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The '''Crouch End Festival Chorus''' is a pre-eminent [[London]]-based choir that dates back to about 1984. It has been frequently used to provide film soundtracks and backing music. [[David Temple]] is its [[conductor]] and long-term musical director. | The '''Crouch End Festival Chorus''' is a pre-eminent [[London]]-based choir that dates back to about 1984. It has been frequently used to provide film soundtracks and backing music. [[David Temple]] is its [[conductor]] and long-term musical director. | ||
They were first credited in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' on both parts of ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', but are possibly most evident throughout [[David Tennant]]'s actual [[regeneration]] scene, which they notably recorded in a single take.<ref name=Hornsey /> They were also the soundtrack choir for [[series 5 (Doctor Who)|series 5]].<ref name=CEFC>[http://www.cefc.org.uk/about-us/ CEFC's "about us" page]</ref> As an example, they may be heard on the soundtrack of ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'',<ref>[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Crouch-End-Festival-Chorus/19433076546 CEFC's Facebook page]</ref> providing the vocals during the scene of [[Amelia Pond]] waiting for the [[Eleventh Doctor]] to return after his "five minute" hop into the future. They recorded music for all episodes in the series.<ref>[http://www.cefc.org.uk/news/ CEFC's news page]</ref> | They were first credited in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' on both parts of ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', but are possibly most evident throughout [[David Tennant]]'s actual [[regeneration]] scene, which they notably recorded in a single take.<ref name=Hornsey /> They were also the soundtrack choir for [[series 5 (Doctor Who)|series 5]].<ref name=CEFC>[http://www.cefc.org.uk/about-us/ CEFC's "about us" page]</ref> As an example, they may be heard on the soundtrack of ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'',<ref>[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Crouch-End-Festival-Chorus/19433076546 CEFC's Facebook page]</ref> providing the vocals during the scene of [[Amelia Pond]] waiting for the [[Eleventh Doctor]] to return after his "five minute" hop into the future. They recorded music for all episodes in the series.<ref>[http://www.cefc.org.uk/news/ CEFC's news page]</ref> | ||
Although they gained notice in the [[BBC Wales]] version of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' at the time of the transition from [[David Tennant]] to [[Matt Smith]], the choir's association with [[Murray Gold]] stretches back to [[series 1 (Doctor Who)|series 1]] in which they provided operatic chanting for Gold's Dalek music. The choir's spokesperson, Duncan McAlpine, has called the CEFC "the ''Doctor Who'' choir of choice".<ref name=Hornsey>[http://www.hornseyjournal.co.uk/content/haringey/hornseyjournal/news/story.aspx?brand=HCEJOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newshcej&itemid=WeED06%20Jan%202010%2013%3A58%3A20%3A450 "How Crouch End Festival Chorus helped Doctor Who regenerate". ''Hornsey & Crouch End Journal''. 7 January 2010]</ref> Nevertheless, their first actual credit on anything related to ''Doctor Who'' wasn't until the [[Doctor Who - Original Soundtrack: Series 3|series 3 soundtrack]],<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/Murray-Gold-Doctor-Who-Original-Television-Soundtrack-Series-3/release/1267585 discogs.com detailed credits of the series 3 soundtrack]</ref> for which they provided chanting on the track "[[Evolution of the Daleks (song)|Evolution of the Daleks]]".<ref>[http://www.mfiles.co.uk/reviews/murray-gold-doctor-who-series-3.htm mfiles.co.uk review of series 3 soundtrack]</ref> | Although they gained notice in the [[BBC Wales]] version of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' at the time of the transition from [[David Tennant]] to [[Matt Smith]], the choir's association with [[Murray Gold]] stretches back to [[series 1 (Doctor Who)|series 1]] in which they provided operatic chanting for Gold's Dalek music. The choir's spokesperson, Duncan McAlpine, has called the CEFC "the ''Doctor Who'' choir of choice".<ref name=Hornsey>[http://www.hornseyjournal.co.uk/content/haringey/hornseyjournal/news/story.aspx?brand=HCEJOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newshcej&itemid=WeED06%20Jan%202010%2013%3A58%3A20%3A450 "How Crouch End Festival Chorus helped Doctor Who regenerate". ''Hornsey & Crouch End Journal''. 7 January 2010]</ref> Nevertheless, their first actual credit on anything related to ''Doctor Who'' wasn't until the [[Doctor Who - Original Soundtrack: Series 3|series 3 soundtrack]],<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/Murray-Gold-Doctor-Who-Original-Television-Soundtrack-Series-3/release/1267585 discogs.com detailed credits of the series 3 soundtrack]</ref> for which they provided chanting on the track "[[Evolution of the Daleks (song)|Evolution of the Daleks]]".<ref>[http://www.mfiles.co.uk/reviews/murray-gold-doctor-who-series-3.htm mfiles.co.uk review of series 3 soundtrack]</ref> | ||
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