The Song of the Earth (2000)

01/01/2000 (EN) • Documentary, TV Movie • 49m

Overview

Is there a connection between animal sounds and the music that humans create? Using a surprising and wide variety of evidence from the animal kingdom -- including the humpback whale, the lyre bird, the siamang gibbon and the great reed warbler -- Sir David Attenborough seeks to prove that the origions of music lie in territory, emotion and sex.

The Song of the Earth (2000)

01/01/2000 (EN) • 49m

Documentary, TV Movie

Overview

Is there a connection between animal sounds and the music that humans create? Using a surprising and wide variety of evidence from the animal kingdom -- including the humpback whale, the lyre bird, the siamang gibbon and the great reed warbler -- Sir David Attenborough seeks to prove that the origions of music lie in territory, emotion and sex.

Top Billed Cast

David Attenborough

Narrator

Self

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Keywords

whale

humpback whale

nature

nature documentary

song

bird

gibbons

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