The BBC"s veteran time-traveling sci-fi hero returns via a smart 21st-century update, one whose adventurous plot lines and super-charged visuals inspired this equally ambitious musical score anthology (covering seasons one and two, as well as two extended specials) by Murray Gold. The composer"s sinewy, synth-charged update of Ron Grainer"s original "60s series theme is a study in spooky dramatics that"s also treated to a more expansive, album-closing arrangement, while "Westminster Bridge" and "Slitheen" revel in muscular evocations of spy music past that recall Michael Giacchino"s similar tongue-in-cheek romps for The Incredibles. From there, Gold"s music steadily expands in scale and scope, often achieving big-screen dimensions via the cinematic sweep of "Boom Town Suite"/"I"m Coming to Get You," the minimalist-tinged rhythms of "Clockwork Tardis," or the overt piano-and-orchestra melancholy of "Rosie"s Theme." Completing the saga"s musical makeover are a pair of ballads sung by the Divine Comedy"s Neil Hannon--the effusive pop charmer "Song For Ten" and the more retro-R&B-quirky "Love Don"t Roam." --Jerry McCulley