Doctor Who 'The Shepherd's Boy' | 'Breaking the Wall' Heaven Sent (Cover)

Doctor Who "The Shepherd's Boy", aka "Breaking the Wall", covered on the set of "Heaven Sent"! Featuring violin, guitar and vocals!

How many seconds in eternity? Well, one second of eternity has passed since my previous Doctor Who video (see link below), where I asked all of you what soundtrack I should cover next. Doctor Who's "The Shepherd's Boy" aka "Breaking the Wall" from "Heaven Sent" was clearly the most requested track. The visuals for this cover were so time-consuming to make that I started to feel like that bird from the Shepherd's Boy story, chiseling away a mountain of diamond. Or, you know, like the 12th Doctor punching his way through a wall of Azbantium. Either way, the mountain is gone and I wish you all a good time with this cover of "The Shepherd's Boy"!

► Previous Doctor Who covers:

► Quiz time:
Just like in my previous Doctor Who tribute "Regeneration", I managed to squeeze in some references to other music from Doctor Who into this "Shepherd's Boy" arrangement. This time there are just two references, but they are much better hidden. I expect the first one to be discovered soon, but the second one will be a challenge! Can you spot them both? Post your thoughts in the comments!

► Hidden clue:
There is another Doctor Who cover on its way to this channel and you can find a visual clue about it in this video! Can you find the clue and figure out which song will be next? Let me see your theories in the comments!

► Making of the "Shepherd's Boy" cover
As I was arranging the music for this cover, I realized two important things:
1. "The Shepherd's Boy" works like one big long crescendo. This fits the "Heaven Sent" story perfectly and is an integral part of the music, that the cover should replicate.
2. The melody was clearly written for and really shines on bowed string instruments.

Thankfully, I recently started working with the amazing violinist Sarah Bergé, who was happy to join this project. She gave a beautiful performance, both in front of the microphone and the camera!

Apart from Sarah, Stefanie J. returns once again as the solo vocalist, leading us into the middle section with her haunting singing. Last but not least, soprano Jana Marie Gropp helps to push the finale into "epic" territory!

► About "The Shepherd's Boy":
Doctor Who "Heaven Sent", the penultimate episode of Series 9, is regarded as one of the show's best. Peter Capaldi's performance as the 12th Doctor was fantastic (absolutely fantastic) and during the episode's climactic "Breaking the Wall" montage, Doctor Who's long-time composer Murray Gold introduced a breathtaking piece of soundtrack that would quickly turn into a new fan-favourite: "The Shepherd's Boy" - also known under the title "Breaking the Wall", for obvious reasons.

Murray Gold had already laid the foundation for the "Shepherd's Boy" theme in a Doctor Who episode that aired two years before "Heaven Sent" and interestingly, it was in that very episode that we got our first glimpse of Peter Capaldi as the 12th Doctor. Back then, the soundtrack titled "This Time There's Three of Us (The Majestic Tale)" introduced the melody that would later return for the "Breaking the Wall" sequence. But it wasn't until those final moments in "Heaven Sent" that this melody finally got the spotlight it deserved in the form of the fully developed "Shepherd's Boy" theme.

For the remainder of Peter Capaldi's run as the 12th Doctor, "Breaking the Wall" became sort of a more emotional alternative to the actual 12th Doctor theme "A Good Man?". It was so popular that a reprised version of "The Shepherd's Boy" was even used for Peter Capaldi's final moments in Doctor Who, accompanying the 12th Doctor's regeneration scene.
So even though Murray Gold probably did not plan it (or did he?), this theme essentially bookends the 12th Doctor's time in Doctor Who!

► Credits:
Original music by Murray Gold with orchestration by Alastair King.

This is a fan tribute. Doctor Who is owned by the BBC.

Cover arranged, produced and performed by Borna Matosic.

Violin performed by Sarah Bergé.

Solo vocals performed by Stefanie J.

Soprano performance by Jana Marie Gropp.

Visuals based on original Heaven Sent cinematography by Stuart Biddlecombe.
Video production by Borna Matosic & Stefanie J. @ BAMBOO BANDIT:

#DoctorWho #PeterCapaldi #BornaMatosic

[BornaMatosic]

Thanks for over 100k views!! 😱
Thank you all and happy streaming!!

[gnelson]

There’s this emperor, and he asks the shepherd’s boy how many seconds in eternity. And the shepherd’s boy says, ‘There’s this mountain of pure diamond. It takes an hour to climb it and an hour to go around it, and every hundred years a little bird comes and sharpens its beak on the diamond mountain. And when the entire mountain is chiseled away, the first second of eternity will have passed.’ You may think that’s a hell of a long time. Personally, I think that’s a hell of a bird.”


Murray Gold will be proud! 💙

[Gojirawars]

"If you think because she is dead that I am weak, then you understand very little. If you were any part of killing her, and you’re not afraid, then you understand nothing at all. So, for your own sake, understand this. I am the Doctor, I'm coming to find you, and I will never, ever stop."

[tomsullivan]

Personally, I think that’s a hell of a cover

[lightyearpig]

The Doctor punched his way through a wall made of a substance four hundred times harder than diamond over the course of billions of years with the express intention to make whoever trapped him in the castle pay with their lives. This was the moment that solidified Pete Capaldi as one of my favorite Doctors.

[JOHNSMITH-tncj]

I want to see Capaldi cover this himself

[OswinPond]

It always warms my heart to see that people are still using the title I came up with when I first posted the Unreleased Music "Breaking the Wall"! Thank you ! And thanks for this video it's beautiful, by far one of the best cover I've seen of this song

[accountforreason]

BBC is retweeting cover music? Interesting. It would have to be . . . Oh, it's GOOD. Oooohhh . . . *sub*

[chloxineamber]

This song is ending but the story never ends
This sounds so beautiful

[smokerings]

So I keep this song with me to remind myself that nothing is impossible, that with effort I can reach my goal.

[Ian.Ian_BoBian]

Laugh hard.

Run fast.

Be kind.



*aNd nEvEr eVEr eAt pEarS*

[leChiffreProdsfrance]

nice job. I love your style. This episode are in my best of best with mister Peter Capaldi, my Doctor. Thanks.

[BonnibelVA]

3:47 You DIDN'T need to go THAT HARD! But lord do i respect you for

[Haunter_Who]

"Personally, i think that's one hell of a bird."

This brought out the feels in me. Such a beautiful piece of music from Murray Gold and an amazing cover!!

[mantisvessel]

Without hope. Without witness. Without reward.

[UrsaMajor_]

Instant goose bumps, teary eyes and feeling a lot of love for Capaldi's outstanding performance.
You have done justice to this wonderful piece of music. Thank you so much!

[BrotherTree]

Now, I think.... that's one HELL of a bird! 😭

[georgecastillo]

I really missed 12 so much 😢 but this cover of "Shepard's boy " Is fricking amazing it made me cry because it reminded me of his regeneration scene and the breaking the wall scene my dude this the best cover I should've found it long time ago brilliant mate 🤘👌👏👏👏❤❤❤❤❤❤☺😎😊

[trisberesford]

One of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard in my life .

[maxeyre]

Very nice! Heaven Sent has always been my favourite episode.