Walking With Dinosaurs - Official Soundtrack

All the official tracks released by the BBC from Walking with Dinosaurs (1999), including a few extra. I've reordered them so there in the order of when they play in the episodes.
Track listing:
1. Title Music 0:00
2. Walking With Dinosaurs 0:30
3. Death Of The Postosuchus 1:45
4. Survival Of The Cynodonts 4:16
5. Triassic Water 5:35
6. Time Of The Titans 7:04
7. Escape Of The Podlets 10:43
8. Jurassic Forest 11:33
9. Canyon Of Terror 12:28
10. Cruel Sea 14:46
11. Giant Of The Skies 20:56
12. Flight Of The Ornithocheirus 24:48
13. Iguanodon Chase 27:14
14. Secret Flight 28:36
15. Spirits Of The Ice Forest 30:27
16. Antarctic Spring 32:14
17. Sleeping Leallynasaura 35:35
18. Departure Of The Muttaburrasaurus 36:34
19. Torosaurus Lock Horns 37:43
20. Islands Of Green 40:45
21. Deadly Nightscape 44:44
22. The Ankylosaurus 46:40
23. Tyrannosaurus 47:38
24. End Credits 50:38
All rights go to Ben Bartlett & BBC

[@oliviapellicer7376]

"Imagine you could travel back in time" This music is already making me travel back in time, to a time when I was a 9yr old little child watching this with awe for the first time

[@cindypoitras-farahani8027]

walking with dinosaurs is like the saddest documentary ever.

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

24:40 rest in piece king of the skies.

[@bradyonyx174]

Giant of the Skies gives me goosebumps every single time, and I love how calming Cruel Sea is

[@thisisnami6054]

Yup, lol!!, I mean..., Remenber as a kid watching Planet dinosaur, ( cause sadly I literally didn't exist when this golden documentaries were released on TV ), and I alreasy thought they were amazing dino documentaries, ( And they are lol ), but..., As they say..., There is always a bigger fish ;)

[@MrAcro5847]

So true

[@dragon_gaming_fr3056]

so true, some of the best's wwd soundtracks

[@Definetlyalive]

Its only Dino show soundtrack,it dont needs to be ultra good. The soundtrack:

[@Revolwerowiec2137]

Nostalgia...

[@giganotozaur7403]

Prawda

[@ezequielgomez1993]

I started watching this at 1999 with 6 yo. Now, with almost 30, still having goosebumps

[@janfrompolde]

Giant of the skies is so tragic

[@jeffreygao3956]

If it makes you feel better, the flapping that feeds on the old Tropeognathus’ corpse might’ve be his granddaughter.

[@TheNineteenthCentury]

I love the grandeur and dreariness of "Flight of the Ornithocheirus" (24:48 - 27:14) and "Secret Flight" (28:36 - 30:27), the primal feel of danger in "Iguanodon Chase" (27:14 - 28:36), and the bleakness and sense of impending doom in "Tyrannosaurus" (47:38 - 50:38). All of these are examples of how the music of the "Walking with" series so perfectly captures the primeval aura exerted so potently by the episodes themselves. It is because of this soundtrack that I associate the Mesozoic world largely with rain, mist and gloom. To this day, when I look out of my window and the rain is coming in torrents, I seem to see the majestic Ornithocheirus laboriously navigating his way through the clouds. Equally, however, when I see that the sky is cloudless and blue, and the world around me is dry, I think of the lumbering Tyrannosaurus. If anything, the score of "Walking with Beasts" has influenced me even more. A few years after watching the series for the first time, my obsession with the prehistoric world and its weird inhabitants led to my ecstatic discovery of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Lost World," which remains my favourite book of all time, as well as the works of Sir Henry Rider Haggard, one of which ("Allan and the Ice-Gods") tells the powerful story of a handful of cavemen's struggles against the terrible onslaught of the Ice Age. And the reason I have any interest in science at all can be assigned to the "Walking with" series. The effect they and their music had on me as a child was so powerful that it would be no overstatement to say they changed the way I think, the way I interpret what my senses tell me. The very thought that I am living on the same world, standing on the same ground, breathing in the same air, that once belonged to the titan beasts of a bygone age -- the very thought can send something approaching awe into my soul. In the words of Professor Richard Dawkins, "Haven't you just breathed in a nitrogen atom that was once breathed out by the third iguanodon to the left of the tall cycad tree?"

[@neurotenic_spinosaur]

10/10 yap

[@SkylerTheCryodrakon69]

the only docu soundtrack to consistently make me weep

[@ChimpyWallah]

Time Of The Titans will always be the best to me, music will never again be this fantastical

[@eldritchbeauty]

Time of the Titans is one of the most beautiful themes I've ever heard. The music of Walking with Dinosaurs is utterly masterful.

[@carottefondeurenfer]

Spirits of the ice forest is so goood

[@jaynecoleman3359]

Ok, Giant of the Skies, Spirits of the Ice Forest, Torosaurus Lock Horns, and Islands Of Green all hit differently. I've never watched Walking with Dinosaurs when I was young, but they somehow feel nostalgic. Likely because I've listened to them before on a different video, being Life and Death of a Carnotaurus, when I was young. That thing was made 5 years ago, at least in 2023.

[@beatdown3146]

36:34 one by one, the dinosaurs were coming to life...

[@DanyBlue]

In that scene the music was different, it was longer, there was a refrain that is not here, how much I would like to hear that extended version of the music without the voices of paleontologists, I don't understand why that variant is not found everywhere

[@Gojisworkshop]

I love all of these the sheer nostalgia of it is insane for me i grew up watching this. I loved it my favourite track is probably antarctic spring as its underrated its so melancholic and beautiful while being relaxing. Remember everyone we are still and always walking with dinosaurus.

[@ZephLodwick]

This soundtrack brings back so many memories of when I was a boy. I've been revisiting this as the release date of 'Prehistoric Planet' draws near. I've watched quite a few dinosaur documentaries, but I don't think any get as good as the 'Walking With Dinosaurs'. Though that is partly because of Branaugh's narration and the soundtrack. But the main thing is that WWD feels epic in a way that no documentary since has been. The on site filming and score are sweeping. It also doesn't fall into the traps of showing dinosaurs as monsters or as too human. It shows them as they were, as animals.

[@Sherwin227]

Prehistoric Planet was great! I just wish the music was more gentle like in wwd and not so bombastic like Hans Zimmer always makes them.

[@ZephLodwick]

@@Sherwin227 No "Prehistoric Planet" track stuck out to me except the main theme.

[@Sherwin227]

@@ZephLodwick same

[@antoniovideos9629]

Prehistoric planet is just brass, as if all was an spectacle. It is indeed, but it lacks the individuality of the animals. This soundtrack feels personal, special, were each single song represents a time, place and animal that we will never see again in the series. And I think that is what made this documentary special, it was an antology of unique stories about birth and death.

[@heramann6916]

So much for Hans Zimmer working on Prehistoric Planet. Only made me appreciate WWD ost even more. This isn't some forgettable filling garbo, some of the melodies are just as remarkable as John Williams work on the JP franchise.

[@kR-qj7rw]

Zimmer isn't bad but a lot of his stuff is just generic movie actionscore or forgettable background "whimsical" stuff WWDjust had so much identity, heart, personality, emotion it puts any documentary music wise to shame and most movies too

[@isakjohansson5430]

I think its better Than JP.

[@DarthWill3]

Aw... It's so cute the way these sauropodlets waddle. 🥰 10:43 - 11:30

[@anaconda470]

😂😂😂❤

[@JOSH-lw2jv]

36:34 Kenneth Branagh: "The seasons draw on, and for the first time in four months, the Sun sets. Autumn has arrived, and the forest prepares for a polar winter." (aerial shot of the misty and foggy Antarctic forest, followed by two scenes of the northbound migrating Muttaburrasaurus langdoni.) 37:04-37:19 (unused music) "Up and down the river valleys, the Muttaburrasaurus sense the change and began their long trek north." (fade deep within the forest, where a mother Muttaburrasaurus and her child are now lost and they noisily call out to the herd.) "Occasionally, some of these giant migrants gets lost in the forest. But what for them is a minor problem, can mean life or death for the Leallynasaura clan." (cut to the clan of Leallynasaura amicgraphica who're now unable to hear any sign of danger.) "The noise these huge herbivores make, prevents the Leallynasaura sentry from hearing other, more threatening sounds." (cut to the male Allosaurus robustus, who is now stalking with ease, thanks to the lost Muttaburrasaurus.)

[@jeffreygao3956]

An epic prehistoric adventure! Now if only you remembered to scientifically update your imagination...

[@jakiepoo123]

The reason path of titans and the isle are such good games aren’t they game it’s self it’s the fact that we are making our own walking with dinosaurs which gives us so much nostalgia and joy

[@madison_russell04]

I'm still curious where the other soundtracks went, like we don't hear the Brachiosaurus theme ever here. Also the ones you can hear for background shots like at the beginning of the show.

[@TJ042]

Likely a bit more “secretive” than this soundtrack even. It’s a shame that it’s not released on iTunes or Spotify or the like.

[@Viper-CT]

I remember watching this when I was 5 years old, part of me looks back and still can't believe that I grew up watching this incredible documentary, it gave me a real image of what the dinosaurs where at a young age. My fav track is Spirits of The Ice Forest, I remember seeing that episode and could not believe that Antarctica was once a frozen forest, a truly incredible sight to behold.

[@MrAaaaazzzzz00009999]

I cant imagine how i'd turn out as a human being without this thing being made

[@jannisosterburg4740]

Great! The order of the official albums is based on in which order it was composed or produced, which makes sense I guess, but in this order, it really tells the story it is meant to tell. Thanks for this :)

[@unreleasedscore2198]

You're welcome! Here's the next one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/raC4k5mhfNuciKM

[@mariagiovannabillanti4281]

P

[@jonasmejerpedersen4847]

@@mariagiovannabillanti4281 very insightful comment

[@ZephLodwick]

I especially like the cruel sea theme. It's so peaceful.

[@unreleasedscore2198]

I'm currently working on Beasts, Big Al & Cavemen

[@SlothRich3777]

You're a blessed soul, buddy.

[@kR-qj7rw]

Will the beast one have the mammoth journey ones?

[@unreleasedscore2198]

@@kR-qj7rw no unfortunately it's only the officially released tracks which don't contain any from that episode. Sorry

[@kR-qj7rw]

@@unreleasedscore2198 :(

[@Eadragonixius]

When I heard canyon of terror my mind was just yelling Holy Shit... FUCKING RUN WEEEEZE

[@robertodiazmoreno3092]

Está SCORE remite a las muy buenas propuestas de JOHN WILLIAMS, DON DAVIS , o MICHAEL GIACHINO. Las producciones de la BBC son geniales, y está lo es; la música para una obra tan espectacular como está no podía ser menos. Para eso se recurre a los arregladores sinfónicos británicos y el resultado está a la vista y al oído. Buena idea la de subir este trabajo orquestal.

[@Spino2Earth]

I love the music here! I am so happy they made this be the music of this series! BBC is Amazing! :)

[@azsxdcfvgbhnjmhn]

I cant find a certain piece from the series, it sounds like an organ an plays in "cruel sea" when a plesiosaur swims It is odd sounding but makes me think of water

[@TJ042]

I grew up watching this series with my brother, I’m thankful it exists. I’m surprised now to realize that this is Kenneth Branagh’s voice; I’m American, so I feel lucky that the DVD I grew up with had the British voice.

[@thomashillier4960]

Time of the Titans couldn't be more perfect

[@colonelhammerhead3025]

Only one more year before WWD returns!

[@nanotyrannusisnotvalid4820]

And we have a successor by Tim Haines this year!

[@tomwesterbergh4887]

It would be fun to travel back in time and see what the dinosaurs really looked like if they had feathers or not.

[@jeffreygao3956]

Maniraptors did for sure, no question. Tyrannosaurs, probably not. Abelisaurs, not even close! Hadrosaurs, anykylosaurians, sauropods, and most herbivores? NOPE!

[@magoexceldxdy]

Creo que "Time of the titans" fácilmente podría dividirse en dos piezas musicales, la primera que podría llamarse "Arrival of the Plateosaurus", ya que justamente es el fragmento que suena al final de New Blood cuando aparecen los Plateosaurus, y la segunda siendo como tal "Time of the titans"

[@TheJuiceOjSimpson]

13:55 an icon was born

[@ethangamer1600]

does the part at 50:55 remind anyone else of a john williams score? i came out my finger on which specific one it is, however.

[@boggybeard]

Indiana Jones?

[@JOSH-lw2jv]

46:40 (unused music) Kenneth Branagh: "One Dinosaur that specializes in defense, is the extraordinary Ankylosaurus. They are evolved to withstand attack even from giant predators like Tyrannosaurus. At seven tons, Ankylosaurus are so heavily armored that even their eyelids are hardened. And if that wasn't enough, they have a formidable club on the end of their tails. But sadly, not even these magnificent creatures have any defense against the natural forces that are suffocating their world."

[@jeffreygao3956]

Actually...that's accurate. Just make sure you picture an Ankylosaurus that looks more accurate.

[@leo_adrian]

it's a shame that the score didn't include the *real* postosuchus death music, which is a sort of mix between "the ankylosaurus" and "death of postosuchus"

[@leo_adrian]

unfortunately I think that you can't find the track without the commentary underneath:(

[@hunchbackproduction]

My favourite scene

[@adamhitchcock3723]

My thoughts exactly Leonardo

[@ArchosaurArchon]

Survival Of The Cynodonts is such a comfy, nostalgic song to me

[@JOSH-lw2jv]

40:02-40:42 Kenneth Branagh: "Liopleurodon! At 150 tons, it is the largest & most powerful carnivore ever to live on the planet. This male measures a colossal 25 meters, and is big, even for his kind. His size means he's probably over a hundred years old. He too detected the mother's distress from a distance. Liopleurodon has a directional sense of smell. Two separate chambers in his nose work in the same way as a pair of ears, pinpointing exactly where a smell is coming from. A sophisticated tracking device, steering the largest carnivorous jaws ever known. Each one of Liopleurodon's four flippers is over three meters long, giving him enough power to guide his huge bulk effortlessly through the water."

[@jeffreygao3956]

Oh my gosh...WRONG! Liopleurodon was nowhere near that size! It was more great white shark size! About 6 meters and 1.5-2 tonnes! No plesiosaur ever got to 25 meters!

[@JOSH-lw2jv]

@@jeffreygao3956 I'm aware of that inaccuracy, but I simply just repeat what the narration said.

[@f.u.m.o.5669]

Themes that Paleonerd uses 1:45 20:55

[@JOSH-lw2jv]

Kenneth Branagh: "In the heat of the Dry Season, the Placerias herd spreads out over the scrubland to feed. Suddenly, the warm breeze changes and there is a scent of fear in the air. 1:46 Postosuchus, a merciless ambush predator, the largest carnivore on Earth. The terrified Placerias flee, but they are desperately slow, and one of them now carries a mortal wound. Their tormentor is a distant cousin of the Dinosaurs, evolved from the same reptilian ancestors. But unlike them, she is too front heavy to run on two legs. Yet the Postosuchus is easily fast enough to keep pace with the herd. Eventually, a combination of shock and blood loss defeats the wounded Placerias. The carnivore's bite has done its job. The Placerias is now too weak to fight, and the Postosuchus has an easy meal."

[@TheSandwhichman108]

Anyone wish they would release a dvd pack of all three walking with shows and the chased by dinosaurs spin offs?

[@TTD94]

This saga desperately needs a complete “Walking With” collection Blu-ray release that includes everything

[@TheSandwhichman108]

@@TTD94 Indeed. To be honest I have a small theory that there’s was plans for a third installment to the chased by dinosaurs spin off trilogy about creatures of the sky. My theory comes from the final arc of sea monsters showing a pteranodon fairly prominently. Most likely it would have followed a similar formula to sea monsters going back and fourth through prehistory to see how flight first evolved and how it changed and the different approaches evolution took with it. Possibly beginning in the carboniferous with meganura and ending much like sea monsters in the Cretaceous with pterosaurs and several primitive birds.

[@kR-qj7rw]

im surprised time of the titans isnt the most replayed part

[@krissi0913]

always cryin in ballad of allosaurus..

[@strictlynunya790]

Absolute bop

[@juandanielmoralesarroyo7219]

Hermoso 😍😍

[@JESUS-ce1yy]

Parece que fue ayer cuando los vi cuando tenia 10 años

[@KatavratheWerewolfKelpieDragon]

I grew up with the DVD so these songs are so nostalgic to me

[@alejandroclimacohernandez9597]

I must say ¡this soundtrack is amazing! A few times i heard a soundtrack that get so close of the idea of the movie/serie for was is Made It

[@tyrannotherium7873]

awesome

[@cindypoitras-farahani8027]

I remember watching this as a 4 year old and being like... WOW

[@MrAcro5847]

Man I miss the good times

[@battlechampion47]

Awesome recap! what tracks wheren't never released?

[@unreleasedscore2198]

The Iguanodon Chase & Title Music weren't on the official CD.

[@unreleasedscore2198]

The Iguanodon Chase is just a variation on Torosaurus Lock Horns but it's still a different version.

[@SHADOWFREDDY-oo1qi]

Walking With Sky Kids Thunder Beasts - Official Soundtrack

[@ZephLodwick]

I'm pretty sure that the little stings in the T-rex theme are lifted from 'Mars, Bringer of War'.

[@cindypoitras-farahani8027]

It i such a good series

[@Indy44636]

My favriote one was when walking with dinosaurs big Al. Came up

[@anaconda470]

I feel sad for the world of these creatures that used to be.

[@user-dr9jx9uu6u]

Episode 03: The Cruel Sea

[@fishpop]

Would it be possible for you to compile the other soundtracks like you have this one? It's nice to have the whole thing in one video rather than spread across multiple.

[@Plesio-Guardian]

is there a version of the second song without the guy talking by any chances?

[@Anthelia.]

13:56 u can thank me later

[@SRSSMovies]

I remember watching this for the first time thinking this was real😂

[@territoriesoflegreaterbrit8877]

is it weird that end credits is the one i like best?

[@garrettlich7140]

Dude have you herd Jurassic park end credits, end credits tend to be awesome

[@entendedorww]

who here after the new doc about dinosaurs by Steven?

[@user-xt1lf7zu3d]

공룡들과의 산책 (1999)

[@kingkosmoceratops1404]

Does anyone know if any of these songs are copyrighted? Or what to do in order to be able to use one of the songs in a video?

[@ferniture_]

W

[@zrizzelangelo3.03]

Stop talking and let me just listen 🎧

[@lopedeaguirre1]

Reminds me of Bernard Herrmann at times

[@Sphednnics]

I'm annoyed, this music is amazing (childhood) however it doesn't let me get it on Spotify ;(

[@sthui2866]

isn't iguana chase just an excerpt of torosaurus lock horns

[@TJthetroodon]

More like a variation than an excerpt.

[@adamhitchcock3723]

One omission, the music when the postosuchus dies is quite dramatic, it does not appear to be on any of these KZbin soundtracks, better buy the DVD

[@adamhitchcock3723]

Right, I know it says Death of the Postosuchus (the postosuchus being the enormous crocodile like creature) but that is not actually the music that plays when it dies, it is the music played when it attacks the herbivores.

[@user-xt1lf7zu3d]

Tyrannosaurus Rex

[@JESUS-ce1yy]

Dead in Accion

[@mythomasfriends7130]

Isn't the end credits a bit altered?

[@TheSaxophone]

I dont think it is, you can check on the original dvd do see if the soundtrack is the same, pretty sure its not altered.

[@mythomasfriends7130]

@@TheSaxophone no it is. the version here is much shorter. listen to this one. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iH6UkGt-f8iShdk

[@TheSaxophone]

@@mythomasfriends7130 Ah your right, I thought the bit at the end of the link you sent me was only for chased by sea monsters, idk why

[@josephbastidas3192]

Hello

[@JOSH-lw2jv]

(The U.S. Discovery Channel intro of *"WALKING WITH DINOSAURS")* 44:44 Avery Brooks: "When an asteroid plunged to Earth 65 million years ago, it ended one of the most astonishing chapters in the history of life." 25:53-27:02 "No longer would fearsome predators like Tyrannosaurus rex stalk the American West. Or nimble plant-eaters scurry through a primeval forest. No more would flying reptiles fill the skies. Or oceans teem with colossal seagoing monsters. Gone were bizarre creatures bristling with spikes and clubs . . . horns and frills . . . and mountains of flesh so huge, they shook the ground beneath them. But for a brief moment in time, reptiles ruled and Dinosaurs walked the Earth."

[@maximilianschmid9890]

"WMSF 6013-2 (Catalog ID) 4th aw 8oobr, 1999 and hasz 22 trachs...#1 issz thie oopennr vitth Kenneth Bsz' speetsch. That's thie eddittschian aw mj copj. Nau, tha copj jou postedd hier vitth tha boonas trach #1 lastinh abaut a half-minnat (vhittsch vhittsch issz tha that oopenns ewrj sachscessiw eppisseid...vherr didd jou baj that eddittschian and vherr can II gett a copj? Vhat arr itts dietails; releasal daet, catalog ID, ettc.?"