Murray Gold
Murray Gold is the composer for the revived series of Doctor Who.
Doctor Who
Among his duties was composing new arrangements of the Doctor Who theme. To date he has arranged multiple different versions of the theme for broadcast (including three distinct opening theme arrangements, plus another version that was only used in trailers and promotions in 2005) and several more for live performance. Gold has therefore created more official arrangements of the theme than any other Doctor Who franchise composer.
He has also written six songs for the series: "Song For Ten" (The Christmas Invasion), "Love Don't Roam" (The Runaway Bride), "My Angel Put the Devil in Me" (Daleks in Manhattan), "The Stowaway" (Voyage of the Damned), "Song of Freedom" (Planet of the Ood and Journey's End) and "Abigail's Song (Silence Is All You Know)" (A Christmas Carol). Murray Gold also appeared, in a cameo role, as a guitarist in Voyage of the Damned.
He was interviewed about his DW music by "Sound On Sound" magazine in the June 2007 issue. (See [1])
Gold stayed on as house composer for the 2010 season of Doctor Who and created a third major rearrangement of the theme tune, bringing in a short new melody at the beginning of the theme.
The televised version has had the bassline lowered dramatically so as to make the intro's lightning effects audible, which has prompted complaints to the BBC.[source needed]
Soundtrack Releases
Five soundtracks for Doctor Who featuring his music and songs have been released since 2006 with an additional release confirmed. These soundtracks are:
Additionally, two soundtracks for spin-off series Torchwood have been released since 2008, with Murray Gold working alongside Doctor Who conductor Ben Foster on the initial release and Foster handling the second independently. These releases are:
- Torchwood: Original Television Soundtrack
- Torchwood: Original Television Soundtrack: Children of Earth
Spin-offs
Gold has written the theme for both Torchwood and the The Sarah Jane Adventures, as well as Torchwood Declassified and Sarah Jane's Alien Files which re-used the themes of their parent series.
