Music

Aside from the music from the original soundtrack by Yannis Markopoulos, various other songs are played throughout the serial. I’ll attempt to identify them here.

The time specified for each entry is the approximate time the song appears in the episode on YouTube.

Episode 1

Time: 09:03
Description: Music is played when Haldane is thinking back to the war. This is the black and white shot of him running to Melina’s arms during battle and them embracing. The shot is used a few times throughout the serial.
Song name: Unknown
Album name: N/A

Time: 34:21
Description: A Pentozali dance is being performed by locals while the Andartes dance in a taverna.
Song name: Unknown
Album name: N/A

Episode 2

Time: 10:46
Description: Nikos watches 2 men playing Tavli at the taverna.
Song name: Fantasia, by Gorgo and the Olympic Bouzouki Group.
Album: Holiday in Greece, 1969.

Time: 19:01
Description: A Pentozali dance is being performed by locals whilst others dance.
Song name: Unknown
Album name: N/A

Episode 3

Time: 18:10
Description: A classical record is played as Haldane and Annika lie on the sofa.
Song name: Elgar: Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61: III. Allegro molto.
Album: Alfredo Campoli: The Ben Canto Violin – Vol. 5, 1955.

Time: 35:43
Description: A classical record is played as Annika listens alone after finding Haldane and Lorna kissing in his apartment.
Song name: Same Elgar song played at 18:10.
Album name: Same Elgar song played at 18:10.

Episode 4

Time: 14:06
Description: Haldane and Annika sit at the restaurant in Dhafnai after a walk around the village where she grew up.
Song name: Siko Horepse Sirtaki by Manos Tacticos and his bouzoukis.
Album: Music from the Greek Islands, 1968.

Time: 29:23
Description: Haldane and Viglis are sat in the taverna eating dinner and discussing the burial situation.
Song name: Fantasia, by Gorgo and the Olympic Bouzouki Group.
Album: Holiday in Greece, 1969.

Episode 5

Time: 17:32
Description: Annika goes to stay at the taverna and speaks to Elena outside, where she’s informed that Haldane’s apartment was broken into.
Song name: Siko Horepse Sirtaki by Manos Tacticos and his bouzoukis.
Album: Music from the Greek Islands, 1968.

Time: 18:46
Description: Haldane and Annika are eating dinner after tidying up his apartment.
Song name: Fantasia, by Gorgo and the Olympic Bouzouki Group.
Album: Holiday in Greece, 1969.

Time: 22:20
Description: Haldane and Annika stand on the balcony of his apartment after going to church.
Song name: Élégie, Op. 24, performed by Jacqueline Du Pré
Album: The sound of Jacqueline Du Pré

Time: 28:51
Description: The locals set off fireworks to celebrate Christ’s resurrection in front of the Church. A local band plays a Cretan song as part of the celebrations.
Song name: Unknown
Album: N/A

Time: 38:50 & 41:02 & 41:29
Description: A Pentozali dance is being performed by locals whilst others dance. Haldane and Annika dance to another song. The last dance is a slower Cretan song and Haldane and Annika are sat down, visibly tired.
Song names: Unknown
Album name: N/A

Episode 6

Time: 5:49
Description: Duncan Neve sits in Haldane’s apartment listening to music and drinking.
Song name: Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt – Sweet Georgia Brown
Album: Various.

Time: 7:51
Description: Haldane and Duncan eat dinner in the taverna, and Duncan is spotted by an English policeman.
Song name: Fantasia, by Gorgo and the Olympic Bouzouki Group.
Album: Holiday in Greece, 1969.

Episode 7

Time: 1:27
Description: A local boy plays a Lyra after The Knot is put to sea once more.
Song name: Unknown
Album: N/A

Time: 5:57
Description: A Pentozali dance is being performed by locals to celebrate The Knot’s return to Cretan waters.
Song name: Unknown
Album name: N/A

Episode 8

Time: 12:50
Description: A classical song plays in the background whilst Haldane is passed out on the sofa.
Song name: Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps / The Rite of Spring
Album name: N/A

Time: 29:55
Description: Annika reads the letters from Haldane to Melina.
Song name: Elgar: Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61: III. Allegro molto.
Album: Alfredo Campoli: The Ben Canto Violin – Vol. 5, 1955.