The music--particularly the theme--to the series Beyond the Clouds garnered a lot of admiration for George Fenton (including an Emmy Award). There was therefore no one better suited for this sister show. Western interpretations of Chinese music are generally sadly deficient. But something must have connected here for the composer to be able to evoke a spot-on sense of locale that never ...
Picking straight up from Volume One, the Pertwee years and the transition into the scarf-wearing Baker are covered. It was perhaps the greatest period of change for the series: colour, Earth-bound setting, a greater sense of continuity and behind-the-scenes, a ceaseless experimentation to be at the forefront of electronic music and sound design by the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop. Chiefly ...
There's no timeframe or genre that holds this collection together: it's just a cracking good cross-section of memorable signature tunes. A couple of composers are particularly well represented: Nigel Hess (Dangerfield, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Just William and Wycliffe), and George Fenton (Shoestring and The Trials of Life). The best aspect of any ...