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Local Hero

Original Soundtrack/Mark Knopfler
Release Date: 01/01/1983
Original Release:  1983
# of Discs:   1
J&R Item # 120485_CD
UPC # 075992382724
Label: Warner Bros. Records (Record Label)
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Disc: 1
1. Rocks and the Water, The sound samples  real  |  windows media
2. Wild Theme sound samples  real  |  windows media
3. Freeway Flyer sound samples  real  |  windows media
4. Boomtown sound samples  real  |  windows media
5. Way It Always Starts, The sound samples  real  |  windows media
6. Rocks and the Thunder, The sound samples  real  |  windows media
7. Ceilidh and the Northern Lights, The sound samples  real  |  windows media
8. Mist Covered Mountains, The sound samples  real  |  windows media
9. Ceilidh: Louis' Favourite Billy's Tune, The sound samples  real  |  windows media
10. Whistle Theme sound samples  real  |  windows media
11. Smooching sound samples  real  |  windows media
12. Stargazer sound samples  real  |  windows media
13. Rocks and the Thunder, The sound samples  real  |  windows media
14. Going Home (Theme of the Local Hero) sound samples  real  |  windows media

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Performer: Original Soundtrack/Mark Knopfler
Producer: Mark Knopfler
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Composed by Mark Knopfler. Dire Straits leader Mark Knopfler's intricate, introspective fingerpicked guitar stylings make a perfect musical complement to the wistful tone of Bill Forsyth's comedy film, Local Hero. This album was billed as a Knopfler solo album rather than an original soundtrack album, with the notation "music...for the film." Knopfler brings along Dire Straits associates Alan Clark (keyboards) and John Illsley (bass), plus session aces like saxophonist Mike Brecker, vibes player Mike Mainieri, and drummers Steve Jordan and Terry Williams. The low-key music picks up traces of Scottish music, but most of it just sounds like Dire Straits doing instrumentals, especially the recurring theme, one of Knopfler's more memorable melodies. Gerry Rafferty (remember him from "Baker Street"?) sings the one vocal selection, "That's the Way It Always Starts." ~ William Ruhlmann
Entertainment Weekly (10/12/01, p.43) - Ranked #81 in EW's "100 Best Movie Soundtracks" - "...Exquisite..."
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