- Audio CD (19 Nov 2001)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Soundtrack
- Label: BBC Music
- ASIN: B00005QE0T
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 271,457 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Wild Africa | |||
| 2. The Heart of the World | |||
| 3. Fruits of the Forest | |||
| 4. Animal Conflicts | |||
| 5. A Land of Shifting Dunes | |||
| 6. Manta Rays and Ospreys | |||
| 7. Snowcaps on the Equator | |||
| 8. Life in the Sand | |||
| 9. Where Great Herds Roam Free | |||
| 10. Marsh Harrier | |||
| 11. Devil Rays | |||
| 12. A Land of Plenty | |||
| 13. Lions and Buffalo | |||
| 14. A Home in the Trees | |||
| 15. Streams and Waterfalls | |||
| 16. Desert Water | |||
| 17. Okavango | |||
| 18. Lion Drums | |||
| 19. The Invading Desert | |||
| 20. The Canopy World | |||
See all 23 tracks on this disc
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This CD has everything, and encompasses a breadth of moods and experiences. There is a beautifully recurring motif throughout the CD and I found myself listening out for it. Personally one of my favourite tracks is Fruits of the Forest, a haunting melody.
I am a primary school teacher and this CD has been played endlessly in our school as an inspiration for creative dance, art, 'thinking time' and 'brain breaks.' The music stimulated children who had not previuosly shown any interest in reacting to music, and has been used extensively in the classroom. The children's favourite track was "Animal Conflicts" as they said that they could 'see' the images in their heads.
Highly recommended whether you saw the TV series or not - with this music you can make up your own scenes of Africa - in your head!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The music for "Wild Africa" is by the composer of "Agatha Christie's Poirot" and many other television productions. Those listeners that expect purely African music might be disappointed to find that much of the CD is scored for an orchestra, but for lovers of soundtracks this is an album for your collection. The music is mostly tuneful, expressive and richly orchestrated, and there are reminders of Africa in the use of percussion and some other 'ethnic' instruments. Tracks that stand out are "Wild Africa" which is an extended version of the up-tempo title music, "Snowcaps on the Equator", which is grand in scale, "Manta Rays and Ospreys" calm and pretty, and "Songs of the Savannahs" which is complete with Shahili singing. But all twenty-three tracks make good listening, and this is a very enjoyable album indeed.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This soundtrack embodies everything an artist can ever compose. Absolutely astounding and brilliant scores to accompany the BBC series. All credit to Christopher Gunning with whom without him this would never had been produced. Absolutely amazing. Buy it!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Wild Africa
Wild Africa is my favourite wildlife documentary from the BBC - the score by Christpher Gunning perfectly complimented the stunning visuals. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Eddie
A wonderful piece of work for a stunning documentary
I was on the lookout for this CD for absolutely ages after having caught a few minutes of the Wild Africa series on UKTV Documentary one afternoon in May last year. Read more
Published on 1 Feb 2009 by R. Mallik
A stirring and haunting evocation of Africa in music
A friend in England sent me a copy of the soundtrack of Wild Africa. Anything this composer does is worth a listen and this score is brilliant. Read more
Published on 9 Dec 2001 by bestsong@bigpond.net.au
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