Doctor Who - Revenge of The Cybermen (2LP)

Format: 2 x LP
Catalogue No.: SILLP1585
Barcode: 0738572158576
Release Date: 08 Dec 2023
Genre: Soundtrack

Eighth in a collectible set of Eight Doctor Who Story Releases
Original TV Soundtrack by Carey Blyton
Gatefold Sleeve by Clayton Hickman

Doctor Who – Revenge Of The Cybermen was the season 12 finale first broadcast on April 19th, 1975. As with so much television music of the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s, the original master tapes of Carey Blyton’s score for Revenge of the Cybermen were not retained. The only surviving copy is a set of four 7”, 7.5ips “composer’s copy” domestic 1/4-inch tape. It is from those digital transfers that this release is taken. Sadly, and to Carey’s obvious and understandable disappointment, the completed music did not meet with the complete approval of the production team, and much of it was not used. Peter Howell of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop added some electronic embellishments and arranged some additional cues for parts two and three but some of that was also left on the proverbial cutting room floor.
For this release, Carey’s original score is presented (and heard here for the first time) as written. This is followed by the additional, alternative, and “enhanced” cues, all of which were also on Carey Blyton’s tapes.
“This is undoubtedly one of the most distinctive, mysterious, misunderstood, and even controversial scores in Doctor Who history, and it delights me to finally bring it, complete, to your ears!” Mark Ayres - compiler and producer

So far in the series: The Daleks, Survival, The Invasion, The Five Doctors, The Sun Makers, The Visitation, Time and the Rani

Classic Doctor Who soundtracks spanning three decades are released here on limited vinyl pressings. Collect all eight and see the spines make a composite image of the TARDIS!
Track Listing
SIDE ONE (Duration 15’33”)
1. Doctor Who - Opening Title Theme
2. Return to Nerva Beacon
3. Can Anyone Hear Me?
4. Cybermat / Unspool / Plague
5. Cybership I
6. Searching Kellman's Room
7. Sarah vs Cybermat Part 1
8. Sarah vs Cybermat Part 2
9. Sabotage
10.It's Happening All Over Again
11.The Skystriker
12.On Voga
13.Sarah and Harry Captured Part 1
14.Sarah and Harry Captured Part 2
15.Cybership II
16.Enter Vorus
17.Remote Control Threat
18.Tyrum and Vorus
19.One More Pull
20.Caves Chase
21.Caves Chase Continued
22.Surrounded
23.Boarding Party

SIDE TWO (Duration 13’49”)
1. The Beacon is Ours
2. Tyrum Fanfare
3. Prisoners
4. Fresh Orders
5. It Cannot Be Stopped
6. Loose Thinking / The Bomb
7. The Countdown Has Commenced
8. Cybermarch
9. Radarscope
10.Adventures on Voga
11.Rockfall
12.Surface Party and Detonation
13.Nine Minutes
14.Cybermat vs Cybermen
15.The Biggest Bang in History?
16.Waltz - All's Well That Ends Well
17.Doctor Who - Closing Title Theme (53" Version)

SIDE THREE (ALTERNATIVE AND SYNTHESISER CUES AND BONUS TRACKS) (Duration 11’06”)
1. Sarah vs Cybermat (end of part 1 alternative)
2. Sarah vs Cybermat (start of part 2)
3. It's Happening All Over Again (random organ)
4. Sarah and Harry Captured (alternative)
5. Put That Gun Down (synth cue)
6. Cybership II (alternative)
7. Remote Control Threat (alternative)
8. One More Pull (alternative) and Vogan Gunfight
9. Cybership III (synth cue)

Continued…
10. Caves Chase (alternative)
11. Cybership IV (synth cue)
12. Caves Chase Continued (alternative)
13. Surrounded (alternative)
14. Boarding Party (end of Part 2 alternative)
15. Jelly Babies (synth cue)
16. Tyrum Fanfare (edited cue as used)
17. It Cannot Be Stopped (alternative)
18. Loose Thinking (alternative)
19. The Bomb (alternative)
20. The Countdown Has Commenced (alternative)
21. Looped Cybermarch

SIDE FOUR (Duration 11’17”)
1. Looped Cybermarch with Synth
2. Adventures on Voga (synth cues)
3. The Red Zone (Random Organ)
4. Heartbeat Countdown I & II (synth cues) / Rockfall (alternative)
5. Session Tapes - Random Organ, Specimen Gong, Timps
6. Session Tapes - m42a & 42b (improvs)

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