Silva Screen: The Caves of Androzani soundtrack / competition
Tuesday, 19 March 2013 - Reported by Chuck Foster
The first in a new range of classic Doctor Who soundtracks will be released next week by Silva Screen Records, delving back to the end of the Fifth's Doctor's era with Roger Limb's score for The Caves of Androzani.
, who explained to us the differences between these new CD presentations and the isolated scores that have been presented on some of the classic series DVDs in the past:
The Caves of Androzani is released on the 25th March 2013 and is available for pre-order.
Competition:
We have three copies of the CD up for grabs, courtesy of Silva Screen. To be in with a chance to win a copy, please answer the following question:
The Caves of Androzani was Graeme Harper's (credited) directorial debut for Doctor Who - which is the most recent broadcast episode to date that he has been credited as director?
Send your answers to this email address with the subject "curiousity has always been my downfall", along with your name and address. The competition is open worldwide, and the closing date is the 31st March 2013.
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, who explained to us the differences between these new CD presentations and the isolated scores that have been presented on some of the classic series DVDs in the past:
The DVD isolated scores are straight off the original tapes (resync'd-mono, but and also quite heavily compressed as per the original transmission so as to level match the soundtracks). There is little attempt at remastering, and the AC3 encoding on the DVD is similar to MP3, so lossy. The CD soundtracks are fully remastered (de-noising etc.), maintaining the greater dynamics of the original masters, and in "stereo". They all also feature (where possible and appropriate) additional and/or alternative cues.
The presentation is entirely different - the DVD isolated scores are designed for educational purposes, really (so that the viewer can see how the composer works to picture, but without the dialogue and effects getting in the way!); the CDs are presented at the highest quality for listening purposes.
Additionally, in some cases to come I have found better tapes since we did the DVDs.
The presentation is entirely different - the DVD isolated scores are designed for educational purposes, really (so that the viewer can see how the composer works to picture, but without the dialogue and effects getting in the way!); the CDs are presented at the highest quality for listening purposes.
Additionally, in some cases to come I have found better tapes since we did the DVDs.
The Caves of Androzani is released on the 25th March 2013 and is available for pre-order.
Competition:
We have three copies of the CD up for grabs, courtesy of Silva Screen. To be in with a chance to win a copy, please answer the following question:The Caves of Androzani was Graeme Harper's (credited) directorial debut for Doctor Who - which is the most recent broadcast episode to date that he has been credited as director?