Doctor Who, Vol. 4: Meglos And Full Circle [Soundtrack]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 11, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: BBC Legends
• ASIN: B000063KJF
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #505,996 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Doctor Who: Opening Theme - Peter Howell

2. Burnout On Walkway 9 - Paddy Kingsland

3. The Deons - Paddy Kingsland

4. K9 Repaired - Paddy Kingsland

5. The Screens Of Zolpha-Thura - Paddy Kingsland

6. The Last Zolpha-Thuran - Paddy Kingsland

7. Chronic Hysteresis - Paddy Kingsland

8. To Tigella - Peter Howell

9. The Deon Oath - Peter Howell

10. The Power Room - Peter Howell

11. The Bell Plants - Peter Howell

12. Meglos - Peter Howell

13. 'She's Seen Too Much!' - Peter Howell

14. The Dodecahedron - Peter Howell

15. The Ultimate Impossibility - Peter Howell

16. The Deons Take Command - Peter Howell

17. Earthling - Peter Howell

18. Sacrifice - Peter Howell

19. Other Lives To Save - Peter Howell

20. Countdown - Peter Howell

See all 46 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You'll never hear music like this on TV again, July 25, 2002

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Black Cat de La Bear "see that dark shape o'r... (those dark halls) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Doctor Who, Vol. 4: Meglos And Full Circle (Audio CD)

This is exceptional music from an exceptional era in Dr. Who, Season 18. The most unusual stories, the best sets, the most spectacuar special fx(for Dr. Who), Tom Baker, the most original and unusual Dr. Who, and Romana, the most intelligent of compaignions to boot. And of course the futuristic music from this CD. Meglos is much like Leisure Hive(see reveiw), Futuristic. Full Circle has a more mysterious feel, much like State of Decay and Warrior's Gate(Hopefully will be released also!) With haunting and sometimes sinister melodies. like 'Mistfall' or 'The Giants Leave the Swamp' or 'Spiders 1&2'. 'Adric finds the TARDIS' is also very haunting.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More 80's gold., December 13, 2004

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Joel Henderson (Portland, OR United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Doctor Who, Vol. 4: Meglos And Full Circle (Audio CD)

Following up directly on the heels of The Leisure Hive, DWATBRW: Volume 4 contains two previously unreleased scores: Meglos and Full Circle. Meglos is a mostly forgetable story featuring an alien cactus's plot to harness the energy of Ty, while Full Circle deals with a genetic puzzle between the races on a swamp plannet.

Meglos's score is a bit of a mixed bag considering two composers worked on it (the only time this ever happened in Doctor Who). Part One's music was written by Paddy Kingsland, whose most famous work up to that point was The Hitchiker's Guide to The Galaxy. Peter Howell takes over from Part Two on, but Howell's style (voltage control, punctured by rhythmic shifts) doesn't go very well with Kingsland's {accoustic, with leitmotifs).

Full Circle is purely the work of Kingsland and features all the trademarks of his work for the show. Melodic passages permeate the piece, giving it a dreamy fealing. Action pieces are rousing without being bombastic. The synthisizers are completely different (Oberheim OBX over Howell's beloved Yamaha)and add a more fluttery sound to music.

Terrific stuff, now let's get Earthshock out on cd!