It was in 2011 that the BBC first unveiled Frozen Planet, its newest epic sequence following within the weighty footsteps of Blue Planet and Planet Earth all offered by the irreplaceable David Attenborough.
Given the huge reputation of each Blue Planet II and Planet Earth II, it was no shock that the group would deliver us Frozen Planet II as effectively.
The six-part sequence, which premiered on BBC One on Sunday 11 September, as soon as once more provides us a window into life within the excessive chilly at both ends of the Earth. It’s a sequence that (as we’ve come to anticipate) not solely celebrates the wonders of those icy worlds and their inhabitants, however reveals the knife-edge they stay on because of local weather change.
Such drama all the time evokes large music, and Frozen Planet II isn’t any exception. Just like the prior sequel sequence’, the BBC turned to Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer and his cohort of dynamic composers at Bleeding Fingers Music to offer the present’s musical backdrop. For this newest enterprise, Zimmer has introduced in Australian-born, LA-based composer Adam Lukas and British composer James Everingham.
Lukas and Everingham have labored collectively on tv tasks collectively earlier than, together with Nat Geo’s Expedition Everest and music for the telecast of Tremendous Bowl LVI. Everingham has co-composed with Zimmer earlier than, too, his music that includes in 2020’s Planet Earth – A Celebration for the BBC and Apollo: Mission to the Moon for Nat Geo. Lukas isn’t any stranger to the BBC’s Pure Historical past Unit, having composed the rating for the latest sequence, Primates.
Each composers have labored on notable tasks away from the display, with Lukas composing solo piano works and a 2015 Gloria, in addition to music for the stage. Everingham launched a debut album referred to as Leviathan in 2020 and undertook an enormous undertaking to pattern the Royal Albert Corridor’s mighty pipe organ as a part of its one hundred and fiftieth birthday celebrations.
For Frozen Planet II Zimmer, Lukas and Everingham be part of forces to create the form of thrilling, evocative musical palette now we have come to anticipate from these blockbuster sequence. Zimmer’s contact is maybe most evident in the primary theme, which captures each the majestic and delicate nature of our planet’s frozen worlds. Like several Zimmer manufacturing, although, you’ll be able to hear his sonic affect all through, particularly within the extra grandiose, anthemic music.
Who’s singing within the rating for Frozen Planet II?
One necessary aspect of the rating is the ethereal vocals. These are carried out by 26-year-old Norwegian singer-songwriter AURORA. She made a memorable look at this yr’s ‘Earth Promenade’ on the BBC Proms. It featured a preview of Frozen Planet and the stay premiere of ‘Take Me Again House’, carried out by AURORA with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, performed by Ben Palmer. The music was written for the sequence’ prolonged trailer, by Hans Zimmer (one of many greatest movie composers on this planet) with international famous person singer Camila Cabello.
The place and when can I purchase the music from Frozen Planet II?
An official soundtrack album for Frozen Planet II, that includes the music by Hans Zimmer, Adam Lukas and James Everingham, shall be out there to stream and obtain from 7 October courtesy of Silva Display screen Information. A two-CD launch is about to look on 21 October, with plans to make the music out there as a triple-vinyl launch subsequent yr.
