Tuesday, 1 December 2020

Incredibly detailed, track-by-track analysis of the Doctor Who theme music

Picture of Delia Derbyshire, cocreator of the Doctor Who theme music

This web site does only one thing, but does it incredibly well: It offers a nuanced, track-by-track analysis of the Doctor Who theme music originally composed in 1963.

The writers here — Danny Stewart, Ian Stewart, and Josef Kenny — break down the musical score of each track, pointing out cool details I'd never noticed (like the fact that there are two separate bass tracks that form a nifty counterpoint with each other). — Read the rest