The Dempsey and Makepeace Opening Theme
[Wave-File, 253K, 46 sec.]

All the music for Dempsey & Makepeace was by Alan Parker, a british session guitarist who also recorded a lot of albums for library labels like KPM and Standard. The D&M soundtrack was performed by The SouthBank Orchestra conducted by Alan Parker and published by the Standard music library.

The original TV version of the D&M theme - "Makepeace not war" - was released in Britain in 1985 on a vinyl album called "The TV Hits album" (Label: Towerbell records, cat.no. TVPL 3) and cover versions of the theme were released on two more albums: "Themes and Dreams" (Sierra label, cat.no. FEDL 101, distributed by Wea) and "A is for Action - Blockbusting action themes" by The PowerPack Orchestra (cat.no. - MFP 41 5705 1, released by EMI in 1985).

The original theme was also released as a single by Sierra in 1985:

[Most of the above info was provided by Oliver Lomax. If you want to know more about Alan Parker, the composer for D&M, and his other work, you can contact him at rosie.lomax@virgin.net]

Dempsey and Makepeace meet for the first time
[WAVE-File, 323K, 81 sec.]

Back to the Top
Back to Dempsey and Makepeace Main Page

Cast and Credits // Plot Summaries // D&M on TV // Fan Fiction
Picture Gallery // Sounds // Episode Guide // Links
Michael Brandon // Glynis Barber // Ray Smith // Tony Osoba

Do you have any comments, corrections and additions?
Send them to dpaeschke@bigfoot.de

Last updated: 08/01/02