Been watching reruns of reruns of Dr Who lately, and one of 'em uses music to great effect. The Sound of Drums has a superb scene in some giant floating sky ship, where The Master, gleefully played by John Simm, brings legions of destructive, living metal spheres down on Earth, accompanied by this Elvis Costello penned song - albeit artfully cut to start with 'Here come the Drums'. Note the sample from 'Pump It Up'.
♫ Voodoo Child - Rogue Traders
Here Come The Drums (2005)
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Later on, having used a clever 'laser screwdriver' to age him by a hundred years, The Master taunts the Doctor to an excerpt from a Scissor Sisters tune, sounding far more up-tempo than it does here.
♫ I Can't Decide - Scissor Sisters
Ta Dah! (2006)
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It's a captivating & joyous use of music to improve a TV scene: if a picture paints a thousand words, then picture & sound combined must run into millions. Way greater than the sum of its parts, perhaps particularly the musical ones, which seem a bit tame in isolation.
♫ Voodoo Child - Rogue Traders
Here Come The Drums (2005)
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Later on, having used a clever 'laser screwdriver' to age him by a hundred years, The Master taunts the Doctor to an excerpt from a Scissor Sisters tune, sounding far more up-tempo than it does here.
♫ I Can't Decide - Scissor Sisters
Ta Dah! (2006)
buy
It's a captivating & joyous use of music to improve a TV scene: if a picture paints a thousand words, then picture & sound combined must run into millions. Way greater than the sum of its parts, perhaps particularly the musical ones, which seem a bit tame in isolation.
I watched some old school Doctor Who the other week - Jon Pertwee in The Sea Devils. The average age of the cast (glamorous sidekicks aside) must have been about 55. It was fantastic!
ReplyDeletelove it, although I find sometimes I can't watch 'em -not behind the sofa style, but just the clunkiness. Weird really, since mostly I greatly enjoy old stuff, fond memories n all, but Dr Who's often feel nowhere near as good as I thought, which is a great shame, & my loss, Ha!, thinking about that, I've a sudden desire to see 'Night Of The Demon' again, with the odd squeaking on the railway death scene, as if the demon was riding a rusty bicycle, scary despite that tho'.
ReplyDeletewoo hoo! - NOTD is on tonight - BBC2 02:20
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