Qatar Airways has released new signature onboard music in collaboration with composer Hans Zimmer. The music will draw on Qatar’s culture and reflect the airline’s qualities, while incorporating input from Hans Zimmer’s musical expertise.
Qatar and Hans Zimmer’s musical collaboration
The music will be featured on the Burgundy Symphony album, an album that contains five original tracks and encompasses the flag carriers brand. The partnership is to bring about a distinctive and unique, tuneful concept which seeks to create meaningful travelling experiences for Qatar’s passengers on board.
Overall, the album is around 30 minutes long, with ambient and orchestral instrumentals that invoke feelings of adventure. Powerful strings and woodwinds can be heard throughout most of the album, including the first song and title track- ‘Burgundy Symphony’, which will play as passengers are being seated. The melody can be described as uplifting and reminiscent of flying, which creates the perfect atmosphere for Qatar’s flights.
The rest of the album builds up in intensity, crescendoing before gradually softening, mimicking a plane journey from boarding to taking off to the complete in-flight experience.
Songs which feature on the album include: ‘Dawn’, ‘Dusk’, ‘The Orchard’, ‘ORCHARD’, ‘Homecoming’ and ‘An Ode To Qatar’.
Reflection of the travel experience
Burgundy Symphony was first launched on Nov. 6, 2026, in Doha, a place which is symbolic of the country’s rapid growth and development, with over 80% of the nation’s population living there or in the surrounding suburbs. The creative process behind the making of the album was documented in a film for audiences, in which the background behind the new album was explored.
Hans Zimmer’s collaboration with Qatar on the anticipated music compositions was announced in 2025, with him saying,
“It’s an honour to collaborate with Qatar Airways on this visionary project. Together, we’re crafting a sonic experience that reflects the beauty of travel and the pioneering spirit that defines this world-class airline.”
This contemporary signature album is a reflection of what Qatar’s flight experience has to offer and is the newest evolution in constructing a soundscape for aviation purposes.
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