o r i g i n a l t e l e v i s i o n s o u n d t r a c k

c o m p o s e d b y G E O R G E F E N T O N

VOLUME 1

FROM POLE TO POLE 01. Planet Earth Prelude 02. The Journey of the Sun 03. Hunting Dogs 04. Elephants in the Okavango

CAVES 05. Diving into Darkness 06. Stalactite Gallery 07. Bat Hunt 08. Discovering Deer Cave

FRESHWATER 09. Angel Falls 10. River Predation 11. Iguacu 12. The Snow Geese

MOUNTAINS 13. The Geladas 14. The Snow Leopard 15. The Karakorum 16. The Earth’s Highest Challenge

DESERTS 17. Desert Winds / The Locusts 18. Fly Catchers 19. Namibia - The Lions and the Oryx

VOLUME 2

GREAT PL AINS 01. Plains High and Low 02. The Wolf and the Caribou 03. Tibet Reprise / Close

SHALLOW SEAS 04. Surfing Dolphins 05. Dangerous Landing 06. Mother and Calf - The Great Journey

JUNGLES 07. The Canopy / Flying Lemur 08. Frog Ballet / Jungle Falls 09. The Cordecyps 10. Hunting Chimps

SEASONAL FORESTS 11. The Redwoods 12. Fledglings 13. Seasonal Change

ICE WORLDS 14. Discovering Antarctica 15. The Humpbacks Bubblenet 16. Everything Leaves but the Emperors 17. The Disappearing Sea Ice 18. Lost in the Storm

OCEAN DEEP 19. A School of Five Hundred 20. Giant Mantas 21. Life Near the Surface 22. The Choice is Ours

Okavango © BBC Planet Earth / Ben Osborne

P L A N E T E A R T H a s y o u ’ v e n e v e r s e e n i t b e f o r e

Impala, Okavango © BBC Planet Earth / Ben Osborne Bears, Glacier National Park © DCI / Jean-Marc Giboux

F R O M P O L E T O P O L E

01. Planet Ear th Pre lude02. The Journey of the Sun

03. Hunt ing Dogs04. E lephants in the Okavango

Wild dogs, Okavango © BBC Planet Earth / Ben Osborne Polar bear and cub © Jason C Roberts Giraffes, Okavango © BBC Planet Earth / Ben Osborne Great white shark © Simon King

F R E S H W A T E R

09. Ange l Fa l ls10. R ive r Predat ion

11. Iguacu12. The Snow GeeseC A V E S

05. D iv ing in to Darkness06. Sta lac t i te Ga l le r y

07. Bat Hunt08. D iscover ing Deer Cave

Base jumper, Cave of Swallows © DCI / Ed Carreon Lechuguilla cave © Gavin Newman Spectacled caiman © Peter Scoones Freshwater shrimps © BBC Piranhas © Peter Scoones Giant salamander, Japan © Peter Scoones

D E S E R T S

17. Deser t Winds / The Locusts18. F ly Catchers

19. Namib ia - The L ions and the Or y xM O U N T A I N S

13. The Ge ladas14. The Snow Leopard

15. The Karakorum16. The Ear th’s H ighest Cha l lenge

Goats, Glacier National Park © DCI / Jean-Marc Giboux Locust swarm © Tom Hugh-Jones Elephants © Paul Brehem Bactrian camels © Huw Cordey

S H A L L O W S E A S

04. Sur f ing Dolph ins05. Dangerous Landing

06. Mother and Ca l f - The Great JourneyG R E A T P L A I N S

01. Pla ins High and Low02. The Wol f and the Car ibou

03. T ibet Repr ise / C lose

Lions hunting African elephant © BBC Planet Earth / Ben Osborne Pygmy hog, India © Ian McCarthy Tibetan fox © Milo Burcham Banded sea kraits, Indonesia © Peter Scoones Great Barrier Reef, Australia © Mark Brownlow Fur seal hunting king penguin, Marion Island © Ian McCarthy

S E A S O N A L F O R E S T S

11. The Redwoods12. F ledgl ings

13. Seasona l ChangeJ U N G L E S

07. The Canopy / F ly ing Lemur08. Frog Ba l le t / Jungle Fa l ls

09. The Cordecyps10. Hunt ing Chimps

Magnificent bird of paradise © Barrie Britton Fungus © Tom Hugh-Jones Elephants, Congo © Martyn Colbeck Baobab trees, Madagascar © Warwick Sloss Boreal forest © Tom Clarke Kodkod, Peru © BBC

I C E W O R L D S

14. D iscover ing Anta rc t ica15. The Humpbacks Bubblenet

16. Ever y th ing Leaves but the Emperors17. The D isappear ing Sea Ice

18. Lost in the Storm

Emperor penguin chick © Fred Olivier Eider duck © Sue Flood Humpback whale, Antarctica © Sue Flood Little auks, Svalbard © Barrie Britton

O C E A N D E E P

19. A School of F ive Hundred20. G iant Mantas

21. L i fe Near the Sur face22. The Choice is Ours

Composed and conducted by George FentonPerformed by the BBC Concert Orchestra

Leader: Cynthia FlemingOrchestrations: Geoffrey AlexanderMusic Preparation: Bill SilcockRecorded at Angel Recording StudiosEngineer: Steve PriceProTools Operator: Mat BartramMusic Coordinator: Nicole JacobAlbum Produced by George FentonExecutive Producer: Jane Carter

CAVES, FRESHWATER and SHALLOW SE ASOrchestra leader: Rolf WilsonMusician’s Contractor: Isobel Griffiths

FRESHWATER and DESERTSRecorded at Abbey Road StudiosEngineer: Jonathan Allen

SHALLOW SE ASRecorded at Abbey Road StudiosEngineer: Peter CobbinOrchestrations: Julian Kershaw

CAVESVocal: Belinda SykesDuduk: Martin Robertson

OCE AN DEEPVocal: Belinda Sykes

GRE AT PL A INSVocal: Belinda Sykes

DESERTSVocal: Belinda SykesDuduk: Martin Robertson

JUNGLESVocal: Catherine Bott

ICE WORLDSVocal: Catherine BottPiano: Simon Chamberlain

MOUNTA INSMongolian Overtone Singer: Michael OrmistonPiano: Dave Arch

SE ASONAL FORESTSPiano: Simon Chamberlain

FRESHWATERTrumpet: Andrew Crowley BBC Concer t Orchestra :General Manager: Andrew ConnollyArtistic Manager: Louise AllenOrchestra Manager: Sally Mitchell

With thanks to: Mark Linfield, Mark Brownlow, Huw Cordey, Vanessa Berlowitz, Jonathan Keeling, Andy Byatt and Penny Allen and special thanks to Alastair Fothergill

Mastered at Abbey Road Studios by Sean Magee

All titles written by George Fenton and published by Eaton Music

Isopods and deep sea eels, Gulf of Mexico © BBC NHU Oceanic white tip © Andy Byatt Dumbo octopus © Simon Nash Davidson Seamount © BBC NHU

Lion, Savute National Park, Botswana © BBC Planet Earth / Ben Osborne

Album cover image: © Robert Caputo / Aurora Photos

Executive Producers for Silva Screen Records Ltd. Reynold D’Silva & David Stoner

Album Mastering: Rick Clark

Release Co-ordination: Pete Compton

Package & Design Layout: Stuart Ford

Ⓟ 2006 BBC Worldwide Ltd. © 2018 BBC Worldwide Ltd. Under exclusive licence to Silva Screen Records Ltd.

SILCD1564 MCPS

PL ANET EARTH I Imusic by Hans Zimmer,

Jacob Shea & Jasha Klebe

https://geo.itunes.apple.com/album/planet-earth-ii-original-television-soundtrack/id1170102660?app=itunes

FROZEN PL ANETmusic by George Fenton &

The BBC Concert Orchestra

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HUMAN PL ANETmusic by Nitin Sawhney &

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales

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AFRICAmusic by Sarah Class &

The BBC Concert Orchestra

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YELLOWSTONEmusic by Edmund Butt &

The Chamber Orchestra of London

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HIDDEN KINGDOMSmusic by Ben Foster &

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales

https://geo.itunes.apple.com/album/hidden-kingdoms-original-television-soundtrack/id808156894?app=itunes

WILD AR ABIAmusic by Barnaby Taylor &

The BBC Concert Orchestra

https://geo.itunes.apple.com/album/wild-arabia-original-television-soundtrack/id634935727?app=itunes

BLUE PL ANET I Imusic by Hans Zimmer,

Jacob Shea & David Fleming

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