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The Restoration of Dr Who
Completely remastered and rebuilt using the original HQ multitrack layers. No cover instruments this time.
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Originally, the finished mix included a build-up at the beginning of white-noise and the first notes of the bassline heavily processed.
But it was later decided when pairing it with the titles that it was simply too long to wait for the theme tune to start.
This noise ended up being cut down and put right at the end just before the explosion.
The original master was also slightly longer towards the end, and we know this because of the remasters by Mark Ayres which include these sections.
This remix aims to be as close as possible to what we would have heard had the original master not been cut down, and if it were remastered by Mark Ayres without any further editing.
Visuals kindly put together by RedMakesMusic
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©️BBC RWS 1963 Delia Derbyshire. Dick Mills. Brian Hodgson. Ron Grainer. 1980 Peter Howell.
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©️BBC RWS 1963 Delia Derbyshire. Dick Mills. Brian Hodgson. Ron Grainer.
Theme originally created by Loan Morris.
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The end goal was a little unclear this time around but I eventually got there, and I think this rendition I’ve put together is particularly unique.
In loving memory of Raymond my Pop (Grandpa), who passed away early June.
Cover art work kindly created and supplied by ThinkMotion
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©️BBC RWS 1963. Delia Derbyshire. Dick Mills. Brian Hodgson. Ron Grainer.
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Thought I would share its current status, to see what people think of it and wether or not there’s enough interest for me to follow through with creating a full version.
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©️BBC RWS 1963. Delia Derbyshire. Dick Mills. Brian Hodgson. Ron Grainer.
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I originally wasn’t going to publish this, it’s sat unlisted now for 4 months.
But coming back to it, there isn’t much more I would probably do with this, that and now it would be too much of a pain to dig up the old track layout as I’m having quite a bit of trouble with mixing lately.
So, as it is, here’s a Howell remix of the unused Edge Of Time VR game theme.
5/4/22
Would like to clarify that yes, I didn’t make cover art for this, or get anyone to make me one for that matter.
I’m not sure I’ll ever revisit this, and thought it may just be better to at least let everyone hear it, even if that means leaving the video completely black.
Because let’s face it, no offence to anyone who’s made art for me, it isn’t exactly the MOST important thing of the upload.
©️BBC RWS 1963 Delia Derbyshire. Dick Mills. Brian Hodgson. Ron Grainer. 1980 Peter Howell.
©️2019 Richard Wilkinson. Tristan Noon. Deryl Cullen. FAME’s Orchestra.
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©️BBC RWS 1963 Delia Derbyshire. Dick Mills. Brian Hodgson. Ron Grainer. 1987 Keff McCulloch.
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Completely off the top of my head instrumental cover of Sugar Man by Rodriguez.
Live guitar, and live bass on Minimoog, mixed & edited along with other stuff in GarageBand.
©️1970 Sixto Rodriguez
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Material used in collaboration with the Doctor Who Theme Remix Society.
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RedMakesMusic
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©️BBC RWS 1963 Delia Derbyshire. Dick Mills. Brian Hodgson. Ron Grainer. 1980 Peter Howell.
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Artwork: TheRebelOfTime
©️BBC RWS 1963. Delia Derbyshire. Dick Mills. Brian Hodgson. Ron Grainer.
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If you want to use this, just simply credit me in the description of your video.
©️BBC RWS. Delia Derbyshire. Dick Mills. Brian Hodgson. Ron Grainer.
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This has become well rounded enough for me to consider this a success.
I don’t see any reason to continue recording new versions from this point on.
The layers in this version were recorded at the end of last month, the bass naked on the 27th and bass lurch on the 31st, and the majority of the mixing and editing was done just recently.
I managed to eventually get the heartbeat emphasis in there in the end, but it is very deep in the mix and is only there to add the smallest amount of kick to the bassline in a set-up where sub-frequencies are important.
To top it all off I put some tape hiss in there to keep that analogue feel overall.
The main drive behind this has always been that it’s a hobby of mine, and that I would gain a great amount of gratification if I could pull something like this off, and actually capture that Howell sound.
But I’ve realised the by-product of this is that it now provides people with an accurate and authentic recreation of this particular bassline, for those who may not be as fortunate to own the actual original.
A lot of time and dedication has gone into this.
If you want to use this I’m happy to let people do that, as long as they’re providing the appropriate acknowledgment to me being the one who created it.
©️BBC RWS 1963-1980. Peter Howell. Delia Derbyshire. Brian Hodgeson. Ron Grainer.
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This does exist as an actual original mix but is lesser known.
It has strange and messy cuts, as well as inconsistent effects on the melodies which is what makes it attractive to me.
All created from the ground up using the original mix as a direct reference for all the timing and editing.
©️BBC RWS 1963. Delia Derbyshire. Dick Mills. Brian Hodgson. Ron Grainer.
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On that note, it would be interesting to hear if anyone would like a longer, more “full” version of this.
If enough people want that, I may take it upon myself to do it.
And even though I’m slightly late, happy 58th Anniversary to Doctor Who.
©️BBC RWS. Delia Derbyshire. Dick Mills. Brian Hodgson. Ron Grainer.
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This rebuild is almost perfectly synced in its entirety to the original mix put together by the Radiophonic Workshop, as their first effort to extend the Doctor Who theme into a full track from the shorter original mix which only went to the end of the first bridge, to become 2 minutes and 22 seconds in length.
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Tried my best to make it sound a bit more like the full 2005 theme, and perhaps a unique mix in its own respect.
©️TRofDW Remixes & Remasters 2021. Written by Ron Grainer. Realised by Delia Derbyshire & Dick Mills of the Radiophonic Workshop 1963. Sig Tune rendition BBC National Orchestra of Whales. Murray Gold.
It was the first major “remix” I’d actually ever done, and it later inspired a lot of my other works.
3 years ago I attempted to redo this to basically try and make it sound better.
I still wasn’t happy with it, and I feel that now is the perfect time to revisit it as I feel much more capable of creating the sound I originally wanted.
I really hope that this has perfected what people once thought was already perfect.
I couldn’t be happier to have the ability to come back and improve on these pieces.
57 uploads since the original remix in 2015, this is the best it’ll ever get.
Probably.
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I’m happy for people to use this, with the necessary credits of course.
It’s quite a nice bassline and I personally feel it’s deserved the title as a recreation. Whilst I’m always improving it, I think it’s now gotten to the stage where it’s good enough for people to use, so I hope you all enjoy it.
If you do want to use this recreation, please ask before hand so I can keep track of those who use it.
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This mix is as faithful and authentic to Delia Derbyshire’s original as I could make it, which didn’t have any white noise swells in the opening.
It rectifies the issues present in Mark Ayres’s 2002 and 2006 remasters, which includes missing swoops and unnecessary stereo effects.
©️TRofDW Remixes and Remasters 2021. Delia Derbyshire, Dick Mills and Ron Grainer of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Now imagine that’s the complex sound for the bassline that Peter Howell put together.
Take another piece of paper and try tearing it in the EXACT same way so that all the tiny pieces look exactly the same as the ones in the old pile. Sounds impossible? Well, it almost is. But if you sit there long enough, for hours or days on end, you might just be able to make that second pile look extremely close to the old one.
Now pour water on the old pile and sprinkle some dirt on it, those are the filters and other layers for the bassline on top of it.
Pour water and sprinkle dirt over the second pile, if you didn’t tear it the same way or into pieces as small, it’ll look different when wet and the texture the dirt creates will look different.
That’s what it’s like trying to remake something as complex as the bassline Peter Howell made.
For my new bassline, my main source of reference was exclusively a raw unfiltered unedited segment that reveals in full what the CS-80 would have been producing when he recorded the bassline live. From there, once you’ve taken the time to get that almost perfect, the layers that come after will build up the full sound, but if any aspects of the raw sound are different, the full edited sound will be off.
The raw unfiltered bassline naked has helped me out so much, and let me hear certain things that might get lost in the full mix otherwise.
Long story short, I spent a very long time totally re-doing this sound on the ME80, and played it completely live as close as possible to how Howell would have done it. The other new parts are the brass which I did on the ME80. All other parts are place holders, ESPECIALLY the original vocoder which there’s no way in hell I’ll ever get around to doing. They’re here simply to fill in the holes. Although, I’m still missing a couple things that I will eventually get around to, including the sine wobble, no idea how I’d do the match strike SFX tracks though....
Very special thanks to Simon Bowser for the sting recreation demo.
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I also managed to max out the limit of tracks that GarageBand allows for, which is 32, with countless separate layers of samples within each track.
I did stall for a while, and kept getting stuck on certain parts (I call it remixers block) but eventually got an end product I’m happy with.
The soul of this project, I feel, was to be as creative as possible using mainly just the material Howell made, with smaller additions of my own whilst trying to keep it all in the same style and feeling.
Personally I feel it came together really well, and I certainly hope others feel the same as I do!
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This mix is still in the works, but for the time being I’m happy to present to you most of its current state as a little preview. It’s something new, something a little different and it’s taking me very long to make it.
Please enjoy.
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There are many levels of detail that need to be taken into consideration, and if any are overlooked or not paid attention to, the end product will definitely feel like it’s missing something.
Who knows how long Howell spent messing around with the CS-80, making fine adjustments to all the settings that without seeing how he had it set up, we have to do absolutely everything by ear.
Whilst what I have here, as well as a few other basic demo layers to accompany the bassline, still don’t sound exactly the same, I believe it can’t get an awful lot better for the sound of the bassline.
It’s simply impossible to reach the exact same sound as a real CS-80 for something like this, and even with a real CS-80 it would be just as difficult to get all the settings to create the exact same sound Peter Howell made, CS-80s were very temperamental and since they were entirely analogue even two identical CS-80s sounded just a bit different from each other.
The middle 8s in particular are just there as sort of filler material as they aren’t really worth being called recreations, and the brass sections aren’t amazing either.
Bassline Naked was done in one take live to 140 bpm in FL Studio using the ME-80 VST.
Everything else was done on my iPad including the Bassline Lurch on the MiniMoog, again live, as well as the melody sine on the MiniMoog as well.
All vocoder sections have been left out as I can’t recreate them close enough and they’d just be distracting. No MIDIs were used for any of the layers, everything was recorded live.
I am likely to redo the bassline many times and may upload another version in the future.
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©️Delia Derbyshire, Ron Grainer 1963. Peter Howell and The Radiophonic Workshop 1980. All rights owned by BBC and The Radiophonic Workshop. TRODW Remixes and Remasters 2020.
©️Delia Derbyshire, Ron Grainer 1963. Peter Howell and The Radiophonic Workshop 1980. All rights owned by BBC and The Radiophonic Workshop. TRODW Remixes and Remasters 2020.
If you look up and hope, the stars will guide you.
View on our website at the Doctor Who Theme Library:
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©️ Ron Grainer - Delia Derbyshire 1963. TRODW Theme Remixes and Remasters 2020
The cover art I made used a base TARDIS/Space image by: Some VFX Guy youtube.com/c/SomeVFXGuy
©️BBC Radiophonic Workshop 1963 - 1980. Steve Titford. TRODW Remixes 2020.
2,000 people having subscribed to my channel is kinda crazy to think about, for me at least. I’m so glad I’ve brought so many like minded people together to enjoy something mutually, especially during the toughest times I think most of us have lived to see.
I’m truly thankful for the past few years on here, and that I still manage to bring in new people. Without realising it I’ve accomplished so much that I dreamt about when I started all of this, and to this day I’m still improving and getting closer to my goal.
Thank you all once again, and take care of yourselves.
©️TRODW Remixes and Remasters 2020. ©️BBC WORLDWIDE - Delia Derbyshire, Ron Grainer 1963. Peter Howell 1979-1980. ©️Doctor Who and the RadiophonicWorkshop.
©️TRODW Remixes and Remasters 2020 ©️BBC RadiophonicWorkshop Peter Howell 1980 Delia Derbyshireshire Ron Grainer 1963
©️TRODW Remixes and Restorations 2020 - ©️Peter Howell and the RadiophonicWorkshop 1980
Credit to - The Timeless Nerd - for HQ Tennant titles cover.
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Main layers provided by Simon Bowser. Mixed by myself, Including a special little Easter egg.
©️2020 TRODW. 1963 Delia Derbyshire. Ron Grainer. BBC WORLDWIDE.
Thanks to Thinkmotion Studios for providing me with those.
©️TRODW 2020. Dalekium. BBC WORLDWIDE.
This is the piece I’ve been working on for a couple weeks now, and during its progress I came to the idea of it being a rendition for the Ruth Doctor.
I’m sure there’s others that have made their own version for her Doctor, but this takes no inspiration from theirs. It’s done totally fresh and purely from my head. I’m rather proud of it, and if anyone would like a video discussing this mix also I’d be glad to make one outlining the layers and what not.
Thanks again and remember, staying at home saves lives.
©️TRODW 2020. HardWire. BBC WORLDWIDE, Delia Derbyshire, Ron Grainer, Dominic Glynn.
I recently achieved fantastic Glynn samples using the 5.1, which Dominic Glynn himself approves of.
This was a fun little mix to make, and I’m sure you’ll all enjoy it as part of my recent remixes and creations.
©️TRODW 2020. BBC WORLDWIDE, Delia Derbyshire, Ron Grainer, Dominic Glynn.
Yes, I know I’m supposed to be gone, but it HAS been 8 months. I couldn’t help but do this one more time. I’ve been wanting to upload a new Howell remix since early last year, since my last update on this remix was 2018. This is totally rebuilt on GarageBand as per usual, some new samples here and there and overall better techniques. (Yes I’ve reused my old cover, I just really like it).
Though like I said, don’t expect this to be a regular thing, I just happened to have these finished very close to each other. I don’t plan on uploading many more things but I’m sure I will at some stage.
Thanks again for enjoying all my work.
Material credit: The Doctor Who Theme Library.
©️TRODW 2020. BBC WORLDWIDE, Delia Derbyshire, Ron Grainer, Peter Howell.
And this is a cover, not a remix (just to clarify 😉).
I have a small amount of other things in the works 🤫🤭 maybe, though I am in no rush to complete them.
I just hope you guys enjoy this, as I’m sure you all know I’m not a frequent uploader anymore.
©️TRODW 2020. BBC WHALES, Delia Derbyshire, Ron Grainer.
So sit back and enjoy as you listen to 56 years of themes in the making, all within the short span of 13 minutes.
Video credit: Thinkmotion Studios YT
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HQ Theme Source: Beevers_Master YT
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Theme Mix Created By The Restoration Of Dr Who 2019.
Themes are copyright of BBC Wales 1963-2019
Written by Ron Grainer. Realised by Delia Derbyshire. Dick Mills 1963. Peter Howell 1980. Dominic Glynn 1984. Keff McCulloch 1987. John Debney 1996. Murray Gold 2005-2017. Segun Akinola 2018~
This is a collaboration piece which includes the works of Myself, Simon Bowser, Nate and the inspirational ideas of my subscribers to come together and create a final product which I believe defines the soul of what my channel is about.
I thank everyone involved especially those directly involved for making this so much more amazing. Without them this would be practically impossible.
You, as my subscribers should hold yourself responsible for such awesomeness.
Once again, Thank you all.
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Doctor Who and its associated materials all belong to the BBC and BBC Studios.
Copyright: Ron Grainer - Delia Derbyshire 1963 BBC studios. Peter Howell 1980 Doctor Who Theme, Dominic Glynn 1986 Doctor Who Theme, Keff McCulloch 1987 Doctor Who Theme.
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Honorable mentions: Simon Bowser (most audio material) , BeeversMaster (some audio/visual material).
This piece of work in particular has taken me the longest to put together. With midi tracks being created on both my Mac and iPad, and a little (sarcasm) sprinkle of samples over top. My Mac died a while ago (well the hard drive corrupted and needs fixing) I managed to get an export of my midi stuff before it died and continued my work on my iPad.
This is the first time I’ve really gone into the world of Gold styled stuff, meaning like real sounding instruments including violins and trumpets. I’ve stayed away from them mostly since I really wasn’t confident with them, but here I am and might I say this sounds fantastic (of course it does to me I made it haha).
In short I just hope you guys enjoy this as much as I do and keep up the long winded support you’ve all given me.
Thanks again and I hope to start work on something else very soon, this has been long awaited for me to upload!
Credit to Benjamin Stewart for providing me with a wonderfully edited cover for this mix.
Like always, thanks to my Canadian friend Simon for providing me with some of the best ever samples I’ve heard in my life.
©️1963 - 1980 - 1986 - 1996 Delia Derbyshire, Dick Mills, Ron Grainer, Peter Howell, Dominic Glynn, John Debny.
©️ 2018 Remix and mastering pieces by Joel Schelfhout of The Restoration of Dr Who.
I think this turned out rather well.
I am currently finishing a mix I’ve been working on for a few months that I’m excited to share with you guys, so soon I will be ready to upload that!
Here’s a link to the original theme remix that I’ve redone here.
youtu.be/8gePpT4F7ZU
Thanks a lot guys for checking this out, hope you enjoyed it as much as I did!
Samples are not viable for distribution by me or any other persons who may own the copyrighted materials.
Credit to Jack Guidera for the wonderfully accurate Keff Bassline
(If he wants it out there, he’ll put it out there. Don’t nag him)
I DO NOT TAKE CREDIT FOR SAMPLES USED, MERELY THE REMIXED EXPERIENCE OF THE SAMPLES COMBINED IN A UNIQUE WAY TO PRESENT THE THEME IN A NEW LIGHT
©️1963 - Delia Derbyshire, Ron Grainer, Dick Mills
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Don't worry though, it's intentional. My last Howell remix didn't seem to live up to my own expectations, and a few months allowed me to figure out how to make it sound less messy. Since my last remix I've actually acquired a few more samples allowing me to mix it much more accurately to Howells original. I plan to stay away from generic remixes for a while, and I hope to start doing much more creative work soon. This is just to let you know I'm still here 😉
Samples are privately archived and won't be shared. Simon Bowser isolated and constructed a large sum of the samples. Despite this he doesn't have rights to share them as they are copyrighted. Please DO NOT ask for them as we've been told explicitly not to share them. We apologize for the inconvenience this may have had on people who were hoping to receive samples from us.
Inspiration for cover - Simon Bowser.
I DO NOT CLAIM THIS TO BE MY OWN WORK, I MERELY RECONSTRUCTED HOME BREW ISOLATIONS TO CREATE A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE. ALL RIGHTS GO TO THE ORIGINAL CREATORS - Ron Grainer, Delia Derbyshire, Paddy Kingsland, Peter Howell.
© Peter Howell 1980 - BBC DOCTOR WHO 1963
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Each year I get better at my remixing and the Howell theme shows this the best. You could almost say this title sequence is Christmassy couldn't you?
If you compare this to my previous remix, there are plenty changes and fixes. This theme is just too lovely and I can't help myself when it comes to remixing it!
If I hit 800, what do you guys suggest I do for it?
Again, I hope you guys enjoy this, and despite the fact I said my last upload would probably be the last for this year, rule #1 The Doctor lies!
I do not own the copyright for any of the samples used, I merely put them together for a better experience.
©1980 Peter Howell ©1963 Delia Derbyshire ©1963 Dick Mills ©1963 Ron Grainer ©BBC WORLDWIDE
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Haven't done much with the Glynn theme, so I thought I'd do the opening and closing versions. These use some new samples and redone equalization of the samples.
If anyone wants me to do this for the Howell theme as well, let me know.
Other than that, I hope you enjoy this one as it's probably the last upload for this year! Happy Christmas everyone.
Samples are currently under dispute.
© Dominic Glynn - 1986 | 2009
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This one I want you all to enjoy because I've made sure that it's just like you remember with the original I made around a year ago!
Things have changed and that's partly because GarageBand has changed and just because I wanted it to differ from the last version in subtle ways.
It's got that awesome bassline kick at the start that wasn't there in the original.
All samples are newer versions of that used in the last remix to enhance the listening experience.
I've completely reworked this entire remix so nothing is lazily copied over structure wise from the original.
Please comment if you enjoy this and if you like that I brought this remix back :)
Like always, all samples are private and will NOT be shared under any circumstance to anyone in the public domain. Sorry for the inconvenience.
©1963 Delia Derbyshire | 1980 Peter Howell
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