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Doomsday

This begins with the constant repetition of a single note, like a ticking clock or a drum; but instead it’s high in pitch and frantic in tone. It’s almost expectant – you’re wondering when the music’s going to start and how the story’s going to end.

This moves into a soft, whispering vocal, but with the repetition of the same note still continuing in the background. To me, this represents how even with everything else happening within the story, there’s this ominous tone to it, culminating in the heartbreaking scene we see at the end. The vocals, which are just one voice (like much of the series’ OST) remind us of the lonely Doctor – with everything that’s happening between the Cybermen, the Daleks and the Tylers he’s stuck in between, forced to sort everything out alone, without the woman he loves.

Quite suddenly, a beat kicks in, which in my eyes signifies the war (read: pest control) happening in the episode. There’s still the single repetition of the note, and the vocals, which creates a medley of events which is represented in the story.

The piece goes almost entirely quiet halfway through, signifying the Tylers and Mickey crossing into the void. When the music starts up again, it’s harsher and the beat is more severe; creating a hysterical tone much like Rose’s once the void has closed.

When the vocals start again, to me it feels more dreamlike and eerie in contrast to the beat behind it. We end on a deflated fading out of the music, representing Rose fading out of the Doctor’s existence, and vice versa.

This is one of my favourite pieces from this series’ soundtrack, because it so perfectly represents the situation that the Doctor is in, all the while being very moody and working within the episode as well as when listening at home. Beautiful.

I’m going to start saving up for these beauties tomorrow! Plus, I’m starting to go to the gym and I need to go job hunting this upcoming week. 

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The Mad Man With A Box

This starts with a twisting, turning repetition of notes, representing the erratic, mad lifestyle of the Doctor. It has a wistful tone, though, with the soft voice carrying the tune along almost whisperingly. The notes tumble through, changing constantly, but seem sad in quality, perhaps signifying the Doctor’s hidden dark side which he barely conceals at times.

As the song progresses, a determined character shines through, which I believe is meant to show that though the Doctor is a madman, and has the blood of a million worlds in his hands, as well as his own people, his friends and people he never even met, he must soldier through his infinite life, because he has no other choice.

We end with a repetition of a low note, dark and ominous in tone, signifying the true, Amy’s Choice-esque dark side of the Doctor’s personality that we so rarely get to see.

(Personally, I think this represents the Doctor’s character and his disposition more than I Am The Doctor, because it shows the development of 11. It also, in my opinion, shows the differences between 10 and 11’s personalities, because this is so much more subtle and soft than 10’s more brash nature)

I think I fall a little in love with people when I catch them in small moments, when they think no one’s looking at them, when they absently twirl a strand of hair between their fingers, when they lick their thumb to turn a page in a book. There’s something beautiful about a person who is lost in a thought, or adjusting their shirt, or is scratching a phantom itch on their arm, or even someone who is looking at someone else like I am looking at them.

(Source: heathyr-wolfs-out, via victor-cruz)