BRAND NEW

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

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)