Album UK 2009 on Trunk Records label
Electronic, Classical and Soundtrack (Soundtrack, Contemporary, Ambient, Score)
Recorded at Anvil Studios. 13 x 55 minutes episodes originally played out between 16th January and 10th April 1979. Programme 1: The infinite variety (tracks 1, 2, 3) Programme 2: Building bodies (tracks 4, 5) Programme 3: The first forests (track 6) Programme 4: The swarming hordes (track 7) Programme 5: The conquest of waters (track 8) Programme 6: Invasion of the land (track 9) Programme 7: Victors of the dry land (track 10) Programme 8: Victors of the dry land (track 11) Programme 9: Lords of the air (tracks 12, 13) Programme 10: Theme and variation (track 13) Prgoramme 11: The hunters and the hunted (track 14) Prgoramme 12: Life in the trees (track 15) Programme 13: The compulsive communicators (track 16)
Edward Williams , GB composed by, electronics, electric modifications and transformations, recorded by, edited by, mixed by, producer, sleeve notes, album by | |
Marcus Dods , 1918-1984 GB conductor, orchestra conductor | |
Linda Hirst voc, GB mezzo-soprano vocals | |
Patrick Halling vn, str, GB violin, solo violin |
Paul Flack artwork |
Alan Snelling engineer, recording engineer |
Eric Tomlinson engineer, recording engineer |
John Richards engineer, recording engineer |
David Attenborough photography by |
Martin Kiszko recorded by, edited by, mixed by, producer |
Miles Copeland remastered by |
Jonny Trunk sleeve notes |
Edward Williams |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration | |
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1 | Life On Earth Begins In The Sun's Energy | Edward Williams | 0:37 | ||
2 | First Fossils - Blue Greens - Ciliates | Edward Williams | 3:54 | ||
3 | Comb Jellies - Hydromedusae - "Birth" Of A Medusa - Gymnopedie For Jellyfish | Edward Williams | 3:56 | ||
4 | Coral Larvae - Arabesque For Flatworms | Edward Williams | 2:03 | ||
5 | The Giant Clam - Slow Dance For Nudibranchs - Glaucus And Valella | Edward Williams | 3:29 | ||
6 | The Sex Life Of The Fern - Spores, Fertilization And Growth - Pine Cones And The Petrified Forest | Edward Williams | 4:23 | ||
7 | Coming Out Music - The Leaf Bug - The Spiny Leaf Insect Sheds Its Skin - Cocoon Spinners | Edward Williams | 4:06 | ||
8 | Fish Of The Sea - Shoals And Loners On The Reef | Edward Williams | 2:56 | ||
9 | Eusthenopteron And The Primeval Swamp | Edward Williams | 1:21 | ||
10 | Nile Crocodile Family - Oral Transport For The Young | Edward Williams | 2:10 | ||
11 | Mating Dance For Prairie Garter Snakes | Edward Williams | 1:49 | ||
12 | Birds In Flight - Stork - Fairy Tern - Sooty Tern - Tropic Bird - Frigate Bird - Albatross | Edward Williams | 3:22 | ||
13 | A Gallimaufry Of Small Mammals - Duckbilled Platipus Swimming - Desman Underwater - Pygmy Or (Silky Furred) Anteater And Baby - Flying Foxes - The Serval Pounces | Edward Williams | 5:11 | ||
14 | The Big Mammals - Elephants And Their Ancestors - Lion Hunt - Wildebeeste Stampede - Lion Kill | Edward Williams | 2:38 | ||
15 | Japanese Macaques - Warm Baths In A Snowscape | Edward Williams | 2:37 | ||
16 | Man - A Choice For The Future Of Life On Earth? | Edward Williams | 3:43 |
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