Monday, 28 March 2011

My Extremely Very Excitable Murray Gold Post

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Ok, that's out my system now. Might even have a competition with that-see how many words you can make :') Anyway, the soundtrack from A Christmas Carol was out last week so i thought this would be an appropriate time to have my little "I LOVE MURRAY!!" rant. So here it is:
In my personal and humble opinion, Murray Gold is one of the greatest composers in the world. This is why:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89T0xtfYta0
Ok, hats off to Katherine Jenkins, she does make this spine-tinglingly good HOWEVER i think it is one of the most beautiful songs ever written ever. This is not the only reason for loving Murray Gold. NO WAY. Over 6 soundtracks, Mr Gold has produced some of the most triumphant, delicate, exciting, emotional pieces of music i've ever heard. Really. Vale (from the Specials soundtrack, disc 2) is just INCREDIBLE. One sec, i'll prove it... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGW5fL6bhCY See? I cry just listening to this sometimes. Even if you didn't know the story behind this piece of music (David Tennant's last scene...big dramatic finale type moment), you can't deny that it has real emotion and truth to it. GENIUS, i'm telling you. Genius.
Need a lullaby?? Look no further...Murray supplies many a good bedtime song including http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1sadZktyos and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR3VDn14D4Y <3 I was about to write 'music to my ears' here but then i realised that's exactly what it is. Ahem.
Shivers- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goeBFfW9NLA, excitement- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND9-z0EBEnk, tears- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq-DhjidQxk
Another reason to love the man-he is hilarious. Follow him on Twitter for nuggets like "Thought 'Iron Lady' was a female version of the Robert Downey movie. No. It's about Mrs Thatcher. My music pitch will be way off" and "Hey aliens...Grbnu Sprknt 'Earth', vf grusket yrprik 'not tasty' frgtyt 'Glenn Beck' vf 'Colonel Gaddafi' strywp 'very tasty'".
I don't think Blogger wants me to put anymore links into this post which makes me sad. HOWEVER some other good tracks are 'Doctor's Theme', 'This is Gallifrey-Our Childhood, Our Home', 'A Dazzling End', 'Westminster Bridge', 'Voyage of the Damned Suite' (it's 10 minutes but stick it out, it's SO worth it), 'With Love, Vincent', 'UNIT Rocks', 'Songs of Captivity and Freedom', 'Rose's Theme' and 'Only Martha Knows' <3
Listen to him. You know you want to.

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