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Edward Williams
Life On Earth - Music From The 1979 BBC TV Series

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)

     
Musicians
PortraitEdward Williams , GB
composed by, electronics, electric modifications and transformations, recorded by, edited by, mixed by, producer, sleeve notes, album by
PortraitMarcus Dods , 1918-1984 GB
conductor, orchestra conductor
PortraitLinda Hirst voc, GB
mezzo-soprano vocals
PortraitPatrick Halling vn, str, GB
violin, solo violin
Producers
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
Album Tracks   
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1Life On Earth Begins In The Sun's EnergyEdward Williams0:37
2First Fossils - Blue Greens - CiliatesEdward Williams3:54
3Comb Jellies - Hydromedusae - "Birth" Of A Medusa - Gymnopedie For JellyfishEdward Williams3:56
4Coral Larvae - Arabesque For FlatwormsEdward Williams2:03
5The Giant Clam - Slow Dance For Nudibranchs - Glaucus And ValellaEdward Williams3:29
6The Sex Life Of The Fern - Spores, Fertilization And Growth - Pine Cones And The Petrified ForestEdward Williams4:23
7Coming Out Music - The Leaf Bug - The Spiny Leaf Insect Sheds Its Skin - Cocoon SpinnersEdward Williams4:06
8Fish Of The Sea - Shoals And Loners On The ReefEdward Williams2:56
9Eusthenopteron And The Primeval SwampEdward Williams1:21
10Nile Crocodile Family - Oral Transport For The YoungEdward Williams2:10
11Mating Dance For Prairie Garter SnakesEdward Williams1:49
12Birds In Flight - Stork - Fairy Tern - Sooty Tern - Tropic Bird - Frigate Bird - AlbatrossEdward Williams3:22
13A Gallimaufry Of Small Mammals - Duckbilled Platipus Swimming - Desman Underwater - Pygmy Or (Silky Furred) Anteater And Baby - Flying Foxes - The Serval PouncesEdward Williams5:11
14The Big Mammals - Elephants And Their Ancestors - Lion Hunt - Wildebeeste Stampede - Lion KillEdward Williams2:38
15Japanese Macaques - Warm Baths In A SnowscapeEdward Williams2:37
16 Man - A Choice For The Future Of Life On Earth?Edward Williams3:43

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