The musical score was provided by Eric Clapton and Michael Kamen. Clapton was approached to provide the score by producer Michael Wearing. Shortly afterwards, when Michael Kamen brought Clapton to a screening of "Brazil" (1985), which he, Kamen, had scored, Eric suggested a collaboration between the two on "Edge of Darkness". Kamen became one of Hollywood's most successful film composers, writing the scores for many blockbuster films including the "Lethal Weapon" series (1987–1998) (with Eric Clapton), the first three "Die Hard" films (1988, 1990, 1995), "" (1991) and "X-Men" (2000). He died in 2003.