heightnens the drama or ruin it?

Do you think the amount of music is ok but just silly and intrusive?

I tell you what I've noticed. When I watch Dr Who, I hate the music. What I also find is it drowns out a lot of dialogue.

On SEVERAL occasions, I've found myself watching Confidential and going "ohhh, that's what they said" when I get to hear the dialogue without the crappy background music.

So yes, I think it ruins it.

[deisegirl]

Originally Posted by cazzz

I think that sometimes the music overpowers the show. I feel as if I've been a a concert at times. It can be too loud. The composer has more airtime than the actors!

I've thought this a number of times....it's quite distracting