Silva Screen Records will release a soundtrack album for the BBC natural history documentary series Blue Planet III. The track album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer (The Dark Knight, Interstellar, Gladiator, Inception, The Lion King, Dune, Rain Man), Thom Lukas & Laurentia Editha (Island of the Sea Wolves, Asia, Alien Worlds, Growing Up Animal) for Bleeding Fingers Music. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, November 13 and as a 2-CD set on December 11. Check back on this page for the purchase links. As previously reported, RCA Records has released the original song Into the Deep (Seas Cry) by JADE and Zimmer as a digital single last month. Blue Planet III is narrated bySir David Attenborough and reveals brand new and untold stories from magical underwater worlds, exploring stories of adaptation and resilience in this changing world, along with stories of hope and recovery.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (November 6, 2026)
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the Japanese monster movie Godzilla Minus Zero written and directed by Takashi Yamazaki and starring Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Hidetake Yoshioka, Min Tanaka, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Masami Nagasawa, Yuki Yamada, Iun Kunimura, Sakura Ando and Mio Tanaka. The film’s original music is composed by Naoki Sato (Godzilla Minus One, Rurouni Kenshin, Pretty Cure, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero Masquerade Night, Blood-C, X). Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score this past Wednesday and Rambling Records has released a CD and vinyl edition in Japan. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Toho production, which is being distributed stateside by GKIDS.
Also opening wide is the animated feature The Cat in the Hat directed by Erica Rivinoja & Alessandro Carlon and starring Bill Hader, Xochitl Gomez, Matt Berry, Giancarlo Esposito, America Ferrera, Quinta Brunson, Paula Pell, Tiago Martinez, Bowen Yang and Tituss Burgess.have been revealed. Lorne Balfe (Mission: Impossible – Fallout & Dead Reckoning, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Widow, Bad Boys for Life,The LEGO Batman Movie, Black Adam, His Dark Materials, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves) has composed the film’s original score. WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the project’s theme song by Fitz & Tim Minchin and an original end credits Hilary Duff last Friday. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the Warner Bros. Pictures Animation production.
‘Ramayana’ Soundtrack EP Released
Super Cassettes Industries has released a soundtrack EP for the Indian epic drama Ramayana. The 5-track EP features the original songs Jai Jai Ram, Ravana Tandav & Sita’s Aspiration written by A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours, The Hundred-Foot Journey, Lagaan), with lyrics by Dr. Kumar Vishwas. Also included is the Rama Theme composed by the film’s composers Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Interstellar, Dune, Inception, The Dark Knight, Gladiator) & Rahman, as well as an orchestral version of Jai Jai Ram by Zimmer & Rahman. Visit Apple Music (and other select digital music services) to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to all five tracks after the jump. The label has previously released the composers’ trailer theme as a digital single in August. Ramayana is directed by Nitesh Tiwari and stars Ranbir Kapoor, Yash, Sai Pallavi, Ravie Dubey and Sunny Deol.
Timothée Chalamet’s & Hans Zimmer’s ‘Desert Chant’ from ‘Dune: Part Three’ Soundtrack Released
WaterTower Music has released the first track from the soundtrack for Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming sci-fi epic Dune: Part Three. Available to stream/download now on all major digital music services is the Desert Chant by lead actor Timothée Chalamet and the film’s composer Hans Zimmer (Interstellar, The Dark Knight, Gladiator, Inception, The Lion King, Rain Man). Also listen to the track, which begins with Chalamet humming before building into an epic war chant, after the jump. Dune: Part Three is co-written and directed by Villeneuve and also stars Zendaya, Jason Momoa, Florence Pugh, Anya Taylor-Joy, Robert Pattinso, Isaach de Bankolé, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Rampling and Javier Bardem.
JADE’s & Hans Zimmer’s Original Song ‘Into the Deep (Seas Cry)’ from BBC’s ‘Blue Planet III” Released
RCA Records has released the original song Into the Deep (Seas Cry) from the upcoming BBC natural history documentary series Blue Planet III. The track co-written (with Thom Lukas of Bleeding Fingers Music, with lyrics by Jade Thirlwall, Pablo Bowman & Fin Dow-Smith) and performed by JADE and Academy Award-winning composer Hans Zimmer is now available to stream/download on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the full song and check out an extended trailer for the show, after the jump. Blue Planet III is narrated by Sir David Attenborough and reveals extraordinary stories from some of the planet’s most important and least understood marine environments, filmed using cutting-edge technology.
‘Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age’ Soundtrack Album Released
Milan Records has released a soundtrack album for the Apple TV original documentary series Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age. The album features selections of the show’s original music composed by Anže Rozman (The Americas, Beckham, Universe), Kara Talve (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Faraway Downs, The Simpons) & Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Interstellar, The Dark Knight, Dune, Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean) who recently received an Emmy Award nomination for their work on the project. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ main theme after the jump. Lakeshore Records has previously released two albums featuring Rozman’s, Talve’s & Zimmer’s music from Prehistoric Planet Season 1 & Season 2 back in 2022 & 2023. Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age is executive produced by Jon Favreau & Mike Gunton, produced by BBC Studios Natural History Unit and narrated by actor Tom Hiddleston. The 5-parter invites viewers into a dramatic new era of prehistoric life, millions of years after the extinction of the dinosaurs – an era shaped by ice, the intense fight to survive and the rise of a new cast of giants: the iconic megafauna.
‘Lion’ Soundtrack Album Details
The details of the soundtrack album for the National Geographic original event nature documentary series Lion have been revealed. The album features selections of the show’s original score composed by Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, The Dark Knight, Interstellar, Gladiator, Dune, Inception, Rain Man, Pirates of the Caribbean), Niccolò Pacella & George Hutson Warren and produced by Bleeding Fingers’ Russell Emanuel, with additional vocals from the Nairobi Chamber Chorus. Zimmer, Andrew Christie & Lebo M have written the series’ main theme. The soundtrack will be released digitally this Friday, August 21 by Hollywood Records and will be available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also listen to the main theme below. Lion is narrated by O.J. Lynch and executive produced by Jon Favreau and BBC Studios Natural History Unit’s creative director Mike Gunton. The 4-parter chronicles the remarkable four-year journey of a tiny lion cub named Kio as he becomes a king.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (August 16, 2026)
Premiering tonight is the HBO original series Lanterns created by Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof & Tom King based on the DC comic characters from Green Lantern and starring Kyle Chandler, Aaron Pierre, Kelly Macdonald, Laura Linney, Garret Dillahunt, Poorna Jagannathan, Nathan Fillion, Jason Ritter, Ulrich Thomsen, J. Alphonse Nicholson and Jasmine Cephas Jones. The show’s original music is composed by Stephanie Economou (Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok, Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken, Jupiter’s Legacy, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, About My Father, Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie, The Chair). Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the DC Studios production, which will air every Sunday night on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max.
‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest’ Soundtrack Vinyl Release Announced
Walt Disney Records has announced the first-ever vinyl release of the soundtrack album for Gore Verbinski’s 2006 fantasy adventure Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest starring Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Stellan Skarsgård and Bill Nighy. The album features the film’s original music composed by Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer (Gladiator, The Lion King, Interstellar, The Dark Knight, Dune, Inception, Rain Man, Man of Steel). The soundtrack will be released on vintage “Bottle Clear” vinyl on September 25 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. The label has previously released a vinyl edition of the album for 2003’s Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl last year.
National Geographic’s ‘Lion’ to Feature Music by Hans Zimmer, Niccolò Pacella, George Hutson Warren, Lebo M & Andrew Christie
National Geographic announced today that Hans Zimmer (Interstellar, Dune, Inception, The Dark Knight, Pirates of the Caribbean, Rain Man, Man of Steel) has teamed up with Bleeding Fingers Music’s Niccolò Pacella & George Hutson Warren to score the new National Geographic original documentary series Lion. The Nairobi Chamber Chorus has provided additional vocals and Lebo M (The Lion King) & Andrew Christie (Prehistorical Planet, The Americas) have written the theme, alongside Zimmer, for the show, which is narrated by O.J. Lynch and chronicles the remarkable four-year journey of a tiny lion cub named Kio as he becomes a king. Jon Favreau (Iron Man, Elf) who has previously collaborated with Zimmer on 2019’s The Lion King remake is executive producing the project with BBC Studios Natural History Unit’s creative director Mike Gunton (Planet Earth II, Dynasties).