Musical motifs in New Who

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For the Series 4 soundtrack, even more so than in the Series 3 soundtrack, there were recognizably related cues across multiple tracks (and soundtracks). Generally, if I feel that the arrangement was particularly different (especially if it had a new melody layer) or that there was significant new material--I give it a new cue listing. In 2008 I did not make new categories for A Noble Girl About Town (it remained "Donna's Theme (I)") or UNIT Rocks (still "UNIT"). On the other hand, the Silence in the Library episode cues on the soundtrack are mostly distinct from each other and are listed as such on this page.

(Special kudos to OG/DWF/Gallifrey Base members springyrice, Ryoga Hibiki, Jar of Clay, and others for helping sleuth cues in the soundtrack's longer suites!)

Series Four

		PiC	FoP	PotO	SS	PS	tDD	U&tW	SitL	FotD	M	TL	SE	JE
		Series Four episodes
action motifs	urban battles	○				○
	scaffold cable	●
	All the Strange, Strange Creatures		○							○		○	○	○
	world changers		●		○	○
	stone attacker		●
	fireballs		○
	alarm			●
	UNIT				○	○
	Sontar-Ha!				●	○
	shipboard pursuit					○
	Hath clash						●
	A Pressing Need to Save the World II / Library Danger								●	○
	A Pressing Need to Save the World IV / core rescue									●			○	○
vamps	reproductive actions	●				○						○
	Corridors and Fire Escapes / way out	●	○				○						○	○
	market hunt		●
	The Sybilline Sisterhood IV / Pyrovile		●
	cuffed			●
	technology attack					●
	atmosphere					●							○
	state of emergency					●
	war marches						●
	prison break						●
	Wasp Attack							●
	Wasp Chase							●
	poison							●
	nightmare								●
	swarm									●
	Greatest Story Never Told II (saved)									●
	Midnight II / horror exit									●	○
	on your back											●
	alt-verse UNIT											●
	Torchwood											○
	A Pressing Need to Save the World I / spaceships												●
	Indigo												●
	Hanging on the Tablaphone / calling the Doctor												●	○
	Dalek escape													●
	resistance													●
emotive motifs	After the Chase	○
	space of creation	○		○
	Life Among the Distant Stars I / children's futures	●	○									○		○
	Doomsday	○		○									○
	Doctor's Theme	○								○		○	○	○
	Life Among the Distant Stars II / journey resumed	●												○
	aftermath		●			○				○
	Songs of Captivity and Freedom I (captivity)			●
	Songs of Captivity and Freedom II (freedom)			●										○
	Martha's Theme				○	○	○
	space threat					○
	healing Hath						●
	Peck's sacrifice						●
	Source (I)						●
	Source II / Jenny's death						●
	Unicorn and the Wasp III / Agatha's mystery							●
	Unicorn and the Wasp I / murder							●
	nursery							●
	firestone							●
	colonel's secret							●
	Girl with No Name I / CAL's Library								●	○
	Greatest Story Never Told I / River Song								●	○	○		○
	Silence in the Library / storybook's end								●	○
	Rueful Fate of Donna Noble / Donna's destiny								●			○	○	○
	trapped											○
	old enemies												○
	Rose's Theme												○	○
	Children of Time													●
	Dream of a Normal Death													○
dramatic motifs	Doctor Forever	○	○		○	○	○	○						○
	fated city		●
	Lucius Petrus Dexterus		●
	Sybilline Sisterhood I / Cult of War		●			○
	Sybilline Sisterhood II / choice of destiny		●
	Sontaran plots				●	○
	Messaline in turmoil						●
	This is Gallifrey						○
	Daughter of Gallifrey						●
	Voyage of the Damned Suite VII / sky ship						○
	traffic						○
	Song of Song II (access denied)								○
	Doctor's Theme II / River's Run									●			○
	Dalek attack												●	○
	Harriet Jones												○
	Rose in Peril / rescue												○	○
	Dark and Endless Dalek Night I / Crucible													●
	Dalek opera													○
	Hologram													○
	Evolution of the Daleks													○
	Rose Defeats the Daleks													○
humor motifs	Donna's Theme (I)	○	○	○	○	○			○			○		○
	taxi toons	○
	geek lab				●
	Unicorn and the Wasp II / detectives							●
	book attack								●
miscellany	Adipose ad jingle	●
	industrial espionage	●
	villainous plots	○	○
	maqam		●
	Caecilius		●
	Evelina		●
	vapors		●
	Noble prophecy		●
	messenger		●
	Sybilline Sisterhood III / sisterhood of stone		●
	new prophecy		●
	Ood ad			●
	slavery			●
	Rattigan Academy				●
	Jo Nakashima				●
	ATMOS				●
	Rattigan				●	○
	family consequences				●
	solutions					●
	Martha's memories					●
	ship's technologies					○
	Doctor's Daughter I (arrival)						●
	Doctor's Daughter II (progeneration)						●
	colony dating						●
	heroine						●					○
	Twenties party							●
	Agatha Christie							●
	Vespiform							●
	Girl With No Name II (scanning)								●
	shadows								●
	Vashta Nerada								●	○
	All in the Mind / Lee MacAvoy									●
	muzak										●
	blues water										●
	Didi's moon										●
	Sky split										●
	Midnight lecture										●
	Midnight I / panic cycles										●
	gone										●			○
	Chinatown											●
	Turn Left I / fortunes											●
	stars out											●
	creature exposure											●
	Oriental wind											●
	Davros												●	○
	Mr. Smith's fanfare *												◉
	Seeking the Doctor												○
	Osterhagen												●	○
	Song for Ten													○
	time lock													●
	Germany													●
	reality bomb													●
	reunited													●
	Caan's prophecy													●
	Impossible Planet II / futures													○

Recordings in Series Four episodes:

Partners in Crime
- Could it be Magic / Take That (Barry Manilow)
- Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa / Dusty Springfield (Burt Bacharach and Hal David)

The Unicorn and the Wasp
- Cryin' All Day / Bix Beiderbecke [per William Gallagher, Radio Times]
- 20th Century Blues / Al Bowlly (Noel Coward) [thanks to Paul Dawson, DWF]
- Love Is The Sweetest Thing / Al Bowlly (Ray Noble)
- Infernal Galop / Jacques Offenbach

Midnight
- Do it, do it again / Raffaella Cara [thanks to dionysusbane, DWF]

Turn Left
- Christmas / Slade

Live performances in Series Four episodes:

Planet of the Ood
- Song of Captivity / composed Murray Gold
- Song of Freedom / composed Murray Gold

Turn Left
- We Wish you a Merry Christmas
- The Wild Rover
- Bohemian Rhapsody / (Queen)

* - "Mr. Smith's fanfare" was probably composed for the Sarah Jane Adventures by Sam and Dan Watts (though Murray Gold composed that show's theme).

Inter-Series episodes 2007

		CiN	VotD
		Inter-Series 2007
action motifs	fireballs		●
action motifs	shipboard pursuit		●
vamps	Clockwork TARDIS	○
emotive motifs	Martha's Theme	○
	Voyage of the Damned Suite IV / Astrid's Theme		●
	a different planet		●
	Van Hoffs romance		●
	Bannakaffalatta secret		●
	Voyage of the Damned Suite VI / flying		●
	Voyage of the Damned Suite XI (Goodbye, Mr. Copper)		●
dramatic motifs	What?!	○
	Voyage of the Damned Suite I (rescue plan)		●
	Doctor Forever	○	○
	Voyage of the Damned Suite IX / Stowaway (tune)		●
	Voyage of the Damned Suite III / wheels battle		●
	Voyage of the Damned Suite VII / sky ship		●
humor motifs	cricket and celery	●
	red 6-7		●
	Hope and Glory		◉
	God Save the Queen		◉
miscellany	synth flashbacks	●
	Jingle Bells		◎
	ship's bridge		●
	Max Capricorn ad		●
	Van Hoff introductions		●
	ship's technologies		●
	villainous plots		●
	Voyage of the Damned Suite VIII / ship rescue waltz		●

Live performances in the InterSeries 2007 episodes:

Voyage of the Damned
- Stowaway / composed Murray Gold, performed Yamit Mamo (and band).
- I Wish it Could Be Christmas Everyday / composed Wizzard (Roy Wood), performed Yamit Mamo (and band).
- Winter Wonderland / composed Felix Bernard and Richard B. Smith, performed Yamit Mamo (and band).

As in the previous Christmas specials, the characters do not hear the brief references to "Hope and Glory" or "God Save the Queen;" it is only for the viewers.

On the other hand, the "Max Capricorn advertisement" is heard by the characters as a recording--but it is composed within the show and not as a real-life "track" brought into the show's world. And "Jingle Bells" is probably heard on the ship, either as a recording or an off-camera live performance (the specifics are unclear from the scene).

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Updated as of 10/24/2009. Comments and responses to Robin LaPasha