How the old Doctor Who theme was composed

News Type: Other — Seeded on Sat Mar 31, 2007 10:57 AM EDT

Article Source: TV Squad

entertainment, music, tv, television, video, science-fiction, sci-fi, scifi, doctor-who, electronic-music, theme-music

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Michael Sautter

The YouTube video is about 8 minutes long and from the early 1980s - dig those groovy duds.

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#1 - Sat Mar 31, 2007 11:55 AM EDT

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atvance

Great seed! I've always been a Doctor Who fan, so it was fun to see how they did this. I especially was fascinated by the voice-modulated instrument. I had always thought I heard chanting in the background of the theme, and now I know I'm not crazy.

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#2 - Sat Mar 31, 2007 6:59 PM EDT

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Michael Sautter

I'm glad you like the seed, I thought it was rather interesting too.

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#2.1 - Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:44 PM EDT

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James Corbett

This is a very interesting article and YouTube video. I have always had a interest on how and why tv show themes come about and the time it took to make them. It is amazing how some them them last the passage of time such as certain musical groups such as Pink Floyd, The Doors and other groups that are still very popular even thorough the music is 20+ years old.

I have always been a fan of Doctor Who since the early 80's and I have always wounder how it was created thanks for the post.

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#3 - Sat Mar 31, 2007 9:20 PM EDT

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Vesper

With the new series of Doctor Who, they redid the opening and closing music to the show, but kept the basic of the music the same as the original. The BBC did a special about the making of the new theme music as well.

I had actually seen the special that this article points to, but a long time ago. It's nice to see it again.

I found this while search YouTube for a copy of the making of the new series title music. I'm not sure if it was from the new series, but it's using digitized loops, so I think it must have been.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCyW3f2LJPI

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#4 - Sun Apr 1, 2007 11:36 AM EDT

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