Life On Earth Music from The 1979 BBC TV Series Composed By Edward Williams

• Life On Earth – Sample 1
• Life On Earth – Sample 2
• Life On Earth – Sample 3
• Life On Earth – Sample 4

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• 3. Sample 3
• 4. Sample 4

Yet another superlative soundtrack release from Trunk Records!

The groundbreaking natural history programme Life On Earth hit TV screens 30 years ago, in 1979. This is the first time the beautiful music composed for the series has been commercially issued and it is hard to believe that something so utterly beautiful has remained unissued until now!!!

Jonny was given permission by Sir David Attenborough and John Sparks (the renowned naturalist and producer of the series) to use their world famous image of the tree frog for the front cover! The sounds composed and created for the series are quite magical. It's the sound of science, of underwater life, of progress,flight, fight, death and courtship. We have swamps, petrified forests, snowscapes and coral reefs. And of course music composed for a wide variety of birds, animals and sea-dwellers of all shapes and sizes. Edward Williams influences include Erik Satie, British pastoral composition of the post war period and pioneering UK electronics. What's extraordinary is that Edward Williams seemed to created a sound way ahead of his time; listen to track two or three and you will hear music that could easily be mistaken for the contemporary soundtrack work of Cliff Martinez or Clint Mansell!

Ace!