Edge of Darkness Soundtrack medley edited by Odd sock 

Let’s be honest we all fell in love with Joanne Whalley!

An entire spectrum of emotions. Sadness at Emma, grief at Craven, humour at Jedburgh, anger at Grogan - Edge of Darkness had it all. One of the BBC's greatest productions.

this was the best ever TV drama, the best ever soundtrack, and Bob Peck I'll remember you as Craven forever. With love wherever you are

I watch this once a year as still my all time fave to drama

Brilliant music and brilliant series. Still as chilling now as all those years ago….

Thankyou for this. think this was a high point in BBC Drama that has never quite been repeated. I remember watching this on BBC2 whilst working in the garage with my dad on my first car (An Austin Allegro). We were really pleased when the whole series was then repeated on BBC1 almost immediately - the first and I think the last time this has ever happened. At least we got to watch it in the house where it was warm! Amazing story, amazing cast and was filmed 'up north' as well as London...It led to me developing a healthy mis-trust of Government...a very good thing to have especially at the moment!

Happy birthday Bob Peck, where ever you may be...always thought about, always missed

Craven: just do it. DO IT! SAS guy: What? No, no sir, you’re on our side. Craven: I AM NOT ON YOUR SIDE!

"That's the trouble with plutonium, Craven, it's limited in its application, but as a means of regaining your self-respect it's got a hell of a lot going for it"

Brilliant is an understatement ,,,,,,acting,writing,story line, all fabulous and the music as well ,,,,,hard to find anything that gets close

there will never be another one like - it had everything!- loved Joe Don Baker,s character - and that name !

I was 10 years old when I watched this tv drama in IRAN 1986 and I remeber this tv daram gave me too much stress but I loved it ,Emma Craven .

thank you. brilliant sensitive compilation. I remember watching in the mid 80s and never forget it, never surpassed, the tale, the acting, the characters, but mostly the score. Never leaves your head.

I can only agree with the main comments - my all time favourite TV drama! Great writing, greta acting, and a terrific score - a tribute to the mastery of Eric and Michael. It's sadly ironic that Bob Peck later died from cancer. The DVD set is definitely worth having in your collection.

It took year for me to forget this totally gripping Edge of Darkness and the sound track, would love to see it all over again .........

Thanks to everyone for your input. Didn't realise just how popular this series was until now. 20k+. Well I'm blowed. Just for the record, having been a musician from '61' - '95' I was lucky enough to cover E of D with one of the bands. Not a patch on the original obviously, but a great track to play. Again, many thanks to you all.

I still have this drama on VHS tape , recorded maybe 1986 . This film was , and still is , a jaw dropping experience . It scares me to think , what terrorists could do with a couple of kilos of plutonium .

Fab work putting this together. Now creeped out all over again 🤣Thanks

This is perhaps the greatest TV drama that ever aired. The cast were brilliant, the music was brilliant, the theme was brilliant, the acting and the story line were brilliant. I have never seen in the many years since anything at all to better it. Bob Peck was superb, but Joe Don Baker even better as Darius Jedburgh. I loved Darius.....he just had a whole different view on life. Plutonium for self respect? Wonderful statement! The film take off could never ever better the series, and was crap! They tried the same with Point Blank, and that was crap as well. It had nothing to do with Mel Gibson, but everything to do with the fact that the originals were just superlative. To better them would take an act of genius.

A great dram that to this day I still watch , hooked me when I was a youngster

Fantastic series. Still have the soundtrack on cassette. Thank you for this. One of the best the BBC ever produced.

Brilliant soundtrack brilliant series bob peck was so good as craven

I remember year-86 and The Edge of darkness..my father died and I was very sad..but someone makes my life ..Joanna Whalley..I remember you..ever..

The best TV series ever,waiting eagerly for wednesday nights to see the next episode.

Just one word...Brilliant

Still one of the greatest dramss ever bob peck legend and superb music

odd aock thanks for the mix good job from a rank fan of the show loved the tv show so much I have the box set

What a fantastic series and such a testament to the late Bob Peck and the ensemble cast. The 'Oxford Circus' chase scene music is so gripping and such a shame that it can't seem to be got anywhere else.

I would die to see this series again, absolutely one of the best, and I absolutely adored Joanne Whalley (which helped !)

Watched this when I was 14 - never forget it. Don’t think it’s been bettered, although ‘Chernobyl’ is near equal I think. I loved the music, both the guitar and the orchestration - didn’t realise until recently it was Michael Kamen, whose score for ‘Brazil’ grabbed me in 1985 and never let me go!

I absolutely adores this series and it's probably my favourite ever that's been transmitted on television. I have it on two different versions of DVD and used to have it on VHS video. I am probably going to watch again starting tonight on hearing this mix. It's a true TV gem.

The cast list is awesome, the music is fabulous , one of the best TV dramas ever. Hollywood took the story, mucked it up and made a totally crap film, did it have the black hole?

this is such a deep solo guitar. I think every guitarist played this song including myself. I loved it when was played in acoustic guitar. God bless the song writer and yes hands up the Sir Erick Clapton.

Thanks for posting this. My VHS copy was getting a bit tatty, but I just found it was re-released in 2009 and a DVD copy is on the way. Great selection of stills!

saw it when i was real young. never left my mind, have seen it recently, in short, the best of the best of all times. PERFECT music. and yes..im playing the guitar line here and there... :)

It was fantastic…

Best Series've seen with great music

Wow; thanks Odd Sock. Without you this would be lost! Listening live in the 80's I have missed the TRUE version. since!

This is superb. Thanks. nought this 25 years ago. Nice to see it given the recognition it deserves.

It was the greatest serial ever on British tv, its only rivals being the three QUATERMASS series by Nigel Kneale. And the music in QUATERMASS was either MARS BRINGER OF WAR or stock tunes This had Eric Clapton.

Absolutely Great. - Why they allowed to make the film with the same name later?

hammer..what a guitar..what a serie

Thank you for posting this, always loved the music but it’s great to hear bits apart from the main theme. So good.

This tv series made me depressed for ever, until I went to uk in 2009, I died there, reality was much more scarry, sad, dramatic and fallen than I was expecting.

Sir Eric Clapton!💖💖💖🥀🥀💖💖💖

if this is not why someone picks up a guitar, or makes TV, I guess I may be on my own

fantastic

Just brilliant, thanks odd sock. Have a listen to the Paul Rose version of Get Carter, also on You tube.

awesome

thanks i love this soundtrack

Theres only one thing I have to say about Emma Craven: CLEVER GIRL

Exhausts all the superlatives!

Hi Odd sock, I'm also guessing that a fair bit of the garden had to be grassed over at the time for EC to plant the boarders. I think this is the best he ever did and given the times he may have forgotten this, ok I might be making excuses. I don't have to for Bob, Joe and Joanne, this was and will always be awesome TV. Spud

When watching this, the main theme reminded me of Lethal Weapon. So after Goolgling I wasn't surprised the scores are by the same composer.

this is great

I just see vinyl-Lp soundtrack on spitalfields market london end of june. I didn't bought it because I was unsure that will it survive on my flight back home. And I BLAME myself for it after that and forever!! It doesn't help that I see it Camden horse stabbles too. Two chances and I blow it.

I know I go on chums but this was brilliant TV and a moment when classical music could have embraced the electric guitar, if they didn't with this, its not going to happen. Yes I know its not standard Erik, I can do a bit of that, but I couldn't do this.

Old Sock is one of Eric's nicknames.

Another brilliant BBC series is 'Warriors'. It was about the war in Bosnia.

pure magic

Love

Great.

Well said Mike Bloomfield

within the programme was a caricature of every one we cant trust, that's not changed, I expect someone is watching this post

holy shit what the fuck was going on in clapton's life to make him play like this.

Great TV, but I might be alone thinking EC never played better, the sum parts add into, well you wouldn't be here if you didn't get it would you chums

Life was not worth it, you up there wipe me from to be. Wipe me like you have never created me.

Trying to find their unique version of 'year of the preacher' but seems it has been erased from the web

Should watch threads also

When the bbc was great

I even have the srcipt

You can still get it, but it's not cheap. Try Amazon. Good luck.

Where can I get a cd of this tour de force???

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