''Planet Earth'' is a television

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commissioned by the

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for its 2006

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series of the same name. The music was composed and conducted by award-winning composer

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, and performed by the

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. Fenton had previously composed scores for several

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wildlife series, among them ''

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'', ''

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'' and the predecessor to ''Planet Earth'', ''

The Blue Planet ''The Blue Planet'' is a British nature documentary series created and co-produced as a co-production between the BBC Natural History Unit and Discovery Channel. It premiered on 12 September 2001 in the United Kingdom. It is narrated by David ...

''. In 2007, the score for the opening episode "From Pole to Pole" won George Fenton an

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for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series. It was his second win, matching the success of ''The Blue Planet'' score five years earlier. Fenton went on to compose the soundtrack for the 2007

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spin-off from the television series, ''

Earth Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to Planetary habitability, harbor life. This is enabled by Earth being an ocean world, the only one in the Solar System sustaining liquid surface water. Almost all ...

'', and recorded it with the

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Track listing

The ''Planet Earth'' soundtrack spans two CDs, the division between the discs mirroring the two parts of the series broadcast in spring and autumn 2006 on

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television. The opening song is "The Time has Come" composed by Epic Score.

Disc 1

Disc 2

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