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This hits even harder after 73 yards!😢

Turns out, Ruby plays this theme herself on the piano!

Anyone here after The Devil's Chord? I love how her theme was used.

I think giving Murray a break from the show has really benefitted his work here. Feels like a massive comeback.

I get the feeling her story is going to break my heart.

I was expecting her personality to be more…quirky and loud. But this theme is really quiet and thoughtful almost. There’s a sadness to it.

You just know this is gonna play in an episode that explains her and her story. Sort of like rose in the episode “Father’s Day”.

Ruby's theme is seriously melodically complex for TV standards. Sounds like it was taken straight out of a piano concerto.

I’m gonna need Murray Gold to compose for Doctor Who for the rest of his life. This man just gets it!

There is a soft tragedy with Ruby, this bright, bubbly, smiling, wonderful human being, and yet she was abandoned in a church on Christmas, and now there’s a building mystery surrounding her origins and possibly her identity

Can we all just agree this is Murray gold proving he is the only man capable of doing the music for this show. Honestly unmatched

Murray’s inner Chopin really coming out here and I love it

Murray Gold has always had a knack for writing music that seems to have been around for years, and that's definitely true of "The Life of Sunday". I close my eyes, and it's like watching a silent movie about a girl who has seen tragedy in her life and is trying to work through it by channeling it all into the keys of a piano. It's quite simply modern classical music.

This was so beautiful in the devils chord!

Damn this hit differently in 73 yards...

It’s interesting listening to this rather macabre piece in tandem with fifthteen’s unambiguously heroic theme: It definitely paints a picture of someone in need of a doctor. Their relationship seems like Ruby’s gonna be the adopted introvert of the extroverted Fifthteen. Can’t wait to find out! ^^

Knowing that she's an orphan, or was at least abandoned by her parents, this theme makes a lot of sense.

Oh no. Oh no. This theme is going to play during something truly devastating. I can feel it.

Amazing to finally hear it in the context of the show.

nevermind the main theme, this is what really made me realise that murray gold is back

Easily one of Murray's best scores. It's so different from what I was anticipating for Ruby's character. Tragic, maybe slightly romantic/historical waltz. It's up there with Thomas Newman's 'Night Window' from 1917, or even some 19th century Russian classical music. Calling it now, she's not going to have a happy ending, 15 is going to be very lonely.

you just KNOW this is gonna play on her departure and everyone is going to ball their eyes out D: GREAT JOB MURRAY GOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can almost imagine her somehow finding her way into the tardis alone and she is just exploring it with quiet curiosity and imagination in which she easily believess the impossible unlike the other companions that cannot seem to fathom the that it is bigger on the inside.

somethings up with Ruby… there’s gunna be some twists and turns with her character and her origins. With the classical music vibe and also a renaissance themed episode probably am reaching a lot but would love if she’s a companion out of time, she was born in the past and taken somehow to modern day

Ooooo, how interesting! For a start I'm very intrigued by the 3/4 time signature or waltz-esque style of music, it gives off an air of classical refinement and also subtle tragedy, (especially with the serene string accompaniment). Which lends credence to the theory that her main plot line throughout Series 14 is Ruby gradually learning the truth of her family given how she allegedly has a foster mother. (Not to mention that this type of theme could tie in especially well with the period set episode with Johnathan Groff's character.) But regardless, for the grand re-opening of Doctor Who, I'm glad Disney or the BBC didn't demand a catchier or more traditional character theme and Murray Gold was still allowed to give his honest interpretation of what this character meant to him! Gorgeous stuff here, and I can't wait to hear it in the show come Christmas 2023 or early 2024!

This is gorgeous, maybe the finest Companion theme I've heard. For those who know their "classical" music, it really wouldn't be out of place in a Shostakovich piano concerto - it's that good. Nice one, Murray!

This is absolutely beautiful. It sounds like if the soundtrack to Heaven Sent was combined with that of Howl's Moving Castle

i feel like the best part of listening to the themes for the first time is you get your first look as to how the story is going to be, i feel like i already know so much about 15th’s and Ruby’s personality and how they might interact just by listening to both of their themes AND THEIR EPISODES ARENT EVEN OUT

Since Ruby is so young and the actress seems bubbly, I expected the theme to be a lot more upbeat. I was surprised by the use of classical instruments. But this is lovely. It has a wistful quality to it, it's like she could be a Ghibli character: a dreamer who doesn't quite fit in, sauntering about life, but who carries a deep, existential sadness within. This is so gorgeous I'm almost choked up (granted, I'm PMSing, but this is hitting all the buttons). I can't wait to meet you properly, Ruby!

Bloody Beautiful!! I Missed This so much! It’s honestly so beautiful to listen. We’re so lucky Murray Gold is back!

This theme kinda portrays Ruby elegantly, living or working somewhere posh feeling lonely. Love the waltz vibe and chromatic scale.

I think it's super interesting that Ruby's theme is in 3/4 (Waltz time), and the piece itself is absolutely beautiful and melancholic. Can't wait to learn more about her.

We haven't even met her yet, but I think this may be my favourite of Gold's 'companion' themes so far. Knowing nothing of her character yet, there is such an underlying tragedy implicit in this, that I expect we're going to find out that she's terminally ill.

I feel like Ruby is going to have a great character moment with this piece playing- it’s almost a lament to the realities of traveling with The Doctor. It’s always proposed as exciting and fun, an adventure, when really you just see death in all of its forms, but with the hopefulness that you, as the companion, can help make it better.

Well after 13’s companions didn’t really have their own themes, it’s nice to see a companion get a decent, beautiful track. Also seems to fit into this musical vibe that’s going on in series 14… hmmm…

I didn't immediately love the show theme or 15's theme, but I immediately love this theme

I don't think there's even been a more sadder sounding theme for a companion than this one. Don't get me wrong I absolutely love it, it's as fresh as it is beautiful and surprisingly cinematic, however that sadness/mournful tone felt throughout the piece gives it a layer of complexity and intrigue that poetically contrasts the incredibly triumphant and cinematic 15th Doctor's Theme which sets up Season 1 (Series 14) from a musical standpoint as one of most beautifully complex seasons of Doctor Who ever conceived. Murray Gold has returned with a vengeance and I'm loving it.

oi this is crazy, she diegetically plays this in the Devil's Chord

I’ve watched all the current episodes (at the time of writing, the latest episode being Boom) and I just love how well this describes Ruby’s character. I’ve seen a lot of comments on this video from before the episodes began airing who assumed that Ruby would be an introvert due to this theme, but as we know that turned out to not be the case. She’s actually very bubbly, optimistic, cheerful, and caring, as well as impulsive, brave, stubborn, and heroic. Despite all of that, though, she has this melancholic tragedy to her character. Her birth parents abandoned her. She doesn’t know who they are or why they did it or even who she is, and that brings a certain sadness to her that is present in all of her scenes. I feel like The Life of Sunday shows this very well. It’s big and loud and booming at times but also becomes quiet and contemplative at others. It also does a great job of subverting expectations, committing itself to random key changes or note structures that don’t feel ‘normal’ yet still feel cohesive. It’s a good way of musically conveying both how lost and unsure Ruby must feel in her life, not just with her abandonment (which, as we see in earlier episodes, she isn’t quite abandoning her inquiry into yet) but also with the strange occurrences happening around her. Whenever I think of Ruby, her character, and this theme, I remember a quote I once heard. “It’s hard to truly hate the things that got you to where you are.” Although Ruby feels sadness and anger about her abandonment, everything since then-her adoptive family, her friends, her meeting the Doctor-would likely not be the same or would not happen at all had she grown up with her birth family. Just some random disordered ramblings of mine but I’m loving the writing of Ruby’s character so far.

Guys I really hope she doesn't die because I know damn well they'll play this while staring at her lifeless corpse and I don't think I can emotionally handle another death of a Doctor Who companion I really liked 😢

I can just tell Ruby is going to be one of the best written female characters along with Rose Tyler, Gwen Cooper, Donna Noble, and Martha Jones. RTD just knows how to write compelling characters.

Actually tearing up, I'm so glad Murray Gold is back.

This is so not what I was expecting but I really like it!!!

NAH WHENEVER THEY HAVE A THEME LIKE THIS THEY’RE 100% PLANNING ON DOING SOMETHING HEARTBREAKING WITH THE WRITING WON’T GET ME AGAIN WITH THAT TRICK NOPE

Very nice, touching. I'd rate it just behind Clara and Amy's themes. It's memorable just like any good theme should be. After a few notes you instantly see the character, their heart, their soul. Well done Murray! 👏👏👏

Not gonna lie, I'm a little obsessed with this theme.

Classical music in doctor who is to die for

What do you all think of Ruby's official theme?!

Wow... surprisingly elegant and melancholic! Im presuming this character is going to be someone with a dark past.

I can already tell this series' score is going to be so much more powerful than the 13 score This sounds amazing!

This theme & whatever Ruby's origins & fate is will rip our hearts out. It's a beautiful score. Well done Murray Gold❤

I don't know why but is anyone getting hints of "fathers day" in this?

1:20 A dazzling end element??? Could Ruby meet a dazzling end in her first series? This peice is amazing, seems like Ruby will be full of trauma, regrets but also mystery, curiosity, perseverance and the need to get away from it all which will all be bundled up with 15's personality to make the dream duo!

This is so interesting to me. Throughout the series thus far, Ruby has been so bubbly and energetic - defiant, sure, but that defiance is almost self sacrificing to me. She only seems to be so whenever its someone else in danger and not her; in space babies she distracts the monster, banging on the metal despite the fact that for all she knows the monster could kill her, in boom when passing the container to the doctor despite the fact that if it goes wrong it'll kill her, and now in 73 Yards- it takes someone else being abused for her to take action to bring down the Prime Minister, and never at any point does she try to take action against the woman standing 73 yards away. Nonetheless, her theme reflects that, you'd expect it to be joyful and whimsical, but instead its slow and sad, but there's this underlying beauty to it. I wouldnt be surprised if the season ended with Ruby having to make some sorta sacrifice

ПО настоящему британская композиция получилась, которая где-то с 2.5 минут приобретает французские нотки, а потом уходит обратно в британию) Очень красиво!

Here after Empire of Death. I didnt think much of Ruby until 73 Yards, and then I just felt for her *so much.* She grew and grew on me after that, and I haven't been so sad for a companion's exit since nearly 10 years ago. I'll miss you, Ruby Sunday. 😢 And yes, I want Murray Gold to ALWAYS do the music for Doctor Who. It doesn't feel like Doctor Who without Murray Gold!

Has a very late romantic feel to it. A beautiful waltz, reminiscent of Shostakovich.

This is really far fetched but a few months back I came up with the idea of a companion with a terminal disease, and the doctor taking her with them to show her the universe for her to see the universe at last and come to terms with her fate Due to the somber and sad nature of this theme i could very well imagine a plot like that

God I've missed you, Murray.

I can already tell that whenever she leaves this music will haunt me for ages. It's beautiful and heartbreaking and I'm honestly nervously anticipating where they're going to take her character well before we've even seen her 😭

I'm calling it - she's a fictional character who's been brought to life, everything about this piece of music conveys a sense of fairytale.

The theme sounds like it's predicting some bitter end for the character.

I love it,it has a classical feeling to it,it sounds like a piano concerto writen by a romantic period musician like shostakovich or rachmaninof

This has become my favourite companion theme. I can't wait for it to come on spotify (ALONG WITH SERIES 10!!)

I have a feeling that Ruby's mother is/was a timelord who left Ruby on earth for a normal life on earth. Judging by the tears in the Doctor's eyes, I have a feeling it is someone he knew, like Missy or Jenny. I think she might get killed and regenerate into the next companion and/or her exit will be her leaving to be with her family and finding out about Gallifrey.

Fun fact, Ruby was playing this theme in The Devil’s Chord

Always thought the title was supposed to be metaphorical like Ruby's life was something like a Sunday. Then I learned its her last name and felt really dumb

I love this song so much, I can't wait to hear how it'll be used in the show. I kind of hope that Ruby will have an ending akin to Lucie Miller or Adric with some finality.

I'm almost getting Howl's Moving Castle vibes from this, with the mix of whimsy with quiet pain. A masterpiece in and of itself.

Clara's theme will always be my favorite...but this one is nice!

With this and 15's theme I feel we will only really know what they are like when it's onscreen and in action.

I can't hear this the same after 73 Yards. Russell when I catch you for breaking my heart...

I’m back to say that this song is literally my current obsession and possibly my new favorite Murray Gold song over Same Old Day, Beginning of the End, and The Shepherds Boy. I’ve pretty much listened to it nonstop since I found it, even while I sleep lmao. Eagerly awaiting the official studio release!

If her theme is melancholic like that. Something bad is gonna happen to her like Rose.

I'd argue that this is even better than the 15th doctor's theme That chromatic bit at 1:30 hits so hard after that build up

This theme seems perfect for a small montage of her life, a feeling of her going through the motions in a boring cold world dreaming of something whimsical.

⚠️ Probable spoilers? ⚠️ ❤️❤️➕♦️ I will be shocked if this theme isn't used for a melancholic montage taking the audience through Ruby's early life becoming an orphan, living in care, and going through the foster system/social services. I can feel the tears flowing before they've formed! 😢

Ruby's Backstory: I feel like they will first show Ruby in a coffee shop or a restaurant working to make ends meet. Her boss is obnoxious and only pays her a certain amount. Then after she gets done with work, she heads to a shop and buys flowers. She then gets on a bicycle and heads over to a cemetery. There we will see tombstones of either her parents or friends and she drops off the flowers to them. Then after that she will meet the Doctor. (This is just my theory, it could be totally different, but I love this theme!)

I love this piece. It starts off very slow and melancholic in its mood and atmosphere and as it continues it builds up and up. Similar to 15s theme this seems to be going for a sort of circus theme to it, idk if I’m the only one who hears it but that’s the vibe I’m getting from it and I love it. I also love that he’s gone for a more classical composition for Ruby’s theme, as it is a nice change from some of the more upbeat companion themes. Nice to see that Murray gold is bringing something new and not rehashing the same pieces like he did for his original run. xx

She's empathetic like Rose She's a star like Martha She's sassy like Donna She's adventurous like Amy She's mysterious like Clara and River Song She's happy like Bill She's gentle like Yaz Ladies and gentlemen, Ruby Sunday ❤️❤️♦️

I can't stop listening to this. Absolutely stunning! I love how the themes are so different for Ruby and for the 15th doctor, and yet they pair together so well: one more soft and elegant, the other more heroic and powerful, but both so moving and beautiful. Can't wait to meet them both!!

It's really giving Nathan Johnson's "The Thrombey Family Theme" (Knives Out) and The Newton Brothers' "Go Tomorrow" (The Haunting of Hill House). Sadness, mystery, intrigue... Lots to look forward this X-Mas!

This is just stunning, can already tell this will be my fave companion theme!!! Murray Gold is well and truly back 😍😍

That piano reminds me of the Professor Layton games, and those strings when they hit are gorgeous!

A lot of what makes people connect with new DW has to do with the music, and Gold really knows how to pull our heart strings.

Murray Gold is so incredibly goated, so glad to see he's back

I don't have anything with Segun but the fact is I used to listen Doctor Who music all the time when I as doing homework, school project or when I was studying I tried a little with Segun but it was not the same emotion and now I can feel the same emotion and bit nostalgia with this music it is like meeting an old friend

Ahh the return of Murray Gold!

After a few minutes I concluded no adjectives would be enough to express. I really feel it's relative to the Succession score, in a playful and galactic kind of way. Which means there is only the most fortunate times ahead of us. We are truly lucky to have Russell and Murray again.

3:26 calling it now this part plays when she walks into the tardis for the first time. Also my favorite part.

Oh dear, this is going to be another theme that makes us cry looking back, isn’t it? Murray Gold is Rose-ing us yet again…

I love it! So soft and gentle and reminds me of Clara's theme. Beautiful !!!

Now this is Doctor Who. Murray Gold, you bloody brilliant man. This is so beautiful, not what I was expecting I genuinely can't stop listening to it. Doctor Who is back 🙌🏼

What a beautiful companion theme. One thing I've noticed is that the fate of the companions is reflected in their themes. Allow me to elaborate. (Warning: This is a LONG COMMENT OF RAMBLING.) > Rose Tyler's theme is somber, yet still there's never a sinister change in note or anything. Rose and her family were sent into a parallel dimension. She didn't die, but she can never see the Doctor again. > Martha's theme is hopeful and shows her fearless personality. Martha leaves the Doctor on her own accord. There's no somber part of her theme. > Donna's theme is bold and raucous, but there are some parts where it dips into darkness, even only for a bit. And, well, I don't need to remind you what happened to Donna. > Amy's Theme is wistful, yet saddening. And she died, albeit peacefully. > Clara's Theme, again, is somber in a way, but has a childlike tone to it. But yeah, she dies. But is temporarily revived again. > Bill's Theme seems to be the only one that this doesn't apply. Her theme is happy and jovial, and sounds unusually like the start of Gary Barlow's Sing. And now we have Ruby's Theme, unless some of those ambient themes you could barely differentiate from one another in Chibnall's train wreck of a tenure were supposed to be companion themes... So now Ruby's, I would say, is the most somber of all. My point is, I think Davies has a very dark fate for Ruby. (Well done if you actually read all of this. Have a ookie. 🍪)

Oh fuck Ruby is gonna have some very sad storylines isn't she?

I really love her theme, I actually don't know the themes for the other companions. This is truly the first theme of a companion I actually have fully noticed. I have so far really loved the first four episodes of the new Series. I really think that episodes like Boom, and especially 73 Yards really stand out and feel like real proper episodes of Doctor Who. Not saying Space Babies or The Devil's Chord aren't I guess I just liked the darker tones to it. Even though that Space Babies in of itself is also dark, from the fact of a whole planet refusing to help the babies on the station, but also refusing from stopping the baby farm. Devil's Chord was great too, love the use of the music and really just shined on its own. I have high hopes for this new series, and wonder if Ncuti will be here longer than Christopher was with New Who, where as this to me is New New Who. It will be certainly an interesting road. Especially considering that when you remember that Capaldi's Doctor is the first Doctor all over again, considering he is the first on the Doctor's twelve new regenerations. As Matt was technically Doctor 13 (11), and David was both 11 and 12 (10), with Christopher being 10 (9) and John 9 (War).

I like the erratic piano flourishes in the new theme and her theme. Whimsical.

woahhh i was not expecting a melancholy waltz..this is beautiful…it makes me even more excited and intrigued to meet ruby!

Kind of reminds me of madame de pompadour's theme; she's gonna break my heart and I can't wait