NEW very much improved arrangement here:
http://youtu.be/OkTKUnmgB0U
An arrangement of the Eleventh Doctor's theme for two pianos - as composed by Murray Gold and orchestrated by Ben Foster.
The actual theme in its full orchestral glory, as performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, is available on the Series 5 soundtrack, released by Silva Screen Records on CD and for digital download:
UK:
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/doctor-who-series-5-soundtrack/id398687561
US:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/doctor-who-series-5/id416206947
Also be sure to check out the other arrangements, available in my channel (just click my username) and from the website linked from there (under "About TheOtherKaneda's Channel). Those include:
- Rose's Theme
- Donna's Theme
- Martha's Quest
- The Mad Man With a Box
- The Pandorica Suite
- The Doctor Forever
- Four Knocks
- All the Strange, Strange Creatures
- Come Along Pond
- With Love, Vincent
- a whole 20 minute suite of music for River Song
- and MANY more.
Used to have a list of links to each video here, but I always forgot to update it - not much point either, when the list is on the channel... right?
A FEW RULES (in case anybody bothers reading). The language here may sound a bit harsh. That's because I mean it
:
#1: I don't do requests. Ever. Yes, that goes for Vale Decem too. I have sketches for just about every piece since season 1, but they won't be released until I think they're decent. Some of them never will be, and requesting them won't speed up the process.
#2: I don't do requests. Not of single piano versions either. Or versions for ukulele. There's a reason for that, which is fully explained on my website. See above. Unlike requests for other pieces, I might consider them if I'm interested. But don't get your hopes up. It's random, and mostly I'll just ignore it.
#3: I don't do requests. Not of different media either. That is, if I haven't released a PDF of the sheet music on the website, I'm not going to do it by you asking for it. The same goes for MIDIs, MP3s, Sibelius scores or anything else. I have reasons for this too. No, I'm not going to list them.
#4: I hate discussions of this-Doctor-vs-that-Doctor or that-Companion-vs-this-Companion. That includes "I want [insert actor here] back". And I don't tolerate personal slights, whether against other commenters or actors. So don't start. This is one of the very few reasons I'll ever delete a comment from a video.
VERSION 2:
Well, it's stayed a pretty verbatim rendition of the orchestra version as heard at Doctor Who at the Proms 2010, with a few additions taken from the series, notably the bit at
01:47, but also some supporting voices. In other words, I'm not bothering much with this one anymore, so this is most likely the final version.
Improved a lot of dynamics; gave a bit more for each piano to do, made some thin chords less... well, thin; added some voicings and harmonies that hadn't been noticed in version 1. Also fixed a few glaring mistakes (not least the ending).
Yeah, it should really be 7/8 (most of it - notably excluding the bit starting at
3:52), whenever it says 7/4. Not a fan of all the crossbar ties that would add, even if this is a rather unconventional notation of the rhythm, which might confuse someone reading the sheet music without knowing the piece. I'll probably end up fixing the beams of quavers to reflect the rhythm somewhat more accurately.
Sheet music now available. See "About Me" in my channel for the link.