Things.

doctorwhoost:

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.

niallspolos452:

I have been listening to this on repeat as loud as it goes for hours now….

      It makes everything you do while listening to it sound like the most vital thing in the world.

Vielleicht sollte ich das im Hintergrund hören während ich lerne?! Hat was…;-)