Los Angeles: ‘Havana’ hitmaker Camila Cabello and legendary composer Hans Zimmer have joined forces to write and record the new song ‘Take Me Back Home’ for the six-episode docuseries, ‘Frozen Planet II’, reports Billboard.
The track will first premiere on BBC Radio 1 on Friday, August 26 ahead of a first-look trailer for the Sir David Attenborough-narrated series. According to Billboard, BBC announced the collaboration recently noting that ‘Take Me Back Home’ features Cabello’s vocals with the orchestration of Zimmer.
Billboard further states that Cabello and Zimmer worked with arranger Anze Rozman and producer Russell Emanuel for Bleeding Fingers Music. “My life is a dream,” Cabello wrote on Twitter, where she shared the news with fans.
In a statement to the BBC, quoted by Billboard, she added: “To be able to combine my passion for the planet we live on and my music is a dream come true – never mind also getting to work with the legend that is Hans Zimmer. Frozen Planet II is stunning and Sir David’s narration is deeply powerful as we try to protect these incredible ecosystems from global warming. I’m grateful to be able to lend my voice to such an inspiring series.”
Zimmer said: “It was hugely exciting composing and recording ‘Take Me Back Home’ with Camila and discovering that her musical talents are as powerful as her voice. The Bleeding Fingers team and I feel incredibly privileged to be given the opportunity to score such a pioneering and important natural history landmark as Frozen Planet II.”
–IANS