How to Create a Music Score for Our Planet

Following a premiere on Earth Day, this immersive composition will take off with an orchestral tour.

<p>Jagged peaks of the Andes rise above the Chilean landscape.</p>

Jagged peaks of the Andes rise above the Chilean landscape.

Photograph by JOHN EASTCOTT AND YVA MOMATIUK, Nat Geo Image Collection

What instrument characterizes a herd of running bison? What sound would you use to illustrate a feeding hummingbird?

On April 22, Nat Geo WILD will air “Symphony for Our World,” a one-hour orchestral celebration of our little blue planet. The immersive multimedia piece pairs natural history footage from National Geographic’s archives with the symphonic stylings of Bleeding Fingers Music in collaboration with X Ambassadors, the American rock band famous for the songs “Unsteady” and “Renegades.”

In addition to the televised Earth Day event, “Symphony” will kick off the tour of a 90-minute live orchestral performance. The first showing will be held at San Francisco’s Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall on April 22,

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