Silva Screen digitally release The Gold, Simon Goff’s synth-filled soundtrack to the intricately crafted BBC One crime drama. The story is based on the largest heist in world history, the Brink’s-Mat robbery at Heathrow airport in 1983. Six armed robbers attempted to steal £1 million in foreign currency and ended up coming away with £26 million in gold bullion. This isn’t the story of a heist, but of what happened next...

For those who enjoy electronic scores, there's much to sink your teeth into with Simon Goff's soundtrack for The Gold. Here the composer creates an evolving sound that binds together and manipulates technology and acoustic instruments.

Talking about the project, Goff says: "The initial idea for the soundtrack to The Gold came about after talking to director Aneil Karia about the different character lines running through the script. Just as the series dives into the grey between moral worlds in 1980’s London, I took the score as an opportunity to dive more into the grey between acoustic and electronic sound worlds. The pulsing synthesisers are a homage to the greats that pioneered the way in that era, while the broken strings represent the underbelly of high-class society and the distorted purity that it poses as… The score is meant as a third line in the narrative, allowing the direction and script atmospheric space to exist in while also propelling forward when needed. The pulses, textures, rhythms and melodies are entwined together just as are the narratives within the storytelling. There is no clear distinction between worlds, only one that engulfs all."

It's not your standard electronic score, and there's a lot of heart and energy poured into the 12 tracks (39 min, 51 sec). If you're looking for something a little different, this will offer an interesting diversion, but it's probably not a score I'll revisit all that often.

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Darren Rea