Television and Wildlife
Fenton has composed for a number of notable wildlife television programmes, often for wildlife broadcaster David Attenborough. He started on the BBC's long-running series Wildlife on One and Natural World, and continued with one-off specials such as Polar Bear.
Since 1990, he has written the music for a number of acclaimed big budget wildlife series:
- The Trials of Life (1990)
- Life in the Freezer (1993)
- The Blue Planet (2001)
- Deep Blue (2003) (feature length version of The Blue Planet)
- Planet Earth (2006)
- Earth (2007) (feature length version of Planet Earth)
- Frozen Planet (2011)
His track record in this genre has placed him firmly as the BBC's composer of choice for its flagship wildlife documentaries.
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