Music From the Series: "Take Me Home"

Some of you may remember last week we took a trip to the Caribbean to ring in the 1992 New Year. Here we have a quote from writer, director, composer (and a lot of other things) W.D. Stevens about that particular story:

"To be honest, the story came about purely because I was studying the history of music in a subject at uni and we came to reggae and we'd done some in our ensembles and it was just so fun that I just wanted a reason to write a reggae song - not that you need a reason, really. But I thought 'let's set a story in the Caribbean'. Just to do something differently and an excuse to have a party. Since it was a New Years story I wanted to have a reggae version of Auld Lang Syne which I found by an artist called Dillinger. Then I wanted a well-known song to have covered and, since it was about the Doctor and his friends (plus being a huge Beatles fan myself) I chose With a Little Help From My Friends by Ellis Island. And that just left the middle song which I got to write which is called Take Me Home written and performed by yours truly. Modestly, of course."

And here is that song. Enjoy!

Illusionist Productions: 2014 Soundtrack

Hello to all!

It's a very different one today as our release is not a story but a soundtrack. To celebrate our first year of productions (though we've got a couple more on their way to you with Hickory Banes and a couple of other surprises), we're releasing a soundtrack of all the original music we've used this year. And we have a cover wonderfully designed by Sam Woodhall and Tom Denham.

Thank you all for listening and have a wonderful Christmas!

Download Zip File (MP3 85MB)

Track listing (all tracks composed by W.D. Stevens unless otherwise stated):

1. Doctor Who Theme by Ned Warren (Ron Grainer)

2. Alone in the Library
3. Ballad of the Argonians
4. The Perfidious Alchemist
5. The Time Lords Have Spoken
6. Luna's Theme
7. Dealing with Danger
8. Under the Water
9. Great Southern Rail (W.D. Stevens; Iva Davies)
10. Penelope's Theme
11. Fight for Your Life
12. An Audience with the Empress
13. The Robert Lloyd Theme by Timeshadow (Ron Grainer)
14. Scout's Theme
15. The Master Regenerates
16. A Hero Through the Ages
17. Theme of the Future (Ron Grainer)
18. The Legend of Tops Hill
19. Up Around Tops Hill (W.D. Stevens; J.C. Fogerty)
20. Things That Go Bump in the Night
21. Graverobbing
22. Roxanne's Theme
23. He Who Walks on Strangers' Tide (The Physician's Prayer) with Bec Johnston, Tom Denham, Therese and Michael Slee

Music from the Series: "Borrowed Time"

Ahead of this evening's release of Borrowed Time, the final part of our Tops Hill Trilogy, we bring you a piece of music from that episode. Composed by W.D. Stevens, it is called 'He Who Walks on Strangers' Tide (The Physician's Prayer)'.

Performing on this track are:
W.D. Stevens
Bec Johnston
Tom Denham
Therese Slee
Michael Slee

We hope you're all looking forward to tonight's episode!