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Album: Local Hero [Original Soundtrack]
# Song Title   Time
1)    Local Hero, film score: The Rocks and the Water - (with Mark Knopfler)
2)    Local Hero, film score: Wild Theme - (with Mark Knopfler)
3)    Local Hero, film score: Freeway Flyer
4)    Local Hero, film score: Boomtown (variation Louis' Favourite)
5)    Local Hero, film score: The Way It Always Starts
6)    Local Hero, film score: The Rocks and the Thunder - (with Mark Knopfler)
7)    Local Hero, film score: The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights
8)    Local Hero, film score: The Mist Covered Mountains (Traditional)
9)    Local Hero, film score: The Ceilidh: Louis' Favourite Billy's Tune - (with Mark Knopfler)
10)    Local Hero, film score: Whistle Theme
11)    Local Hero, film score: Smooching
12)    Local Hero, film score: Stargazer - (with Mark Knopfler)
13)    Local Hero, film score: The Rocks and the Thunder - (with Mark Knopfler)
14)    Local Hero, film score: Going Home (Theme of the Local Hero)
 

Album: Local Hero [Original Soundtrack]
# Song Title   Time
1)    Local Hero, film score: The Rocks and the Water - (with Mark Knopfler)
2)    Local Hero, film score: Wild Theme - (with Mark Knopfler)
3)    Local Hero, film score: Freeway Flyer
4)    Local Hero, film score: Boomtown (variation Louis' Favourite)
5)    Local Hero, film score: The Way It Always Starts
6)    Local Hero, film score: The Rocks and the Thunder - (with Mark Knopfler)
7)    Local Hero, film score: The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights
8)    Local Hero, film score: The Mist Covered Mountains (Traditional)
9)    Local Hero, film score: The Ceilidh: Louis' Favourite Billy's Tune - (with Mark Knopfler)
10)    Local Hero, film score: Whistle Theme
11)    Local Hero, film score: Smooching
12)    Local Hero, film score: Stargazer - (with Mark Knopfler)
13)    Local Hero, film score: The Rocks and the Thunder - (with Mark Knopfler)
14)    Local Hero, film score: Going Home (Theme of the Local Hero)
 
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Performer Notes
  • Composed by Mark Knopfler.
  • Personnel: Mark Knopfler (guitar, synthesizer, drums, percussion); Gerry Rafferty (vocals); Hal Lindes , Roddy Murray, Alan Darby (guitar); Mark Winchester (violin); Dale Winchester (accordion); Michael Brecker (saxophone); Alan Clark (piano, keyboards, synthesizer); Mike Mainieri (vibraphone, background vocals); Steve Jordan , Ed Bicknell, Terry Williams (drums).
  • Photographers: Denis Waugh; Frank Griffin.
  • Unknown Contributor Roles: Acetones; Dale Winchester.
  • 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
Professional Reviews
Entertainment Weekly (10/12/01, p.43) - Ranked #81 in EW's "100 Best Movie Soundtracks" - "...Exquisite..."
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