Edwin Astley's music for Danger Man

[Nick Dando]

A new 2-CD set has been released by Screen Archives of the music composed by Edwin Astley for the Danger Man series.



DANGER MAN: ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK (SECRET AGENT / 2 CD) -- SCREEN ARCHIVES ENTERTAINMENT



Never previously released and compiled from the original master tapes,this two-disc set comprises all the existing pieces of Edwin Astley’s celebrated music for the half-hour episodes of Danger Man, containing over 90 pieces which were specially commissioned for the series. Including extensive liner notes from archive television historian Andrew Pixley, this set is an essential purchase for all ITC aficionados.



Nick

[TomDaws]

2 or 3 years ago there was a documentary about him on BBC 2. Among those interviewed was Pete Townsend, who used to be married to his daughter.

[miger]

name='TomDaws']2 or 3 years ago there was a documentary about him on BBC 2.

Yes......and i've been trying to get a copy of it ever since!

[Big Figure]

If you're still looking for a copy, PM me.

[cornershop15]

See post #1

name='Nick Dando' timestamp='1223706747' post='196838']

A new 2-CD set has been released by Screen Archives of the music composed by Edwin Astley for the Danger Man series.





DANGER MAN: ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK (SECRET AGENT / 2 CD) -- SCREEN ARCHIVES ENTERTAINMENT





Never previously released and compiled from the original master tapes,this two-disc set comprises all the existing pieces of Edwin Astley�s celebrated music for the half-hour episodes of Danger Man, containing over 90 pieces which were specially commissioned for the series. Including extensive liner notes from archive television historian Andrew Pixley, this set is an essential purchase for all ITC aficionados.





Nick

[Robin Davies]

The music from both the half-hour and one-hour Danger Man series has been released in the UK by Network.

[Moor Larkin]

I must confess that I am a big Danger Man fan, and would probably collect images and newspaper cuttings to the nth degree about the show and its personnel, but I have never quite grasped the pleasure of listening to musical cues outside of the watching of the film itself. I did listen on the dvd set, to some rough-cuts as the orchestra worked out exactly how the theme tune should be played and that was interesting, but I couldn't imagine listening to a cd of it, as opposed to making a small diversion whilst exploring the dvd extras. I'm not very musical myself, so maybe this is part of my *block*, but I just wondered if anyone can explain the attraction of a cd of all this stuff and how it is used in the home setting. I've noticed a few shows seem to be spawning such musical extras. Maybe like some art, you have to understand it a little to appreciate it. Do all those cues and things actually come off entire pieces of music and the cd plays the whole musical piece or something?