The Edge of Night Full Lyric Theme 70's

As my previous Edge video for the Frisco Disco theme was so popular, I have created another one utilizing the full Cortner and Barranco lyric theme, so well remembered by EON fans. I hope you enjoy the video, with some rare footage mixed in with the not-so-rare for Edge aficionados. The actors include: Burt Douglas/Lucy Martin/Fran Sharon, Sam McMurray/Frances Fisher, Teri Keane/Dixie Carter, Louise Shaffer/Doug McKeon, Maeve McGuire, Jeanne Ruskin/Lou Criscuolo, Johanna Leister/John Driver, Kim Hunter/Bruce Gray, Ann Flood/Dixie Carter, Jim Dukas/Ted Tinling/John LaGioia, Al Fann (with machete), Richard Shoberg/Lois Kibbee, Teri Keane/Sam Schacht, Lou Criscuolo/Patricia Conwell, Jay Gregory/ Sam Schacht, Bruce Martin/Emily Prager, Denny Albee, Lois Kibbee, Ann Flood/Bennett Cooperman, Scott McKay/Jennifer Bassey, Dick Latessa, Michael Longfield/Denny Albee, Maeve McGuire, Kim Hunter/Satan, Terry Davis, Elizabeth Farley/Ted Tinling, Sharon Gabet, Donald May/Maeve McGuire, Ann Flood/Forrest Compton.

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• The
• Edge
• of
• Night
• Cortner
• and
• Barranco
• lyric
• theme
• 1970's
• ABC
• soap
• opera
• mystery
• suspense
• Henry
• Slesar

[soap1919jt]

Technically, this was not even the entire theme. The part heard here is followed by an instrumental part, and then a second ending. I had a rare opportunity to hear both in the same closing.

Orginally, this theme was first used over the original color visuals, roughly a year into Edge's transition to ABC.

[saynotoursoap]

@soap1919jt Yes, it is technically the full lyric theme. On the rarest occasions when there was more running time, the music director edited in the instrumental version to extend the length, but it was not part of the original composition. At least once, the song played through to the end and restarted again, similar to the longer versions of Dark Shadows' end credits.

[softwater88]

saynotoursoap . . . Thank you so much for posting this piece of some of the finest programming in daytime history!! Awsome, excellent, stupendous, magnificent!! I was a kid when these classic episodes ran on CBS. I barely remember them. Wow, and the music is sooooo appropriate. It really captured the flavor that really sustained The Edge Of Night's unique texture. Even 26 years after its cancellation. Thanks so much for posting!! Bravo, bravo!!

[saskwatcher]

Cookie, Ron, Vic, Tiffany,Nicole, Martha, Kevin(the 1st), Laurie Ann and Keith(aka Jonah Lockwood) ALL in this wonderful tribute. Heaven has come to earth. Thank you, thank you, thank youi. Now if the entire episodes featuring those vintage characers can be seen too, well, sainthood is in your future!

[EyeMerlin]

@nightlighter46 Hi - I was Keith/Jonah, and I am amazed that you remember that from 42 years ago; many thanks!

[EyeMerlin]

@jasonblood66 Thanks, Jason :-) It's nice to know some folks remember.

[EyeMerlin]

@TheZ58 Me neither! :-)

[EyeMerlin]

I am amazed! I was Bruce Martin aka Keith aka Jonah, and I thought all the Edge footage from 1970-71 was lost. It was live, and I was told only kinescopes were made. However did you come across this footage? If more is available, I'd really appreciate having a contact. Please respond to kaelminsl@yahoo.com. Thanks!

[EONSFTFAN]

@TimsDale4ever They say hindsight is 20/20. The networks realized much too late what a mistake they made wiping and reusing video tapes. If P&G and networks in general had realized what they had, they would've made a point of archiving ALL soap opera episodes. The fact that any episodes prior to 1979 exist is a miracle itself. It is truly sad that 'we' will more than likely never get to see these shows again since many of those broadcast no longer exist at all.....

[soap1919jt]

@softwater88: Agree, agree, agree! It really did capture the essence and the flavor that was so Edge of Night.

[soap1919jt]

Luv it! Hearing this is particularly special to me, since we're transitioning from Daylight Saving Time to Standard Time, and it's beginning to get darker earlier. This was my favorite of the EON themes: so pretty and haunting.