One of Uncut's "50 Greatest Lost Albums"
Artists: Eric Clapton, Michael Kamen Release: Edge Of Darkness Discogs: 2392055 Released: 1985-11-00 / 1985 Label: BBC Records And Tapes Catalog#: 00000 / CD RSL 178 Format: CD, Mini, Mini-Album Country: Austria Style: Stage & Screen, Soundtrack
Tracklisting:
- Edge Of Darkness (3:19)
- Shoot Out (3:48)
- Obituary (2:09)
- Escape From Northmoor (3:09)
- Oxford Circus (3:18)
- Northmoor (3:03)
In the mid-1980s, Eric Clapton’s career was not in robust health. A recovering alcoholic, facing the commercial disappointment of ’83’s Money And Cigarettes, Clapton embarked on a brief detour into soundtrack work with US composer Michael Kamen. Their first outing together was this atmospheric six-track score for the BBC’s landmark conspiracy drama, and was different from anything else in Clapton’s canon: ditching the blues, the master guitarist built low, mournful guitar motifs around Kamen’s chugging semi-industrial score. First issued on vinyl, cassette and – unusually for 1985 – CD