Doctor Who Theme | praisedrays arrangement/cover

Happy Doctor Who Day! :D

Here’s the first of two songs from this month’s uploads that aren’t many months old! Doctor Who is potentially my favorite tv show of all time, so I wasn’t about to pass up an opportunity to celebrate Doctor Who Day (the day the first episode aired). I admittedly don’t know nearly as much about Classic Who as I do NuWho, but still.

Admittedly, this is a pretty rushed cover, especially since I ended up changing the arrangement around a bit from its original concept. The original idea was it’d go through the song thrice, going from following the Classic Who themes, then the NuWho themes, and finally a bunch of fan made arrangements. I think combining (mostly) everything together was the right call.

It’s a really busy mix overall, as I tried to combine elements from almost every single “official” version of the theme. I think this may take the cake for the most inspirations in a song of mine, but I'm not sure. Since they’re all linked below, I won’t go too into detail, but it was fun to go through all the themes to hear out the differences in the arrangements. I also feel like I’ve grown to appreciate the classic themes far more, especially the Howell & Glynn themes.

Oh, and special thanks to SkyJTP who designed the logo here, who also designed my pfp! It’s mainly based on the current 60th Anniversary/1973 logo. I spent a while finding photos of all the Doctors, which I think turned out pretty alright. I didn’t include the Richard E. Grant or Billie Piper doctors (both because there aren’t really any photoshoots to pull from), nor the Doctors from The Brain of Morbius. Also the background is the milky way. I’d like to think it’s kind of an homage to the 7th Doctor’s intro/title sequence.

I think I do want to return to cover this again at some point in the future, with a more streamlined/less ambitious arrangement, but Who (ha) knows when that’ll be. Until then, there shall be no regre- yeah I’m not gonna do the whole thing lmao

Credits:
Sheet Music:
None

Direct Samples:
   • TARDIS | Series 1 - Series 4 | Landing  
   • Doctor Who Theme 7 - Closing Theme (1970-1...  
Doctor Who Series 3, Episode 10 ‘Blink’
   • ALL DOCTOR WHO THEMES COMBINED TO CELEBRAT...  
   • NEW 2025 TARDIS DEMATERIALIZATION SOUND [I...  

Direct Inspirations for the cover:
   • Doctor Who Theme | The Definitive 1963 Rem...  
   • Doctor Who Theme 5 - Opening Theme (1970-1...  
   • Doctor Who Theme Specials 3 - "Delaware" F...  
   • 1980 Peter Howell - Full Theme Stereo Rema...  
   • Dominic Glynn - Opening and Closing Theme ...  
   • Doctor Who 1987  
   • Doctor Who Theme 19 - Full Theme (1996)  
   • The Trip of a Lifetime | Doctor Who Unrele...  
   • Doctor Who Theme  
   • Doctor Who Opening Credits  
   • Doctor Who Proms 2008 - Doctor Who Theme  
   • Doctor Who XI  
   • Doctor Who at the Proms - Doctor Who Theme...  
   • Doctor Who: 2013 Theme Tune - Clean Versio...  
   • The Day of the Doctor Extended Theme HD Re...  
   • Doctor Who Theme (Series 8)  
   • Doctor Who Rock Theme | Doctor Who  
   • Doctor Who Series 11 Opening Titles  
   • Doctor Who Theme (from 'The Edge of Time) ...  
   • Doctor Who Theme (from The Lonely Assassins)  
   • Raw footage from the Doctor Who theme reco...  
   • Ascension of the Cybermen End Credits  
   • Doctor Who - 60th Anniversary | Full Offic...  
   • Doctor Who At The Proms Theme 2024.... as ...  
   • Big Finish War Doctor Theme  
   • ALL DOCTOR WHO THEMES COMBINED TO CELEBRAT...  
   • Doctor Who Theme | 20th Anniversary Evolut...  
   • Doctor Who Theme Remix - Extended  
   • Doctor Who Theme - About Time  
   • Doctor Who | Temporal Concept - Unabridged...  
   • Doctor Who | Series 14 - Full Theme  
   • Doctor Who - 60th Anniversary Theme Tune C...  
   • Doctor Who Theme - Time War  
   • Doctor Who Theme | EPIC Trailer Version (6...  
   • Doctor Who - The Restoration of Gallifrey Mix  
   • The Doctor's Theme  
   • I Am The Doctor  
   • Fifteen (The 15th Doctor's Theme) - Murray...  
   • A Good Man? (Twelve's Theme)  
   • The Thirteenth Doctor's Theme (Music Video...  

Original:
   • Doctor Who (1963) -  Original Theme music ...  

Covers Made using FL Studio & Bandlab
Visuals by me using Pixlr
Video made in the ZGameEditor Visualizer
Credit to Shane & Youlean for the Combustible Clouds & Abstract Glassy Field, nimitz for the Flow Noise, Cynex for the FrameBlur, and Kjell & Dubswitcher for the Polar Peak Effect

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