http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q52eb1eGBo
The Yamaha DX7 synthesizer was used for several scores in the 80’s on Dr Who.
This is a compilation of clips from the story The Two Doctors, where some of the DX7 signature sounds can be heard.
Which do you think has aged better – the 80’s version of the show or the sounds of the 80’s soundtrack?
via SynthWho:
Composed by Peter Howell of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. 1985.
Ah, those were the days – when you could defeat a couple of Sontarans at your villa in Torquay using only two fireworks and a couple of well-chosen musical stabs from a DX7.
Yes, this was definitely from the "Lost its Way" period.
You gotta love that hair, though.
Cool clip. Ah the DX7. Back when they first came out, a friend of mine bought one. He let me borrow it for a few days. In my first go at FM and I can vividly remember no matter what I did, the resultant patch ended up sound like the the factory patch "New Girl" ;^). Needless to say I bought a Casio CZ-1000 – LOL.
I think my favorite track that used the DX7 is Howard Jone's "What is Love?"
I'm so glad there are alternative approaches FM synthesis now via synths like Ableton Operator, Sampler.
Cool clip. Ah the DX7. Back when they first came out, a friend of mine bought one. He let me borrow it for a few days. In my first go at FM and I can vividly remember no matter what I did, the resultant patch ended up sound like the the factory patch "New Girl" ;^). Needless to say I bought a Casio CZ-1000 – LOL.
I think my favorite track that used the DX7 is Howard Jone's "What is Love?"
I'm so glad there are alternative approaches FM synthesis now via synths like Ableton Operator, Sampler.
Rather than musical stabs, you could probably kill the Sontarans by whacking them in the head with a DX7. The DX7 would survive unscathed…
Yes, the "Lost its Way" period… otherwise known as the entire run of Nathan-Turner as executive producer (but often confined by fans to the Colin Baker and after years). The man who insisted on putting question marks on the Doctor's collars, and cast Colin Baker based entirely on how entertaining he was at a friends wedding reception… although, to his credit, he kept the series going several years longer when BBC programming management wanted to kill it off (in retrospect, it might have been a merciful death).
Rather than musical stabs, you could probably kill the Sontarans by whacking them in the head with a DX7. The DX7 would survive unscathed…
Yes, the "Lost its Way" period… otherwise known as the entire run of Nathan-Turner as executive producer (but often confined by fans to the Colin Baker and after years). The man who insisted on putting question marks on the Doctor's collars, and cast Colin Baker based entirely on how entertaining he was at a friends wedding reception… although, to his credit, he kept the series going several years longer when BBC programming management wanted to kill it off (in retrospect, it might have been a merciful death).
I always felt that the Sontarans could have been defeated by a small group of toast soldiers, if tricked into standing in the eggcups…
Their children were "Weebles", incidentally.
Isn't some of this CS80 as well? They definitely had one at the Radiophonic Workshop (it's all over Peter Howell's version of the theme tune from the early 80s) and it seemed to be his go-to synth generally.
Isn't some of this CS80 as well? They definitely had one at the Radiophonic Workshop (it's all over Peter Howell's version of the theme tune from the early 80s) and it seemed to be his go-to synth generally.
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