Overtone Music has released a digital version of the soundtrack album for the 1999 documentary series Walking with Dinosaurs created by Tim Haines, produced by BBC Science Unit and narrated by Kenneth Branagh (in its original version) and Avery Brooks (in the U.S. version). The album features the original score from the show composed by Ben Bartlett (The Tunnel, Vera, The Loch, Lucan), including three additional tracks. The 25th Anniversary soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and most other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. BBC Records has previously released the original 1999 soundtrack album on CD.
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‘Walking with Dinosaurs’ Soundtrack Details
Metropolis Movie Music will release a soundtrack album for the 3D family action adventure Walking With Dinosaurs. The album features the film’s original music composed by Paul Leonard-Morgan (Limitless, Dredd). The soundtrack will be released on January 21, 2014 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also check out audio clips. Walking With Dinosaurs is directed by Neil Nightingale & Barry Cook and features the voices of John Leguizamo, Justin Long, Tiya Sircar and Skyler Stone. The movie centers on two brothers looking to follow in their father’s footsteps, which leads them to a showdown with dinosaurs in the Arctic. The BBC Earth production was released last month by 20th Century Fox and is now playing in theaters.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 20, 2013)
Two new movies are opening wide this week:
Expected to top the weekend box office is the comedy sequel Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues directed by Adam McKay and starring Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, James Marsden and Kristen Wiig. The film’s original score is composed by Andrew Feltenstein and John Nau (Casa De Mi Padre, Bachelorette). The duo has also composed the film’s original songs, including Doby (co-written with Ferrell and McKay), which is up for an Academy Award nomination in the Best Song category (click here to listen to the track). Republic Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the film. For the full album details, check out our soundtrack announcement.
Also opening wide is the 3D family action adventure Walking With Dinosaurs directed by Neil Nightingale & Barry Cook and which follows two brothers looking to follow in their father’s footsteps, which leads them to a showdown with dinosaurs in the Arctic. Paul Leonard-Morgan (Limitless, Dredd) has composed the film’s original music. A soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score is in the works and expected to be released in 2014. Check back on this page for the album details. To learn more about the movie, check out our previous news article.
David Hirschfelder Scoring ‘Walking with Dinosaurs 3D’
David Hirschfelder is composing the score for the upcoming family action adventure Walking with Dinosaurs 3D. The film is directed by Neil Nightingale & Barry Cook (Mulan, Arthur Christmas) and follows two brothers looking to follow in their father’s footsteps, which leads them to a showdown with dinosaurs in the Arctic. Charlie Rowe has been cast in one of the leading roles. John Collee (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Happy Feet) and Theodore Thomas wrote the screenplay and Mike Devlin, Amanda Hill and Deepak Nayar (Bend It Like Beckham, Lost Highway) are producing the BBC Earth, Evergreen Films and Reliance Big Entertainment production.