Doctor Who - Ghost Light

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Doctor Who - Ghost Light
Original TV Soundtrack. Music by Mark Ayres

[ Silva Screen / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 16 August 2013

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Originally released on Silva Screen Records in 1993, in this new version Ghost Light is freshly re-mastered from the original analogue stereo master tapes with consecutive cues combined into longer tracks. Also included are additional tracks previously omitted and the complete initial "demo" version of the music for Part One. The album presents the score in story order.

Though the score features small themes and motifs, the musical narrative relies on "sounds" rather than "themes". The composer juxtaposes the tender sound of strings, harp, clarinet with native drums and unearthly sounds of pipes, distorted gong, organ and choir.

Ghost Light was the final production of the series' original 26-year run.

A television composer best known for scoring the original series of Dr Who, Mark Ayres's work encompasses the era of Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor and includes scores for The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Ghost Light, and The Curse of Fenric. Ayres was also part of BBC's unofficial Doctor Who Restoration Team and has done much of audio restoration from the later VHS Doctor Who releases.

"GHOST LIGHT demonstrates that the dying days of the CLASSIC SERIES could still deliver a level of music excellence and professionalism"
eyeofhorus.org.uk 8/10

Tracks:

Ron Grainer - Doctor Who (Opening Theme)
Mark Ayres - The Madhouse
Mark Ayres - Redvers, I Presume?
Mark Ayres - Uncharted Territory
Mark Ayres - Heart of the Interior
Mark Ayres - Gwendoline
Mark Ayres - The Fang of a Cave Bear
Mark Ayres - Enter Josiah
Mark Ayres - Indoor Lightning
Mark Ayres - Nimrod Observed
Mark Ayres - Time to Emerge
Mark Ayres - Burnt Toast
Mark Ayres - Ace's Adventures Underground
Mark Ayres - Where Is Mamma?
Mark Ayres - Loss of Control
Mark Ayres - The Way to the Zoo
Mark Ayres - The Hungry Inspector
Mark Ayres - The Memory Teller
Mark Ayres - Lighting the Touchpaper
Mark Ayres - Homo Victorianus Ineptus
Mark Ayres - Out of the Shadows
Mark Ayres - Light Enlightened
Mark Ayres - Tropic of Perivale
Mark Ayres - Tricks of the Light
Mark Ayres - Judgement In Stone
Mark Ayres - Requiem
Mark Ayres - Passing Thoughts
Ron Grainer - Doctor Who (Closing Theme)
Mark Ayres - The Madhouse (Alternative)
Mark Ayres - Redvers, I Presume? (Alternative)
Mark Ayres - Uncharted Territory (Alternative)
Mark Ayres - Heart of the Interior (Alternative)
Mark Ayres - Gwendoline (Alternative)
Mark Ayres - The Fang of a Cave Bear (Alternative)
Mark Ayres - Enter Josiah (Alternative)
Mark Ayres - Indoor Lightning (Alternative)
Mark Ayres - Nimrod Observed (Alternative)
Mark Ayres - Time to Emerge (Alternative)
Mark Ayres - Burnt Toast (Alternative)
Mark Ayres - Ace's Adventures Underground (Alternative)