Torchwood: Children of Earth (soundtrack)

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Torchwood: Children of Earth
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Soundtrack album by
Released7 July 2009
Recorded2008-2009
Genre Soundtrack
Length78:35
Label Silva Screen Records
Producer Ben Foster
Torchwood soundtrack chronology
Torchwood: Original Television Soundtrack
(2008)
Torchwood: Children of Earth
(2009)

Torchwood: Children of Earth is a soundtrack album which was released on 7 July 2009, containing incidental music composed by Ben Foster used in the third series ("Children of Earth") of the British science fiction television programme Torchwood , which aired July 2009. Unlike with the Torchwood: Original Television Soundtrack the album was released simultaneously for download with the official release of 7 July 2009.

Track listing

Track no.Track [1] Track LengthEpisodes used in
1"The First Sacrifice"1:25"Day One"
2"What's Occurring?"2:10
3"Jack's Daughter"1:28
4"Diplomatic Cars"1:20
5"We are Coming"1:12
6"Thames House"1:53
7"Double Crossed"1:26
8"Countdown to Destruction"1:52
9"The Crater"1:00"Day Two"
10"Torchwood Hunted"1:42
11"Gwen's Baby"1:03
12"On The Run"1:13
13"Jack in A Box"1:34
14"Ianto Jones"0:50
15"Tractor Attack"2:21
16"Resurrection"1:11
17"Clement MacDonald"2:05"Day Three"
18"Something's Coming"2:35
19"Eye Spy"1:20
20"Trust Nobody"1:46
21"The World Looks to the Skies"2:10
22"Jack's Secret"1:36"Day Four"
23"Clem Remembers"1:34
24"Judgement Day4:05
25"Requiem for the Fallen"1:23
26"The Ballad of Ianto Jones"4:36
27"The Final Day"0:40"Day Five"
28"Calm Before the Storm"3:22
29"Phase Two Has Begun"1:50
30"Requisition 31"2:38
31"He Was a Good Man"1:40
32"The Children of The Earth"3:27
33"Breaking the Connection"2:25
34"Fighting Back"2:02
35"Run for Your Lives"1:13
36"Sacrifice and Salvation"1:39
37"Redemption"3:13
38"I Can Run Forever"3:28
39"Here Comes Torchwood"2:24Various episodes
40"Next Time on Torchwood"0:31

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References

Torchwood: Children of Earth (CD Booklet). Ben Foster. Silva Screen Records. 2009. SILCD1290.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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