{"id":2321,"date":"2011-02-14T01:27:39","date_gmt":"2011-02-14T06:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=2321"},"modified":"2011-02-14T01:33:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-14T06:33:00","slug":"cd-doctor-who-series-5-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=2321","title":{"rendered":"CD: Doctor Who – Series 5 (2010)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>Rating: Excellent<\/p>\n

Label: Silva Screen\/ Released: November 8, 2010<\/p>\n

Tracks & Album Length: CD1: 28 tracks \/ (67:25) + CD2: 35 tracks \/ (64:51)<\/p>\n

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Special Notes: 12-page colour booklet with liner notes by composer Murray Gold.<\/p>\n

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Composer: Murray Gold<\/p>\n

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Review:<\/p>\n

Right from the revised version of Ron Grainer\u2019s signature theme it\u2019s clear the musical scope of the new season is much bigger, goosed with mixed chorus and large orchestra.<\/p>\n

Like the Series 4 specials, Murray Gold\u2019s focus is on how characters change, grow, and are affected by adventures \u2013 perhaps the key ingredient that makes the new series and its music so strikingly powerful. That Gold\u2019s scores hold their own outside of the series reboot is important, because unlike the limited synth dribbles near the end of the old series in the late eighties, Gold\u2019s are rich musical misadventures with distinct flavours.<\/p>\n

Gold\u2019s use of chorals and a vocal lullaby are recurrent elements, as well as the moving Amy theme (first heard in \u201cCan I Come With You?\u201d with a child\u2019s chorus), tying together the 10 episodic suites spread out over 2 CDs.<\/p>\n

Disc 1 offers the most eclectic mix of material, mostly because the selections vary from 2 to 11 cues of varying length. The sequencing and editing are quite tight, making track transitions fluid. The first CD also offers additional moments of brassy comedic strokes and a few kinetic electronic cuts, including \u201cThe Beast Below,\u201d with eerie female vocals that precede a grand fandango of full orchestra and mixed chorus.<\/p>\n

Disc 2 carries over some of the action kinetics, but the three suites gradually progress towards emotionally affecting terrain. Murray uses woodwinds to create both tenderness and humour throughout the second suite (\u201cThe Lodger\u201d), such as the jaunty Yiddish melody in \u201cDoctor Gastronomy\u201d which moves from solo clarinet to brass.<\/p>\n

Once into the suite \u201cThe Pandora Opens \/ The Big Bang,\u201d we get a much tighter portrait of the Doctor\u2019s adventures, and Gold seems to have saved the meaty orchestral cues for the album\u2019s finale. The Bondian scope \u2013 performed with a sometimes ferocious orchestra \u2013 brings this compilation to a rousing, emotional close. \u201cAmy\u2019s Starless Life\u201d is the suite\u2019s central theme \u2013 tender, imbued with a haunting, yearning quality \u2013 whereas the preceding cue (\u201cThe Life and Death of Amy Pond\u201d) is a rumbling epic composition with Barryesque strings & brass, and a long melodic build-up.<\/p>\n

The smartest decision for the album\u2019s producers is closing with a complete episode score, but for the series itself, one can\u2019t imagine anyone better suited than Gold for crafting such rich music for the new series.<\/p>\n

The album cuts are crisply mastered (although track 22 on CD1 oddly appears to be in mono, an issue also present on the downloadable album).<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 2011 Mark R. Hasan<\/p>\n

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Related links:<\/p>\n

CD: \u00a0Doctor Who<\/a><\/strong> (2006) — \u00a0Doctor Who – Series 4, The Specials<\/a> <\/strong> (2009)<\/p>\n

Interview: \u00a0composer\u00a0Murray Gold<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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External References:<\/p>\n

IMDB <\/a>— Soundtrack Album<\/a> — Composer Filmography<\/a><\/p>\n

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