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.
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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.
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).