18 - March of the Cybermen

[RogamaFilmProducers]

3:08 and onwards!!! <3

[TheSkully343]

as the cyberleader would say excellent

[intergalactic92]

it takes a while to really get going but once it does it is really eerie and creepy, a perfect theme for the proper cybermen

[MrWhoswho1]

3:16 onwards sends shivers down the spine.

[DoctorWho1983]

" So, we meet again,Doctor."

[flubberface08]

Bricks were shat, sofas were hidden behind, and doctors were lost- The classic Cybermen.

[animationdude56]

Excellent!

[daleksvscybermen]

Eradicate them!

[elfhermie]

Now *this* is how to make a villain's theme! Menacing, creepy, powerful, scary, and memorable. So many little bits and sounds in it that are fantastic and appropriate for a cyber race.

[lmullen93]

Although the cybermen haven't always been used very well, they've always had a great theme! The 60s 80s and 00's!

[Wirrn]

I mostly like Murray golds stuff, but I've never been a fan of the cyberman theme. However I do think the 60's one was best.

[CyberGod66]

the cybermen in my series are more like the classics i will have t use this music

[urutta]

Very good, this theme was also used in 'Attack of the Cybermen'.

[WowbaggerGriffin]

While this score is really great, I still have to ask why people are comparing this to Murray Gold's Cybermen theme? I mean, both are completely different from each other and aren't conveying the same emotion (har har).

Malcolm Clarke's is more slow and suspenseful, whereas Murray Gold's is fast-paced and action packed. Both of them are good on their own right and both make sense in their own context.

Comparing the two objectively is like comparing apples and oranges. It's kind of stupid.

[Silvertardis]

@WowbaggerGriffin You are 100% right. What they should do is reuse this music but with a more modern feel to it. That way whenever The Cybermen appear, the music will make them badass as they could posibly be.

[darkhyena]

i cant even begin to describe how much more evocative this piece is than murray gold's cybermen theme.

the more drammatic parts really do give a sense of a robotic army on the move, while the quieter, more dissonant parts are haunting reminder's of their past lives as humans.

[cybertaylor]

my mechindice awaits doooctooor

[Wodanaz]

Better than Murray Gold's crap...

[PandoricaThe]

@Wodanaz no! do not insult the master!

[Wodanaz]

@PandoricaThe Sorry, he is rubbish. His music is too comically and faux ''epic'' to me. He is not ''the master''. And the Master is Delgado, Ainley, Pratt and Beevers... :-)

[PandoricaThe]

@Wodanaz i did not mean literally i know all those masters so look me up

synopsis of me: WHOVIAN WHO KNOWS EVERYTHING!!!

and there are other terms for that sir so there I said it!

[Wodanaz]

@PandoricaThe Don't worry, that part was a mere joke.

I just find Gold to be ''Elfmanesque''. I do not like the music, it sounds untrained. It is too orchestrated for Doctor Who, too. But each to their own. I am glad to see that others like the soundtrack to 'Earthshock'.

[PandoricaThe]

@Wodanaz suit yourself wodanaz

[Wodanaz]

@PandoricaThe Don't mind if I do, actually. I think my taste in suits is exquisite.

[WowbaggerGriffin]

@Wodanaz Then it's either tat you have no musical ear or you're simply deaf, or you have been blinded by nostalgia not realising that the song only gets real good around the third part or so.

[Wodanaz]

@WowbaggerGriffin I am blinded by neither fandom and I am not simply deaf. The whole tune is atmospheric and interesting, though it does get better around the middle.

[DoctorWhoMaster999]

@Wodanaz this music is good but if you call murrey golds pieces crap you're tone deaf!

[Wodanaz]

@DoctorWhoMaster999 I wish people would stop saying that. No, I am not tone deaf, if I was I would not like music that others think are good. I just think Murray Gold's music is over the top and juvenile. Just my opinion. I hate all his kid show-esque ''comedy'' tunes and his '''ah ha ha ha oooo aaa aa ooo'' stuff. It is over done. In my opinion, of course.

[eveningtsar]

@Wodanaz

Hey, I think you're spot on!  Gold is a complete hack.

[CP1234hello22]

exelent

[WhoBoy93]

The little riff at 4:55 is so creepy!

[CarnivoreAdaption]

man, I love this music ....this was the stuff that made me want to make electronic killer robot music as a kid

[handofsutekh]

This is EXCELLENT news, I can listen to the banging choon on youtube

[tonyfinn1]

Beautifully eerie. Wonder if the composer of System Shock 2 was inspired by this music?

[WhoBoy93]

4:55 to 5:10 IS the creepiest build up. SHIVERS!

[26QProductions]

don't worry, i won't steal it from here, i have it on cd, but im using this as a reviel for the cybermen in their episode in my series

[Cybusmaster92]

Is there anywhere we can download this track from?

[PBantonox]

I really oughtn't say anything, as I'm sure I'm dancing over the fine line of copyright already....

But Google is a wonderful tool.

Try searching 'youtube rippers.' ^_^

[PoisonGallery]

@Cybusmaster92

use vdownloader.

you can download it for free. just google it

[powerhousechipmunk23]

this is the best song from the classic series along with the chase through london in the dalek invasion of earth!

[Trayusstudent1]

Ah "Earthshock", the first story I ever saw. What a beginning! The Cybermen and the death of a companion!!! A great theme for the Cybermen!!!

[straker2]

My all-time fave story and my fave music score! I owned this release back in the 80s. Loved it then and it's still brilliant. So eerie and so...metallic! Brrr!!! Gives me chills!

Ade

[metalheadnick555]

wow this kicks ass.....I really need to watch Earthshock sometime soon

[Drake165]

"Destroy him! Destroy him at ONCE!" Ah, when Cybermen could kick ass.

[borgduck]

It's like listening to a German Prog Rock album!!

[dreamcastII]

Some of the sounds used here and the overall tension in the piece are very similar to those on the sound track to 'The Killing Fields' by Mike Oldfield. I wonder if he listened to this !

[prayfertrey]

Who illustrated the cover, Liberace?

[robertcastor]

I don't think the peacefull part was used. It might bhe in Attack of the Cybermen. When the Cryons say farewell to the doctor telling himto rescue Lytten.

Does anyone know What instrument is being synthesised during the march and the Cybs punching through the walls?

[blades33]

Thank you so much for posting this. :)

[PBantonox]

I actually heard this album before I'd started watching Doctor Who, cos my mum, she's loved the show for ages, and she had a box of fangear tucked away in the attic. I just happened to stumble over it, and loved the music. Didn't discover the show until about a year later, when I was six. And yes, I gotta agree, it definitely sends shivers.

[borgduck]

Your Mother sounds like a matron of honour!

[Drwhofan1971]

This still sends shivers up and down my spine. The tension from Earthshock ep. 1 is in small part due to this marvellous piece of work; the way the androids focus in on the Doctor to reveal the Cybermen with the music reaching that crescendo of that bell like "dee-da-dang"...Awesome