30 Days of Nu-Who: Day 29

[annissamazing]

Day 29 - Favorite Music/Song



I've been looking forward to posting this since I started this meme because I love this song so much. It's not just one of my favorite Doctor Who songs. It's actually one of my all-time favorite songs. I frequently listen to it in my car. It's beautiful and evocative. You can almost picture silver-leaved trees and deep red grass.

I love the thrumming drumbeat through the song. It's reminiscent of a heartbeat and gives the song a feeling of life.

It has this sort of melancholic feel to it which morphs into a triumphant sound before dropping back into something a little more sober. And, finally, reprising the bit from the beginning, it ends on an exciting, scary sort of sound which recalls the dangers the Doctor faces constantly.

In the series, this song is used when the Doctor describes Gallifrey to Martha. It also plays when Professor Yana is on-screen, hinting at what's to come.

seduff created this video using "This is Gallifrey," and it is one of my favorites. However, she skips the first part of the song, so I've posted another video below which has the whole song without dialogue overtop.

Full song:

Day 1 - Favorite Incarnation of the Doctor: Nine
Day 2 - Favorite Companion: Donna Noble
Day 3 - Favorite Villain/Monster/Alien/Baddie of the Week: The Entity from "Midnight"
Day 4 - Favorite Character: Wilfred Mott
Day 5 - Favorite Guest Star: Anthony Stewart Head
Day 6 - Least Favorite Character: Lady Christina de Souza
Day 7 - Favorite Episode: "Midnight"
Day 8 - Favorite Series: Series Four
Day 9 - Least Favorite Episode: "Planet of the Dead"
Day 10 - Favorite Scene/Moment: "Don't... just don't."
Day 11 - Scene/Moment that makes you cry: Ten rages against the dying of the light
Day 12 - Scene/Moment that makes you giggle: Jackie Tyler smacks the Doctor
Day 13 - Favorite Era visited by The Doctor & Co: The End of the World
Day 14 - Fave Doctor Moment: "Basically, run."
Day 15 - Fave Rose Moment: "The Doctor showed me a better way of living your life."
Day 16 - Fave Martha Moment: "This is me, getting out."
Day 17 - Fave Donna Moment: "If I change things, I don't die? That's... that's right, isn't it?"
Day 18 - Fave Amy Moment: "Must be a hell of a scary crack in your wall."
Day 19 - Favorite Ship: TenII/Rose
Day 20 - Prettiest Scene: "Vincent and the Doctor"
Day 21 - Favorite Location: The TARDIS
Day 22 - Something Silly: "Partners in Crime" and "The Unicorn and the Wasp" Charades
Day 23 - Something Epic: "Vale Decem"
Day 24 - Favorite Accessory of the Doctor's: Ten's maroon Chucks
Day 25 - Favorite TARDIS Team: Nine, Rose, and Jack
Day 26 - Scene/Moment that made you go 'awww': The Doctor cuddles kittens
Day 27 - Scene/Moment that made you go 'argh': Dalek Sec becomes Dalek-Human
Day 28 - Favorite Series Arc: Series 4
Day 29 - Favorite Music/Song: "This is Gallifrey: Our Childhood, Our Home"
Day 30 - Why Do YOU Love Doctor Who

Comments

[flydye8.livejournal.com]

Oh what a beautiful song I don't have that album yet I think I am going to have to get it soon. I just love Murry Gold's work.

[develish1]

I adore that song too, and that Seduff vid is in my favs at Youtube :)

[fannishliss.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for sharing the seduff video. It's brilliant!! Have to go post about it in my journal now!

I especially love the beginning when she uses the darkness and storm imagery. Stunning.

My favorite Who song is Doomsday. LOVE LOVE LOVE

[annissamazing]

I just adore that video!

Doomsday is another of my favorites. My son loves it, too, and sang it in his talent show. :D

[fannishliss.livejournal.com]

Did he sing on oooh? My son also loves the song! he is dreading when his voice will change and he won't be this angelic soprano any longer. He is 11. How old is yours?

[annissamazing]

He sure did! A cappella! LOL

Dominic just turned six. He sang it in his preschool talent show. Here's a sad story: I didn't know about the talent show. They held it during the day and I was at work. I'm told he stood in front of everyone, sang "Doomsday," then broke down in tears at the end of the song because everyone else had a parent there and he didn't. It's all just so tragic, yet hilarious because it's "Doomsday" of all things.

Oh, here's the entry I wrote about it: *sads*

Tell your son to keep singing! He could be a countertenor!

[fannishliss.livejournal.com]

Yeah that mental image is pretty amazing, poor sad boy singing Doomsday. Awww!

I'm glad you got to spend the evening with him though!

My dad was a low baritone, but he had a pretty good light falsetto, so there is some hope! (I'm a singer myself)

[annissamazing]

Solo or with a group?

I put on some pretty magnificent concerts in my car, but I don't think I could consider myself a singer anymore. I haven't sung for a crowd in *years*.

[fannishliss.livejournal.com]

I'm a classically trained soloist, folksinger and wannabe rockstar. .... right now, I do church music, like my grandmother and greatgrandmother before me, which involves singing, choirleading, piano, guitar and even some native american flute! .... and my other gig is to play folksongs (and secretly rock songs as well) at my farmer's market. Nothing is more awesome than going from "Scarborough Fair" to "You Shook Me All Night Long". :) ... I split my time between teaching private lessons and running a small non-profit. So I'm the artsy fartsy one for sure! Husband is an actor -- next gig is Twelfth Night -- and son studies dance as well -- so with my MFA in writing we pretty much have all the arts covered.

[annissamazing]

Wow! That's amazing!

[fannishliss.livejournal.com]

one must walk a fine line between Artsy and Flaky. I hope I stay on the sunny side of that line.

Every so often I have to sing "Types of Wood" (http://fannishliss.livejournal.com/101302.html) at the farmer's market to stay real.