Just in time for Halloween, YouTube user GeorgeCMusic explores how the Doctor Who theme might sound if legendary horror director and composer John Carpenter took a shot at it. He commented: “Continuing my loose series of “What If”s, here’s how I imagine John Carpenter (in association with Alan Howarth, circa 1981) might have done a Doctor Who theme. Synths … >
John Williams is a name that is truly ubiquitous when discussing film music; especially when discussing iconic film music. Last night London’s Royal Festival Hall played host to The Best of John Williams in concert. A man who is arguably a legend in his own time, Williams is responsible for so many instantly recognisable movie … >
Fabio Frizzi returns to Chills in the Chapel in London later this month. Three years since his last sell out appearance at Union Chapel, Frizzi is back on Saturday 29 October with a show that will include new orchestrations of his scores for cult films by Lucio Fulci. For the first time he’ll also explore his work outside of his … >
Sci-fi fans can see some of the most iconic movie themes of all time performed live by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra in London next summer. Featuring “a voyage through a galaxy of favourite music from deep space and beyond”, with lights, lasers and fireworks, the Space Spectacular comes to London’s Royal Albert Hall from 16 to 17 June … >
Birmingham will host a special show of classical music, dazzling lasers and special effects this winter. Following two sell-out performances in 2015, Spectacular Classics 2016 comes to Birmingham’s Symphony Hall on Saturday 12 November, with shows at 2.30pm and 7.30pm. Buy tickets now here. The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and City of Birmingham Choir will perform a number of iconic pieces, including … >
BBC Worldwide has sold over 1,000 copyrights to music from a number of hit TV shows, including Doctor Who. As well as Murray Gold’s Doctor Who score, the new deal sees music company BMG acquire the rights to theme tunes and music from the likes of Wolf Hall, Luther, Mrs Brown’s Boys and Frozen Planet. BMG’s roster features David Bowie, … >
Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi wants to get the middle eight back in the show’s theme tune. A middle eight is a short section (typically of eight bars) in the middle of a conventionally structured song, generally of a different character from the other parts of the song. The current shortened version of the Doctor Who … >
Murray Gold has discussed the planned Queer as Folk musical and why it never happened. Gold, who has scored the music for Doctor Who since Russell T Davies brought the show back in 2005, wrote the music for Queer as Folk. Channel 4’s groundbreaking LGBT series ran for two seasons in 1999 and 2000, launching the careers of Aidan Gillen … >
The British public have named their biggest festival annoyances in a new survey by electrical retailer AO.com. It turns out that nearly two thirds of UK music fans actually prefer to watch their festivals on television at home rather than in person! This year’s Glastonbury festival saw Adele and Coldplay wow audiences in Somerset last month, despite the event having “the … >
Can you think of a better way to distract yourself from a Monday morning than watching John Barrowman performing the ‘Single Ladies’ dance routine? Let us know in the comments below if there is, but in the meantime here you go… The new season of Doctor Who began filming last week and will air on BBC One in spring … >