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- The Green Planet (Original Television Soundtrack)
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- Benji Merrison & Will Slater
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- Silva Screen Records
- Catalogue Number
- SILED1671
- Release Date
- April 22, 2022
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Benji Merrison and Will Slater’s lush and atmospheric soundtrack to BBC Earth’s 5-episode TV series narrated by David Attenborough. The series takes place across five worlds - tropical, water, seasonal, desert and human and shows these worlds from a plant’s eye view. It treats plants as protagonists and follows their story at their own pace, whilst they strive to reproduce, communicate, and survive. The Guardian describes the viewing experience “From glowing bioluminescent fungus to 7,000 different camera set-ups for ants, the veteran broadcaster’s miraculous profile of plant life will have you gasping in astonishment so often you’ll be breathless”.
The original soundtrack was composed by Benji Merrison and Will Slater. “The challenge was to create a score which allows the audience to connect with plants on an emotional level, much more of a conundrum than when scoring for the animal kingdom.” says Benji Merrison. He then describes the composition process “We recorded a number of experimental sessions, using unconventional instrumentation, both acoustic and electronic. We also experimented recording electronic signals from plants, and translating this into audio. For the more traditional sound elements, we recorded individual orchestral sections, building up a library of textures, phrases and orchestral colours. A kind of ‘modular’ musical kit of parts. During the ‘coal-face’ period of the scoring, we re-sampled ourselves, by processing and integrating these modular components into aspects of the final cues, finishing them off with additional recording sessions. This created a sort of ‘real, but not real’ sound, which was very effective in bringing the audience inside the surreal wonder of the plant world.”
Tracklist
DISC ONE
- THE GREEN PLANET - Green Planet Title
- TROPICAL WORLDS - Hyperlapse
- TROPICAL WORLDS - Change is Coming
- TROPICAL WORLDS - Race For Light
- TROPICAL WORLDS - Phosphorescent Forest
- TROPICAL WORLDS - Formation of Rain
- TROPICAL WORLDS - Ancient Rainforest
- TROPICAL WORLDS - Kinkajoo
- TROPICAL WORLDS - Skygardens
- TROPICAL WORLDS - Rafflesia
- TROPICAL WORLDS - Dipterocarps
- TROPICAL WORLDS - Fine White Threads
- TROPICAL WORLDS - Invaders of the Forest
- TROPICAL WORLDS - Seven Hour Flower
- TROPICAL WORLDS - Reconnecting Fragments
- WATER WORLDS - Arriving in their Thousands
- WATER WORLDS - Emerald Kingdom
- WATER WORLDS - Pantanal
- WATER WORLDS - Plant Nemesis
- WATER WORLDS - Rapidly Growing Leaf
- WATER WORLDS - Change in the Weather
- WATER WORLDS - Ever Deeper Water
- WATER WORLDS - Share of the Sun
- WATER WORLDS - Cano Cristales
- WATER WORLDS - Waterworld in the Sky
- WATER WORLDS - Bladderwort
- WATER WORLDS - Blood Red Tentacles
- WATER WORLDS - Quarter of a Million
- WATER WORLDS - Many Precious Seeds
- WATER WORLDS - Coast of Formentera
- WATER WORLDS - Seagrass
DISC TWO
- DESERT WORLDS - Deserts Title
- DESERT WORLDS - Once in a Decade
- DESERT WORLDS - Masters of Disguise
- DESERT WORLDS - Stone Plant
- DESERT WORLDS - Perfect Deception
- DESERT WORLDS - Signals and Veins
- DESERT WORLDS - Cholla Buds
- DESERT WORLDS - Inhospitable Island
- DESERT WORLDS - Baobabs
- DESERT WORLDS - Saguaro Strategy
- DESERT WORLDS - Fragmentation
- SEASONAL WORLDS - Hero Seed
- SEASONAL WORLDS - Sugar Maples
- SEASONAL WORLDS - Little Solar Panels
- SEASONAL WORLDS - Lurking in the Shadows
- SEASONAL WORLDS - Catching the Scent
- SEASONAL WORLDS - Hammer Orchid
- SEASONAL WORLDS - Temperatures Rise
- SEASONAL WORLDS - Fire Lilies
- SEASONAL WORLDS - Lifting Them Higher
- SEASONAL WORLDS - Seasonal Forest Floors
- SEASONAL WORLDS - More Vulnerable Than Ever
- SEASONAL WORLDS - Changing Climate
- HUMAN WORLDS - Weeds
- HUMAN WORLDS - Anchor Points
- HUMAN WORLDS - Meghalaya
- HUMAN WORLDS - Ancestral Grasses
- HUMAN WORLDS - Living Bridges
- HUMAN WORLDS - Agricultural Spectacle
- HUMAN WORLDS - Cloud Forest
- HUMAN WORLDS - Almond Flowers
- HUMAN WORLDS - Finding a Balance
- HUMAN WORLDS - Returning The Land
- HUMAN WORLDS - A Greener Planet
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Green Planet Title
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Hyperlapse
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Change is Coming
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Race For Light
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Phosphorescent Forest
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Skygardens
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Rafflesia
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Once in a Decade
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Masters of Disguise
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Stone Plant
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Perfect Deception
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Signals and Veins
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Cholla Buds
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Inhospitable Island
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Baobabs
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Saguaro Strategy
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