Silva Screen Records has announced the details of the full soundtrack album for the BBC Earth documentary Meerkat: A Dynasties Special. The album features the original music from the special composed by Benji Merrison (SAS: Red Notice, Strange Magic) and Will Slater (One Strange Rock, Africa, Planet Earth Live) who previously scored the original 2018 Dynasties series. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, February 26 and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music stores. The label has previously released a 4-track EP featuring four score suites written by the composers last year. Meerkat: A Dynasties Special is produced and directed by Emma Napper, narrated by Sir David Attenborough follows the young meerkat queen Maghogho and her family battling to survive in hostile environment, during a drought.
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‘Meerkat: A Dynasties Special’ Soundtrack Released
Silva Screen Records has released a soundtrack EP for the BBC Earth documentary Meerkat: A Dynasties Special. The 4-track EP features selections of the original music from the special composed by Benji Merrison & Will Slater (One Strange Rock, Africa, Planet Earth Live). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and other digital music services. A full soundtrack album will be announced soon. The label has previously released the composers’ score from the original 2018 Dynasties series. Meerkat: A Dynasties Special is produced and directed by Emma Napper and follows a young meerkat queen living in the harsh beauty of the Makgadikgadi salt pans who must unite her family in the face of rivals, predators and immense dust storms.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (January 13, 2019)
Premiering tonight is the National Geographic original series Valley of the Boom created by Matthew Carnahan and starring Bradley Whitford, Steve Zahn, Lamorne Morris, John Karna, Dakota Shapiro and Oliver Cooper. The show’s original music is composed by Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein (Stranger Things, Butterfly, Native Son). Sony Classical has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score from the project (click here for the full album details), as well as a separate album featuring a selections of songs from the series (click here for more information).
Premiering tomorrow, January 14, is the Fox drama The Passage developed by Liz Heldens based on Justin Cronin’s book series and starring Saniyya Sidney, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Caroline Chikezie, Henry Ian Cusick, Vincent Piazza and Emmanuelle Chriqui. Jeff Russo (Fargo, Legion, Star Trek: Discovery, The Night Of) and Jordan Gagne (The Rookie, Waco) are composing the show’s original music. Check out our previous news article to learn more about the series, which will air Monday nights on Fox.
‘General Magic’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the documentary General Magic. The album features the film’s original music composed by Benji Merrison (Dynasties). The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, January 4 and will be available to download on Amazon. General Magic is directed by Sarah Kerruish & Matt Maude and tells the story of the titular startup company, which spun out from Apple in 1990 to create the ‘next big thing’. The movie tracks the progress of anytime, anywhere communication from a thing of sci-fi fiction in 1994 to a reality in our pockets and on our wrists today.
Soundtrack Album for BBC’s ‘Dynasties’ Announced
Silva Screen Records has announced a soundtrack album for the BBC Earth docu-series Dynasties. The album features the show’s original music composed by Benji Merrison and Will Slater (Africa, One Strange Rock, Planet Earth Live) and performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Sunday, November 11 (click here to download) and physically on December 14. Check back on this page for the CD pre-order link. Dynasties is produced by BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit and highlights five of the world’s most celebrated but endangered animals, as they do whatever it takes to survive and protect the next generation.