Writer Who.

A concise argument in favour of Murray Gold.

During my many google searches to try (in vain) to find out whether Murray Gold’s The End of Time soundtrack is available yet, I came across quite a few damning reviews of Gold’s New Who music. Why?! Why I ask you! In my view, he is just brilliant. Maybe it’s because I love the show, and have no desire to let anythingruin that, and always let myself just get swept along with the whole thing, but I don’t see what on earth these people are on about. Some are complaining that his music is too “over the top” and “crash-bang-wallop”ing, but isn’t that the whole point of Doctor Who? It’s sci-fi. It’s an amazing sci-fi hero fighting huge, scary, magical, mythical, dangerous monsters and aliens. What isn’t over the top about that?! If the music was all pathetic upper strings and tootling flutes people would surely complain. Don’t these mind-blowing monsters deserve the big crash-bang-wallops of Murray Gold’s soundtrack? Another point brought up on plenty sites is that the sound levels are often bodged to make the music too loud. Well basically, that’s not in any way Murray’s fault. Full stop.

He’s wonderful and he makes the show wonderful. What would it be without him? Dare I say, a little boring? It’s the music that make half the tension, the emotion, the danger, the love, the story. Pieces like Rose’s Theme and Doomsday are what make me cry for Rose, and the music that plays while the 10th Doctor revisits all his companions one last time in The End of Time Part 2 is just bloody amazing. I can’t even remember how it goes, but I know I cried more than ever before in those scenes, and that’s so almost completely down to the music.

That’s why I’m Team Gold, and will continue to be, I expect, into Series 5. Now, anyone know when this 2009/10 Specials music can be mine?!