Upon arriving there Friday evening, I called Dom and we went out for drinks. We had a lovely time catching up. As we were discussing the convention schedule, I mentioned the Doctor Who music panel on Sunday. The program billed it as “Dominic Glynn and a panel of enthusiasts,” and I joked to Dom about it. “Enthusiasts? Why am I not on it?” Dom, ever gracious, thought that was a perfectly legitimate suggestion, and said that he would pull some strings with the hosts at the convention to get me on it.

On Saturday, I attended the Eighties Doctor Who panel (which Dom was on), and then Dom introduced me to some of the people running the convention. They very kindly agreed to allow me to sit on the Doctor Who music panel on Sunday. After the Eighties panel, we went out for lunch and then regrouped with Dom a short time later. I had started downloading Saturday’s Doctor Who episode, “Cold Blood,” back in my hotel room, and it had finished by the time we returned from lunch. I asked Dom if he wanted to join us for the episode, and he accepted. A good time was had by all.

After the episode we made our way back to the convention for the cabaret performance. Dom did a lovely improv piece on the piano, which heavily incorporated the Doctor Who theme and some of his incidental music. I recorded it, but Dom in his modesty has requested that I not post it. Later that night we attended a screening of “Bad Day,” the film Dom scored last year. It was a low-budget British crime thriller. The film was dark and gritty (I liked it) and Dom’s score was excellent. The score is available on iTunes now as well.

On Sunday, we headed down to the convention in the morning, where I had the privilege of sitting on both the Doctor Who music panel and the Q&A session with Dom. We talked about Doctor Who’s rich musical history, I demoed some of my isolated elements of Delia Derbyshire’s original theme, and we discussed some of the subsequent versions of the theme. Dom also deconstructed his 2008 remix of the theme for the audience. We also took a look at Dom’s score for “Survival,” and he demonstrated what it was like with and without music. It was a wonderful, informative set of panels, and I really wish we had more time to really dive into it. Perhaps next year?

After the panels on Sunday, we went out to lunch with Dom one last time and then made our exit. I almost wish I could have stayed longer, because I had a truly exceptional time there. Hopefully I can coordinate a return next year, and maybe I can even work with the convention hosts on expanding their music panel offering. That would be something truly special.

UPDATE: As an added treat, here is the “TimeGate Mix” that Dom did for the convention. It is a remixed version of his 2008 DVD theme. Click here for the track page.

(Please ignore the “Danny Stewart” attribution. I am hosting the mix on my Bandcamp site, but it is solely the work of Dominic Glynn. I have attributed it correctly on the track itself.)

For those of you who haven’t heard the interview yet, I encourage you to do so! It’s available here. My interview is from 30 minutes right up to the one-hour mark, but the whole podcast is a treat so I won’t blame you if you get caught up listening to the whole thing. ;)

For those of you curious about some of the things I talked about on the show, I thought I’d compile a few of them on here.

For one thing, anyone who wants to listen to my ancient recreation of Dominic Glynn’s 1986 theme that I talked about is welcome to do so. It’s complete crap and I no longer stand by it in any way, but it shows some of my early work as I was still learning the ropes and getting started making music.

As another special treat, I’m uploading a new remixed version of Dom’s full-length theme I did, called the DG Cosmos Mix. It incorporates elements from both the opening and closing themes, as well as a special recut bassline and some elements from the original Derbyshire theme. I hope you enjoy it.

I also encourage you to listen to some of my other music, which is available via the Music page in the navbar up top. There are some Doctor Who themes on there, but I’m more proud of the original stuff that’s there and I encourage you to check out all of it. Also, please check back when Restoration of the Daleks premieres, because I’ll have some special stuff in there for download only.

So anyway, thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed my interview on Podshock, and if you have any questions, comments, or requests, please feel free to leave them here or send them to me via the Contact form up top. Thank you!

UPDATE: Oh, and I almost forgot. If you’re interested, please feel free to follow me on Twitter!