Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 2: New Beginnings 1970–1980 is the second in a series of compilations of BBC Radiophonic Workshop music from Doctor Who. The album collected various incidental music from the 1970s including, for the first time, the complete Malcolm Clarke score for the 1972 serial The Sea Devils, only the second scored completely by the Radiophonic Workshop. The compilation also featured a few of Dudley Simpson's compositions as realised by Brian Hodgson, some Delia Derbyshire music as featured in Inferno, two Peter Howell demos from 1979 and a selection of Dick Mills' sound effects from the era.
Track listing Track # Artist Track name Stories used in1Delia Derbyshire"Doctor Who (Opening Title Theme, 1970)"various2Brian Hodgson"TARDIS Control On & Warp Transfer"Inferno3Delia Derbyshire"Blue Veils & Golden Sands"4Delia Derbyshire"The Delian Mode"5Brian Hodgson"The Master's Theme" (composed by Dudley Simpson)The Mind of Evil6"Dover Castle" (composed by Dudley Simpson)7"Keller Machine Appears / Vanishes"8"Keller Machine Theme" (composed by Dudley Simpson)9"Brain Centre Atmosphere"The Claws of Axos10"The Axons Approach" (composed by Dudley Simpson)11"TARDIS Lands"12Delia Derbyshire"Doctor Who (Closing Title Theme, 1970)"various13Malcolm Clarke"The Prison"The Sea Devils14"The Master"15"The Naval Base"16"The Sea Fort"17"Stranded"18"The Sea Devil"19"The Master at Large"20"Air-Conditioning Problem"21"Duel"22"The Master's Plan"23"The Submarine"24"Jo Frees the Doctor"25"Rock Bottom"26"The Beach"27"The Minefield"28"Devil Underwater"29"The Doctor and Jo on the Run"30"The Sea Devils Take the Prison"31"The Diving-Bell"32"Mr Walker's War"33"Torpedo"34"Attack in Force"35"Ventilation Shaft"36"Sea Chase"37"Escape"38Delia Derbyshire"Doctor Who (Stereo Version, 1972)" single release39Delia Derbyshire & Brian Hodgson with Paddy Kingsland"Doctor Who (Delaware Version, 1972)" 40Dick Mills"Aggedor's Temple Atmosphere, Peladon"The Monster of Peladon (sound effects)41"Metebelis III Atmosphere"Planet of the Spiders (sound effects)42"Nerva Beacon Infrastructure & T-Mat Couch"The Ark in Space (sound effects)43"The Planet Karn"The Brain of Morbius (sound effects)44"The Shrine of the Sisterhood of Karn"45"The Mandragora Helix"The Masque of Mandragora (sound effects)46"Nova Device Countdown & Explosion"Destiny of the Daleks (sound effects)47Peter Howell"Demo 1"1979 demos for The Horns of Nimon48"Demo 2"49"Doctor Who (New Theme, 1980)"variousSource:
Reception In his review for Notes, Louis Niebur wrote that "the second volume, with the inclusion of Malcolm Clarke's The Sea Devils score, as well as selections from three other stories ... contrasted to Clarke's anarchic score, Dudley Simpson's music for The Mind of Evil and The Claws of Axos show what happens when the synthesizer is treated as just another orchestral instrument. Simpson was to become the primary composer for the program throughout the 1970s, but his decision in the early 1970s to 'perform' his music entirely on the EMS VCS3, leads on this recording to some hilariously dated sounds, a frequent problem with early analog synthesizer music, and his are among the least successful tracks on this CD. By 1972, Simpson had begun composing for traditional instruments in combination with electronics provided by Brian Hodgson and Dick Mills of the Radiophonic Workshop, an arrangement that lasted nearly seven years. At the end of the decade the Doctor Who production team was looking to change the sound of the program again and asked if the Radiophonic Workshop could start providing them with entirely electronic scores on a full time basis."
See also
Music from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop List of Doctor Who music releases
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