Primeval Original Television Soundtrack

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The Primeval Original Television Soundtrack or OTS is the release containing the music composed and performed by Dominik Scherrer for Series 1, 2 and 3. On 25 August 2011, MovieScore Media announced that they would be releasing the soundtrack. The soundtrack was released on 20 September 2011, it is available in CD format and digital format from iTunes and Amazon.

The soundtrack only has about a third of music made by Scherrer, comprised of the main themes from Series 1 and 2. A lot of incidental music from those series and the themes from Series 3-5 are not included. See Unreleased Soundtrack for a near complete list of themes and see Non-Original Music for real songs/music created by other artists. 

Tracklist

Track	Title	Run time	Plays in
1	Primeval Theme	3:21	Episode 1.2* Episode 2.1 Episode 3.2*
2	Rex	2:12	Episode 1.1
3	Cretaceous Sea	1:50	Episode 1.3 Episode 1.6* Episode 3.4*
4	Silurian Scorpions	2:06	Episode 2.4* Episode 2.5 Episode 2.7
5	Into the Late Permian	2:01	Episode 1.1
6	Columbian Mammoth	2:32	Episode 2.6 Episode 2.7*
7	The Mystery of the Anomalies	1:30	Episode 1.1
8	Chasing a Silurian Millipede	1:51	Episode 2.1 Episode 2.5
9	Coming Home	2:00	Episode 1.1
10	Connor and Abby at the Hospital	1:38	Episode 1.2 Episode 1.5* Episode 1.6* Episode 2.1*
11	Gorgonopsid vs Future Predator	3:17	Episode 1.5* Episode 1.6 Episode 2.1*
12	Stay With Me	2:34	Episode 1.3 Episode 1.5* Episode 2.2
13	Pteranodon	4:03	Episode 1.5 Episode 1.6*
14	Tom Dies	3:29	Episode 1.4 Episode 2.2 Episode 2.4* Episode 2.5* Episode 2.7
15	Infected	2:51	Episode 1.4 Episode 2.3* Episode 2.7*
16	Smilodon Attack	2:09	Episode 2.3
17	Raptors at the Shopping Mall	3:40	Episode 2.1 Episode 2.7*
18	Firechief	1:32	Episode 2.2 Episode 2.6
19	Taylor	2:01	Episode 2.5
20	Carnivorous Worms	4:36	Episode 2.2
21	Val Revealed	3:27	Episode 1.1* Episode 2.3
22	Back to the Cretaceous	4:10	Episode 1.6* Episode 2.1 Episode 2.6*
23	Sabretooth Battle	3:21	Episode 2.3 Episode 2.7*
24	Jenny Lewis	2:19	Episode 2.4
25	Contaminated	3:23	Episode 2.2* Episode 2.5 Episode 2.6* Episode 2.7*
26	Dracorex	2:16	Episode 3.7
27	Helen Where Are You?	1:19	Episode 1.1* Episode 1.2 Episode 2.1*
28	The Merqueen	3:38	Episode 2.4 Episode 2.6*
29	Primeval Titles	0:39	Series 1 Series 2 Series 3

* indicates that only part of the track was played in an episode, otherwise the full version or majority of the track was played.

Trivia

• An alternate version of the Primeval Theme is used in Episode 1.2.
• An alternate version of Stay with Me plays in Episode 1.5.
• The Pteranodon theme is reminisant of the theme from Jaws composed by John Williams.
• The Dracorex score was co-composed by Dominik Scherrer and Angus Moncrieff. Is is also the only track from Series 3 whereas the rest are from Series 1 and 2.
• Several tracks share instrumental segments:
  • Primeval Theme ends with the Primeval Titles.
  • Tom Dies ends with a segment of Helen Where Are You?.
  • Carnivorous Worms has a segment of Columbian Mammoth in the middle.
  • Sabretooth Battle has the start segment of Back to the Cretaceous near the end.
• Several tracks are abridged or changed from the music in the actual episodes:
  • Tom Dies is missing a section from the second piano part, and has a different section which plays when Connor attempts to quit the team. The reprise of "Helen, Where Are You?" also lacks the piano performance.
  • Gorgonopsid vs Future Predator is missing a segment from the middle.
  • Into the Late Permian is missing the intro.
  • Dracorex is missing the intro.

References

Primeval Merchandise

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