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January 7, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 343

Mark Knopfler, Going Home / Wild Theme [Single] (1983) The theme from Local Hero was a big deal before I ever heard the soundtrack and long before I saw the film. The soundtrack – I love. It got me hooked on Mark Knopfler’s soundtrack work, and film scores in general really. But as a Dire […]
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July 4, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Mark Knopfler & Evelyn Glennie: Altamira [OST]

Mark Knopfler & Evelyn Glennie Altamira [OST] Verve Mark Knopfler and Evelyn Glennie’s soundtrack to the film about the life and story of the man who discovered the Altamira Caves is, for the most part, a gorgeous set of soft, stately instrumentals. You’ll not only spot Knopfler’s trademark sound you can link this – directly […]
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August 3, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Best Guitarist in The World: # 8 – Mark Knopfler

I remember one time at school some guy told me “the best guitarist in the world is Mark Knopfler”. I laughed at him. Not entirely sure why – I’ve always been a fan. But it just didn’t sit with me – and to give this full context, this was way back – mid-80s, when Knopfler […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Aztec Camera, Best Guitarist, Bob Dylan, Cal, Dire Straits, Emmylou Harris, Facebook, Guitar, Guitarist, Last Exit To Brooklyn, Local Hero, Mark Knopfler, Phantom Billstickers, Randy Newman, Scott Walker, Soundtrack Composer, The Best Guitarist In The World, The Best Guitarist in The World # 8, The Best Guitarist in The World: # 8 – Mark Knopfler, The Princess Bride, Willy DeVille ·

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February 8, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1632

Mark Knopfler, Cal [OST] (1984) What a prolific time it was in the mid-1980s for Mark Knopfler – he was running a band that became too huge and he was offering his guitar services and production/songwriting skills all over the place. Plus he was making soundtracks to idiosyncratic films; soundtracks that were purchased by people […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [OST], 1984, Cal, Celtic, Dire Straits, Local Hero, LP, Mark Knopfler, Soundtrack, The Long Road, Vinyl ·

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October 15, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1806

Mark Knopfler, The Princess Bride [OST] (1987) Funny, I love all the Mark Knopfler soundtrack work – and in some cases (Cal) it has made me hunt out the film just because of the music; because of a connection to the music – a need then to see how that music was actually intended; to […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [OST], Cal, Dire Straits, Last Exit To Brooklyn, Local Hero, Mark Knopfler, Once Upon A Time...Storybook Love, Princess Bride, Soundtrack, Storybook Love, the book, the film, Vinyl, Willy DeVille ·

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June 6, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1974

  Mark Knopfler, Local Hero (Soundtrack) (1983) The early 1990s was the peak of my Dire Straits fandom. I had collected all of the band’s music – on cassette tape – and attended the Auckland show of the band’s NZ leg of the tour in support of the On Every Street album. I had also started purchasing […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Dire Straits, Going Home, Local Hero, Mark Knopfler, Soundtrack, Vinyl, Wild Theme ·

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