On December 26, 2004, the world witnessed one of the deadliest natural disasters: The Indian Ocean tsunami. Over 225,000 people lost their lives across 14 countries. People clung to tress, buildings and floating wreckage in order to survive and many people were rescued by remarkable acts of bravery carried out by strangers. The series will tell the comprehensive story of what happened that day across four gripping episodes beginning November 24 on National Geographic. All episodes will stream the next day on Disney+ and Hulu.
Hollywood Records will release the companion Original Soundtrack for Tsunami: Race Against Time on November 22, featuring the poignant work of Emmy Award winning composer David Schweitzer.
Said Schweitzer, "I wanted the score to feel like it grew out of the sound of the events, so I began by sampling audio from the archive footage (the water, the wind, the rumble of passing debris) and creating musical textures and beds out of this. Often I began a cue by playing a low rumble (filtered and pitched, but derived from the sound of the tsunami) and then let the score grown out of it, with basses, cellos, violins emerging from the 'noise.' The overall story of the 2004 Tsunami is obviously one of tragedy, but there was also a great deal of humanity and even hope in the survivors' stories. I'm proud of the way the score helps these profoundly moving moments come into focus across the series."