Synthesizing Starfields is a 9 minute 14 second documentary about the creation of the new Doctor Who titles & theme music that premiered during season 18 & were first seen on The Leisure Hive (1980) so it seems more than relevant that this documentary is found on that stories British DVD release.
The opening titles & music to Doctor Who are surely some of the most instantly recognisable & iconic TV show openings ever & this is a great little documentary interviewing Sid Sutton who designed the titles & the new Doctor Who logo & Peter Howell who composed the theme music. There is archive footage featuring Howell from 'The Music Arcade' a BBC schools programme from 1982 in which he demonstrates how he made the theme, the equipment he used & the individual tracks of music are played in isolation which when put together make the full theme. On a personal note I think Howell's theme music is the best in the show's history & although Sutton's starfield is a little bland they go together to make up one hell of a cracking opening sequence.
Synthesizing Starfields has everything you would want I suppose, nice clear explanations of how the music & title sequence were made using black cardboard with holes in it, cardboard tubes fitted to cameras & ancient looking keyboard synthesizers amongst other things & their personal thoughts on their work which they seem proud of & willing to talk about.
The opening titles & music to Doctor Who are surely some of the most instantly recognisable & iconic TV show openings ever & this is a great little documentary interviewing Sid Sutton who designed the titles & the new Doctor Who logo & Peter Howell who composed the theme music. There is archive footage featuring Howell from 'The Music Arcade' a BBC schools programme from 1982 in which he demonstrates how he made the theme, the equipment he used & the individual tracks of music are played in isolation which when put together make the full theme. On a personal note I think Howell's theme music is the best in the show's history & although Sutton's starfield is a little bland they go together to make up one hell of a cracking opening sequence.
Synthesizing Starfields has everything you would want I suppose, nice clear explanations of how the music & title sequence were made using black cardboard with holes in it, cardboard tubes fitted to cameras & ancient looking keyboard synthesizers amongst other things & their personal thoughts on their work which they seem proud of & willing to talk about.