Murray Gold: I Am The Doctor (version 2 - arrangement for 2 pianos)

[REINEJAK012]

The 5 dislikes were a Dalek, a Cyberman, a Sontaren, a Weeping Angel, & an Arachnos!

[DhruvlukeMusic]

would you consider sending the MIDI? I can HARDLY read sheet music and it's a huge inconvenience trying to learn it ALL by ear, I've got most of it but some I cant quite do, and a MIDI would greatly help, so I'd appreciate it!

[aiyeeta]

This really is a great arrangement. I hate to ask, but have you considered a solo version?

[Zerafiall]

I don't suppose you have the *.pdf for this song do you? I'd hate to lug my computer around all the time while I'm learning to play this.

[Beethovenisthebest]

Do you mind if I arrange this version for string orchestra and perform it? The reason being that I am raising money to go to a music camp in main (i live in michigan) and am holding a concert to help raise money.

[ConscienciaEterea]

Excellent! I thought the original version was nice but a bit off, this one sounds much better! Keep it up!

[kongming819]

I feel like you should've split the 7/4 measures into two 7/8 measures. They feel more correct that way.

Otherwise, great transcription!!

[TheOtherKaneda]

@kongming819 - thanks :-) Already says why I didn't in the description - other than the fact that Gold thinks of it as 7/4 even if it's 7/8. :-)

[kongming819]

@TheOtherKaneda Oh I see. Oops.

Whoa! Did you get Gold's opinion on this piece, or did he say that somewhere?

[TheOtherKaneda]

@kongming819 - he said 7/4 in the liner notes for the season 5 soundtrack, and on twitter added: "Me and Ben say 7/4 though some have also described it as 7/8- which it could also be."

[TheFlutification]

"I thopught you just a mad man with a piano..."

"Listen to me, this is important and someday your life may depend on it: I'm definitely a madman with a piano!"

[gcatherinev]

I WANT TO CRY. It is so beautifully done. I applaud you!

[rsfffy1]

Very good song i think !

[malcolmmorin]

1 Dalek disliked this video. A Weeping Angel Disliked it, As well.

[boldog97]

@malcolmmorin

but it has seen itself in the monitor, and so now its stuck :P

[tomtom87483]

i will always love this song s i recorded it on my phone i can play it i hum it i feature it in my figure adventures and it will always stay that way and it makes me fell epic

[vielgluck09]

It's perfect! But I'm only one person, haha. Maybe I can convince my tutor to do the other half with me....

[jaykthepikachu]

WARNING!FIRST PERSON who dislikes this will die of old age then of Exile then of Radiation then of Falling off a building then of Spectrox Toxemia then because of the Rani then of SOMETHING THAT NONE OF YOUR GALLIFREYIAN BEESWAX THAT'S WHAT then because of The Time Vortex then of someone knocking 4 times then of A IMPOSSIBLE ASTRONAUT!

[crazywhofan6676]

@jaykthepikachu Don't call them Gallifeyians. Gallifreyians are clever

[jaykthepikachu]

@crazywhofan6676 Actually i was quoting the 8th dr from a Gallifrey Base Convention Show who when asked by the 7th dr,how he regenerated.Oh the Gallifreyians weren't all smart,the 2010 RTD ones were Evil and merciless and The 1970-1980's ones were smart

[sobananalicious]

this song renewed my love for piano.

[TheBigBongProduction]

this is bloody amazing!...

[InkycatRED]

I must learn to play this - its a great tune!

[TimeLadysProductions]

sorry about this, good vid btw:)

DOES ANYBODY KNOW A FREE WEBSITE THAT YOU CAN GET FREE DOCTOR WHO SHEET MUSIC (PIANO) OFF?

Thankyou:)

[MulliganTCD]

@TimeLadysProductions

If you look at TheOtherKaneda's page (the guy who uploaded this) he has all the sheet music to the doctor who songs. He says it in all of his descriptions

[Maira67]

yes i finally found a youtube video with no dislikes

[TheOtherKaneda]

@Maira67 - Well, that's just because I haven't clicked the dislike button yet. ;-) Honestly, this *is* my least favorite arrangement of all. Not the music's fault. Just that the arrangement is an early one, and rather uninspired - at some point, a new one might appear. :-)

[scott19693]

@Maira67 theres some beatles vids with no dislikes

[lucabolduc]

you have the score or site that I find this music?

[TheOtherKaneda]

@lucabolduc - look more closely at the description. ;-)

[SkeBR]

Thats great! thank you

[IluvBritish]

do they have it in a violin arrangment?

[aadil2231]

woo hooo i found a video that doesn't have any dislikes

[ninthdoctorfan]

this song is the reason i have piano lessons :-) THANK YOU MURRAY GOLD!!!

[StarPachiPachiRisu]

this is too awesome to dislike on.. WOOO GO MURRAY!!!

[TheOtherKaneda]

Vale (not released yet) is an example where the two main parts of the music overlap most of the time, and that's really a big part of the effect of that piece. It really lends itself to three hands - except for that.

[novelwriting]

THANKYOU!! Is it actually possible to do this as a duet, what with the parts crossing over etc etc...? 

[TheOtherKaneda]

@novelwriting - in its current form, I'd say no. It's written for two pianos, with no regard to crossing notes between the two (actually, in the video version, there are a few notes overlapping between hands on the *same* piano - fixed in the pdf on the website). Considered four hand for most of these pieces, but always dropped it, because I prefer keeping notes in correct registers compared to the orchestral version - where essential bits often overlap.

[novelwriting]

@TheOtherKaneda Ahh right... yeah, tried playing it and it's definitely 2 pianos yes:P Unless you want a game of twister on the piano;) haha. Thank you anyway! :D

[vio1puppy]

In the sheet music, notes differ in measures 9 and 11 (in 9, left hand of the 2nd piano, in 11, the right hand of the 2nd piano) between the copy on your website and the one shown here. Which is correct?

[TheOtherKaneda]

@vio1puppy - the PDF is newer, so it's more correct - in other places too. There's no difference in measure 9 (although there should be). The difference in measure 11 is that the lowest note has been removed - because it's the same key that the left hand plays at the same time. ;-) That's also why I originally marked those red - can't believe I forgot to turn them back to black (or that no one so far commented). Anyway, also forgot to remove the lowest note in the right hand in measure 9.

[Alistair3900]

2 epic pianos are better than 1 :)

[ravensclawgirl]

This is AMAZING.

[tous1se1faneront]

I've roped in another Whovian friend and we're hoping to play it for recital next May, if you don't mind us using your sheet music. I'm up to page twelve so far, and it's so much fun to play. I can tell how much work you put into it! Fantastic! :)

[TheOtherKaneda]

@tous1se1faneront - like I said on the website, you really shouldn't be asking me, but rather Murray - it's his music. ;-) (and he's easy to get hold of on twitter, I hear). I don't agree entirely about how fun it is to play - this is almost my least favorite released arrangement. But thanks anyway. :)

[WhyThatsAbsuurrd]

At bar 112, what is the fingering for the right hand of the top part?

I've tried it a million different ways and it just feels really awkward and strange.

If somebody could help me out that would be brilliant. :)

[TheOtherKaneda]

@WhyThatsAbsuurrd - it *is* really awkward and strange. :-) A lot of things in this arrangement are (one reason why I'm not too happy with it - some day a rewrite may arrive, but don't count on it). But to answer the question, I *think* (long time since I've played it) I do thumb for most of the lower notes, 3 and 5 for the upper ones. I'm not very formal about proper/most efficient fingering, so that may not be any help at all. ;-)

[ironspoon]

This is so awesome love it.

[chapolot]

the H section starting at 2.42 was utterly brilliant.. great job :)

[francessification]

I am jealous of your talent.

[MultiMarieSmith]

can somеonе givе mе a link for onе piano? plеasе)

[izakthegoomba]

Epic. Two pianos are better than one.

If I must nitpick, I'm not sure about the eight bars right after the H. It works fine, but I've seen several other arrangements which use different notes.

[TheOtherKaneda]

@izakthegoomba - if I had to nitpick, I'd pick another nit than those bars. :-) Quite sure they're pretty much completely accurate, compared to the Proms version. While e.g. the "Words Win Wars" part has a deliberately different chord at one point (heard twice), and the ending is missing stuff (which is added in the more recent arrangement on the website, just as wrong chords at bars 27-28 are fixed). But thanks! :-)

[BlueX273]

This is bloody brilliant!!! Best, most accurate, piano version, ever!!! Time to make 259 likes to 260.... XD

[tangerinealarm]

Rendered in just piano it makes me think of the soundtrack of "City of Death".

[TasteTheRainbowMan]

Beautiful. 

[DoctorWhoIsBeast]

Do they happen to have that in Clarinet sheet music????

[TheShelbyCash]

@DoctorWhoIsBeast just transpose it a whole step. (Bb(piano)=C(clarinet))

[DoctorWhoIsBeast]

@TheShelbyCash Cool, Thanks

[THEDOMINICATOR]

@TheOtherKaneda On the sheet where there is the number 77 cold you please simplify the melody please. :))

[TheOtherKaneda]

@THEDOMINICATOR - not too hard to do yourself - just play the left hand of the second piano (that's the bass line), and the right hand octaves of the first piano (the main melodic theme). If you still want most of the secondary content, the notes in the left hand of the first piano can mostly be moved up to be "inside" the octave melody. If that proves too difficult, just remove the lower note of the octaves. I.e., the first beat of bar 78 would be Left: D in octaves, Right: (F-)A-F

[THEDOMINICATOR]

Beautifully played. Murray must be proud of this.

[mast3rlinkx13]

This song sounds great on the piano. Great job TheOtherKaneda.

[16zzundel5]

I am doing this with my little siblings' babysitter. We just need another piano.....

I am the top part and my favorite part of the song is from 2:18 - 2:30

[allerdycegirl]

dangit! i need a second person to play this with! :(

[flambit1]

Awesome! I've watched this a dozen times - this is an incredible learning tool! Keep up the great work!

[KawaiiLACSA]

love this song

[milestails8]

This music is so amazing.

I love just listening to it for inspiration.

My favorite part is the first 55 seconds.

[TheOtherKaneda]

@milestails8 - thanks (and I'm sure Murray says thanks too) :-) You might want to check out the Pandorica Suite arrangement then - which ends with what I think is a much better arrangement (and performance) of those 55 seconds. ;-) Especially in the improved recording (mp3) of Pandorica Suite that I just uploaded to the website.

[hategirl12345]

@milestails8 yah to me it is to. But 0:47-0:55 is the BEST

[WTFisJamieUp2]

why didnt you just put bar 31 as a gliss. ?, other then that i like it alot i know someone who could play this with me

[TheOtherKaneda]

@WTFisJamieUp2 - mostly because in my mind it's slightly too "slow" and measured to be thought of as a glissando, even if that's how it would be performed (compare e.g. to the ones in my Mad Man with a Box or Pandorica Suite arrangements). It's just a notational quirk of mine, really.

[WTFisJamieUp2]

@TheOtherKaneda i listened to the orchestral version and i see what you mean, i love this piece so much i wish it wasnt 20 pages

[PigfartsAhoy]

What fingering do you use at bar 62?

[TheOtherKaneda]

@PigfartsAhoy - first four notes: 5 for the treble, 1, 2 and 3 for the melodic bit - whenever the bass isn't played, I use the right hand for the treble notes. Which could have been added to the sheet music, but I tend to let players decide themselves. :-)

[TheOtherKaneda]

@TheOtherKaneda - "right hand for the treble notes" = "LEFT hand". ;-)

[dracerick]

THis is awsome I love it but can you show us how to do it on 1 keybord with 2 hands

Insted of on 2 keybords with 4 hands.

[TheOtherKaneda]

@dracerick - In a word, rather than going into the usual lengthy explanation: Nope.

[YTPstudio]

One word: O.O

[horseluvagirl]

i have to learn this now... :)

[kyubichan13]

this is fantastic! absolutely fantastic!

[theBRAVEreepicheep]

I've got to tell you- I've never been more impressed in my life. This is AWESOME!

[TheFoal395]

Are you going to make an arrangement for 1 piano? Please say yes :)

[TheFoal395]

I swear, I was crying with joy at how beautiful this piece is. I played it considerbly well, even though theres only one of me and I'm not really advanced on the piano. But I am so going to have a crack at it on my flute.

[Glassmother786]

3:50 is my fav bit in all version. <3 so beutiful , wish it went longer than too just 4:40.

Never the less this is the greatest theme ever my opinion.

[4RKTOS]

I don't care what you say - its made of pure awesome =P

It made me dig out my flute and play along ^_^

[AlleKennenEiner]

Do you use sibelius for this?

[TheOtherKaneda]

@AlleKennenEiner - Yeah, Sibelius 6. (But don't bother asking for sib-files for the arrangements. I won't release those, for various reasons - sorry - PDF is the only format they are, or will be, available as on the website). :-)

[Geronimo0727]

I want to download this song ㅠㅠ

[TheLethalPieOfDeath]

This is very impressive. Awesome stuff :'D

[LauraCx1996]

This is wonderful :) Thankyou for creating these sheets, I'd love it if you did a piano cover for 'With love Vincent' it's my favourite piece of music from Series 5 and there are no piano covers/sheets available for it. I'd love to hear a piano cover of it :) And it's great to see how much effort you put into it! x

[MiAkount]

oo wow that is so awesome

[Fishking321]

The only little nitpick I have is that it suddenly goes from the Doctor's theme to the Pandorica Opens music at the end.

[004304]

OH. MY. GAWD. THAT IS SOOOO IMPRESSIVE! how long did that take yuo?

[TheOtherKaneda]

@004304 - Thanks :-) (I don't agree - quite annoyed with this arrangement and especially the 'performance' by now). How long? Depends... I have a very rough orchestral sketch from Apr 24 2010 called "The Doctor's Action Theme". Another rough one, "Doctor 11", from Jun 22. V1 of the two piano arr. was started Sep 13 and released four days later. This one, Oct 14. I'm still improving it, and replacing dead bits with performances. All in all? A year by now. In hours spent? Probably around 35-40.

[DoctorsAssisstant]

This is... amazing.

The Doctor should play piano now. Pianos are cool.

[SpanishScion]

@DoctorsAssisstant Matt Smith is a keyboard player, so I think we might see him do so...

[lorfheid]

I wish I could do this. But I only have two hands and one piano...

[ocdturtle]

you. are. AMAZING! :D

thank you so much for this! :)

[nathalush]

this is genial!



[cuseofmuncubis]

sounds like Renaissance's "can you understand" from the 1975 carnigie hall concert

[ButterflyofOceans]

this would be nice if I had someone else to play with me! haha nice vid

[SlipperehPuppeh]

Really a truly beautiful piece, you've done it justice. I found a decent transcription for one piano that I'm currently trying to learn. Well, I say decent, not nearly as good as this, but it gets the job done. =P I'll probably improve it myself later on.

[lasaboteuse]

What's the bit from 2:23-2:29 from? I don't hear it on the Proms version but I really like it.

[lasaboteuse]

@lasaboteuse Upon listening to it several times more...did you just elaborate it yourself? If so, really nice.

[TheOtherKaneda]

@lasaboteuse - yeah, it branches from the Proms version starting at 1:48. It's actually a bit from The Eleventh Hour, heard while the Doctor is in Jeff's bedroom. The concluding 2:23-2:29 bit is when he says "You need all the help you can get. Fellas - pay attention". On the soundtrack, an alt. version can be heard in "The Sun's Gone Wibbly", I think (can't check right now). I stuffed it in there, because I liked it and wanted to add something new to the second version of this arrangement. :-)

[lasaboteuse]

@TheOtherKaneda Thanks! I was really wondering where it was from.

[lasaboteuse]

@TheOtherKaneda Oh, by the way, how do you play those descending intervals (in the concluding part) so smoothly? Because the notes are an octave apart I have to shift my whole hand and it ends up coming out really staccato. (I'm sorry if this is a dumb question...I used to be reasonably good at the piano but I haven't played in many years.)

[TheOtherKaneda]

@lasaboteuse - the very last bars? I was ready to say, "I don't", because, as I mention elsewhere, half of this isn't played by me. That said, I rarely let it play back like that if it *can't* be played like that, and the ending, for once, *is* my playing :-), most of it involving judicious sustain pedal use - avoiding the staccato sound still shining through is a matter of practice. There are spots in my arrangements that require sostenuto pedal to execute fluidly, but this isn't one of them.

[lasaboteuse]

@TheOtherKaneda I just meant 0:23-0:29.

[TheOtherKaneda]

@lasaboteuse - 2:23, I guess you mean. Same answer, though, although that part is played without pedal at all - the notes are slightly detached, but bear in mind that there's a quite thick reverb going on that may tie them together. I guess I might want to watch my octaves in arrangements - not the thing I'd expect people to get stuck with, but maybe I'm too used to them. :-)

[lasaboteuse]

@TheOtherKaneda Well, you're a very accomplished pianist. Also, I haven't played in a long time. I'm sure I used to be able to play octaves with less difficulty.

[TheOtherKaneda]

@lasaboteuse - not really. Bear in mind that since this is digitally recorded (via MIDI on a weighted key keyboard controller), I can fix all my mistakes. ;-) And mix the parts I don't know up with simple MIDI playback of the sheet music. These pieces are written to be playable, but more than that, they're written just to have Murray's music in some kind of sheet music form that's more comprehensive than bass, melody + chords. :-)

[ashlawn10h]

can i get a copy of the PDF please?

[TheOtherKaneda]

@ashlawn10h Not without reading the description...

[erestor629]

unbelievable, this should have WAY more views then just over 5000, good job indeed, and for all those piano players like me, you've made a somewhat tutorial so we can play it! one word - "wow" 10000........(too many to write)/10

[TheOtherKaneda]

@erestor629 - thanks :-) I must say, I'm quite surprised at the amount of views - and more "annoyed" (not really, since I don't much care about views) that the other arrangements get much fewer visits, since personally, I find this one to be the most boring of them - meaning, not Murray's (and Ben's) original version, just this arrangement of it. I'll probably attempt to heavily revise it at some point (although that will probably not exactly make it easier to play ;-))

[erestor629]

@TheOtherKaneda I'll look forward to a updated version, if you wish, could you please take a look at my piano cover of "This is Gallifrey" and upcoming uploaded a updated "next stop everything" if you haven't already, Im quite proud of it, but its not as good as this! (not intended to advertise video)

[halfcelestialelf]

is it posible to get an mp3 download for the bit you played oris it all on the itunes link ?

[TheOtherKaneda]

@halfcelestialelf - not sure what you mean. If you mean the original orchestral music, then yes, it's on iTunes, amazon and CD (tracks "I Am the Doctor", "The Sun's Gone Wibbly" and "Words Win Wars"). If you mean the piano version from the video, then there are plenty of ways to get mp3s from YouTube videos. Google it. :-)

[VengeanceNick]

Do you have the midi file available for download? Just to make it easier to import into my sheetmusic reader. =]

[TheOtherKaneda]

@VengeanceNick - sorry, nope. Just the PDF file.

[marduke45]

I AM The Doctor! And you are the Daleks!

[Vladdmeir]

This is all utter genius, You are absolutely amazing! Thank you - I've been looking everywhere for this! <3

[TheOtherKaneda]

@ApolloOracle66 - Yeah, I do now. Read description to find it. The reason I haven't put the link on every video is that it's likely to change in the future.

[VDAIsaac]

Did you use Sibelius to make the score?

[TheOtherKaneda]

@VDAIsaac Sibelius 6, yeah.

[VDAIsaac]

@TheOtherKaneda Thanks! Appreciate it!

[colorfulcrocs]

In a way, I love this version so much more than the original. It's more subtle, and it showcases little variations and themes that you can barely hear on the CD beneath the drone of the chorus and brass. :)

[TheOtherKaneda]

@colorfulcrocs - glad to hear it. The "showcase" part is one of the main reasons I do these arrangements - ideally, they make you notice new stuff in the original - I know that making them does just that for me (even though I - rarely - do take some liberties when I can't hear exactly what's played) Of course, sometimes I also do that because a piano, after all, isn't an orchestra, and - although not so much in this arrangement - to approximate an orchestral effect with more "pianistic" notes.

[TheOtherKaneda]

@DoctorWhoNotes1 (... continued) So, rhythmically, notating it as 7/8 makes it easier to read for someone unfamiliar with the music. Easier to read as:

ONE two THREE four FIVE six SEVEN | ONE two THREE four FIVE six SEVEN

rather than:

ONE-and TWO-and THREE-and FOUR-AND five-AND six-AND seven-AND

But aesthetically, it's harder to read as mentioned above. Murray has also clarified (and agreed) that "Me and Ben say 7/4 though some have also described it as 7/8- which it could also be".

[DoctorWhoNotes1]

@TheOtherKaneda Fair enoughsky :)

[TheOtherKaneda]

@DoctorWhoNotes1 :-) Sent you the sheets on the same mail as the other. If you didn't get them, just PM me.

[DoctorWhoNotes1]

@TheOtherKaneda I have it, you've saved my IB :D

[DoctorWhoNotes1]

Awesome arrangement! Just read the description.... about the 7/8 vs. 7/4 thing... Murray wrote in the CD cover that "I Am The Doctor" was predominantly in 7/4 :)

But this song (and your piano version) is awesome.... could you possibly please send me the sheet music?

[TheOtherKaneda]

@DoctorWhoNotes1 - Thanks :-) Yeah, Murray does say so (as I mention in the annotations to Amy in the TARDIS). But rhythmically, most people would call it 7/8 - difference being (in my limited and simplified terms) that 7/4 tends to sound like a conventional time signature (6/4) with an added 7th beat, while 7/8 often lends itself to more "quirky" rhythm. In this case, the accented notes in the second half of the 7/4 bar all fall off-beat, while in 7/8 "everything makes sense". :-) (continued)

[TheOtherKaneda]

@ChrisOvens51 - that said, I don't really do requests, and I have no idea when I'll have time to look at it. Also, it's quite hard to ascertain how much less complicated "less complicated" means. For a single piano to even *begin* to approach what's played in "Words Win Wars" it has a *lot* of work to do - and I'm not a big fan of the film music arrangements that we usually get as sheet music - watered down to bass + melody + a few random chords. But then, therein lies the challenge.

[ChrisOvens51]

Can you PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do a one piano arrangement of words win wars? I NEED that to be figured out. If you can do less complicated as well, that would be fantastic!

[TheOtherKaneda]

@ChrisOvens51 - actually considering it, since it's different in orchestration and some melodic material from the version played at the end of IATD at the Proms and arranged here. I quite like the CD version too. But more likely to do a 2 piano version - although I might reduce it to a simpler 1 piano version, since it's rather short. The CD orchestration calls for a lot of/even more work from the pianos, and like Moffat (by his own admission), complicated is what I do when I'm in a hurry. :-)

[phreezerburne]

as david tennant would say "MOLTO BENE!!!"

[Angryification]

@phreezerburne Actually he would say "Brilliant!" XD

[Ltd091]

o_o That was Really Immense the most Epic song i know on Piano Wonderful Job!

[TheRonak1993]

As the Ninth Doctor would say,FANTASTIC!!!!!!!

[Jaytheman999]

I LOVE IT :) 

[socksofbalhoon]

Brilliant!! :)

[MrSIDRAT]

unbelievably fantastic. Just superb.

[Thomsen1975]

Love it....

This is your best work ever my friend.

Royal Albert Hall and Doctor Who Proms 2010.

:D

[TheOtherKaneda]

@Thomsen1975 - "Ever"? 32 years of punk and all kinds of craziness, and it all amount to this? ;-)

[vitaminbowl]

TheOtherKaneda, if all musically inclined Whovians were as motivated the world would be a better place. These are brilliant, please keep them coming! Is a duet for one piano on the books?

[TheOtherKaneda]

@vitaminbowl - thanks :-) As for a 1 piano duet, I doubt it. I realize it would be more useful to most, but right now, I'm more inclined to do other pieces. And since this isn't all that "pianistic", it would be relatively easy for someone to rewrite it for 4 hands. Considered a 2 hands piece, but that would mean trashing some of my favorite parts, which spread too wide - and the priority in these pieces is really to be close to the orchestral version rather than making great use of the pianos.

[TheOtherKaneda]

... which leads to some "rules":

- I keep the different parts around the same octave as in the orchestral version.

- I tend to avoid closely spaced chords in the bass. You'd rarely do them in the orchestra, and I'm not a fan of them in piano writing either.

- I almost never add notes to flesh out chords, unless the result sounds "thin" on piano. Foster's orchestrations tend to be very (beautifully) voiced - rather than simply chord based. Even if notes "fit", they'll ruin those voicings.

[unoficial13thdoctor]

Nice one!