Monster Zero x SciFi Japan - Archive Only

Well, this is tough. I don't know if I can vote for just one, but I can share my opinions on them all:

Delia Derbyshire Version
Well, it's the classic, isn't it? It set the benchmark. Can't argue with the Derbyshire Version.

Peter Howell Version
I liked this one. The use of the electric guitar was an odd but good touch. Brought the Doctor firmly into the Eighties. Didn't they use that title sequence for Tom Baker's last season? I always thought it was exclusive to the Davison and Colin Baker eras, but I vaguely remember seeing a video store playing a Doctor Who episode (might have been Logopolis, not sure), and I thought I saw Tom Baker's face in that sequence.

Dominic Glynn Version
I liked this one too, except the synth-brass use did let it down. The bass use for the 'diddly-dum' (I have no idea about music, can you tell?) was good, though.

Keff McCulloch Version
Lot of square wave in this one for the main melody. The vaguely Edwardian-guitar sound was nice. I think I can add it to my favourite lists.

TV Movie Version
It sucked. Should'a used a proper orchestra. Then it might have been better.

David Arnold Version
This is a good one. Got a nice trance style to it. When I first heard David Arnold did the Doctor Who theme, I was kinda expecting it to be something like his theme for the remake of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), but hearing it was a nice surprise. Brings a mystique to it.

Murray Gold Version
Good stuff. Bit abrupt in ending, but I think that's what the TV movie theme should have been like. Plus he samples the Derbyshire Version, which was a good touch.

uhhhhr liked the original the best. Liked Howells. Hated the version during the Mccoy era, and especially the tv movie one.

IIRC, Ron Granier wrote/composed the opening theme, but it was Delia Derbyshire and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop that arranged and recorded it. I don't recall how much of a collaborative process it was. Yes, same Ron Grainer that did "The Prisoner". Incidental music for that first episode was by Norman Kay.

Have to put the Derbyshire version first. A few weeks ago I probably would have put Howell in second place, but this Murray Gold version has really grown on me, especially the way it's used in the previews. I really can't wait for a real hi-quality CD or file of the full thing.

I'm really not fond of Gold's incidental music, though. It always comes off sounding a bit.... cheap, I guess.

Err what is Incidental Music?