Originally issued in 2007, “Wildlife” featured music recorded for British television series Survival and Natural World and was a wonderful collection of beautifully evocative music. Well received by fans, the album has now been newly remastered and expanded to a 2CD set featuring an additional disc of previously unreleased recordings of television soundtrack collaborations between Anthony and Joji. Also included for the first time is the piece, “The Victors,” a collaboration between Anthony and Mike Rutherford recorded for television in 1991.
This expanded and remastered Esoteric Recordings edition features an illustrated booklet with liner notes from Anthony Phillips and Jonathan Dann and is a welcome re-issue of another wonderful collection of music by one of Britain’s most imaginative and respected musicians.
• NEW REMASTERED AND EXPANDED RELEASE OF THE WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF MUSIC RECORDED FOR WILDLIFE TELEVISION SOUNDTRACKS BY GENESIS FOUNDER MEMBER ANTHONY PHILLIPS AND JOJI HIROTA.
• WITH AN ADDITIONAL CD OF 18 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED RECORDINGS.
• INCLUDES THE PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED PIECE ‘THE VICTORS’ FEATURING MIKE RUTHERFORD.
• WITH FULLY RESTORED ARTWORK AND NEW ESSAY BY JONATHAN DANN.
Pre-order the double album here: https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/anthony-phillips-joji-hirota-wildlife-2cd-remastered-expanded-edition/
Tracklist:
DISC ONE
- Creatures of the Magic Water Opening Theme
- Green Hell
- Jaguar and the Terrapin
- Flooded Forest
- Hidden Shadow
- River God
- Secrets of the Amazon
- Killing Grounds
- River Dolphins
- Faces in the Forest
- Final Journey
- Onza – Eater of Souls
- Relentless Sun in Half Drowned Lands
- Serengeti Jigsaw Opening Theme
- Massacre of the Termites
- Web of the Spider Monkey Opening Theme
- Island of Stone
- Fireflies
- Courting Chameleons
- Rock Spires, Crocodile Caves
- Dusty Track
- Fathomless Caverns
- Storm Breaks
- Morning Call
- Autumn Dusk
- Bears of Kamchatka Opening Theme
- In The Tundra
- Across the Frozen Wastes
- Nighthunt
- Cubs
- Mother of the Moon
- Jurassic Shark Opening Theme
- Ray’s Song
- Voyage of the Whale Shark
- Megalodon
- The Only Good Shark is a Dead One
- Back Through Time – Under the Ocean
- Jurassic Shark Closing Theme
- Midway: Island of Life Opening Theme
- Dolphins at Play
- Dolphins, Seals & Rays
- Mysteries of the Wreck
- Sunset Flight
- Fight to the Death
- From the Jaws of Death – Touching the Face of God
DISC TWO
- Wildfire
- East of Eden
- Web of the Spider Monkey
- Appalachian Heights
- Night Train (original version)
- Fast Train
- Bay Beneath The Sea Suite
- Schaun Journey (alternate version)
- Valley Beneath The Sea
- Eastern Market
- Sky Valley
- Outback
- Lemurs Prologue
- Eastern Rivers
- Mysterious Skies
- Waterfalls
- Loons Suite
- The Victors