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MARK KNOPFLER

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    • CommentAuthorKevinSmith
    • CommentTimeDec 27th 2009
    I enjoy his The Princess Bride score the most, out of all his scores. Although it does sound aged, it's still very easy to listen and relax to.
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeDec 27th 2009 edited
    His scores ain't too bad as albums, but I've often felt that Knopfler was really too much "out of his element" in films. I don't think he has the dramatic skill that is required, and often it feels like he just plays his scores like any other pop album, with little regard to the rhythm and flow of the films.

    I'm an old-time Dire Straits fan, though, so I like the man's music in general.
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      CommentAuthorSouthall
    • CommentTimeDec 29th 2009
    Ditto, Thor. Reminds me of Vangelis in some ways (obviously not in terms of how the music sounds, but in terms of him just applying his usual sound to a film environment without any real dramatic sense). Like most of his albums, though.
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeDec 29th 2009
    Southall wrote
    Ditto, Thor. Reminds me of Vangelis in some ways (obviously not in terms of how the music sounds, but in terms of him just applying his usual sound to a film environment without any real dramatic sense). Like most of his albums, though.


    Well, I wouldn't say the same of Vangelis. While he may not have the most "dramatic" sense in terms of following the ebb and flow of the narrative, he has a keen sense of how the audio and visuals work, and then "knits" his music around that. He's a MASTER texturalist, which is more than can be said of Knopfler.
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  5. LOCAL HERO is a great score, to my ears. Works beautifully in the film. (Which as the years go by, feels like one of the true classic gentle comedies of the 80s.)

    WAG THE DOG is strong also, but doesn't contribute as much to the film as the music does to LOCAL HERO.
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeDec 30th 2009
    I have never heard anything by him. What would you recommend for a first contact? Or should i not bother?
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    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeDec 30th 2009
    It's nothing taxing, it's very pleasent, listenable music. I quite like Local Hero and a few other themes. Try and find some samples D.
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeDec 30th 2009
    Thanks Tim!
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeDec 30th 2009 edited
    Christodoulides wrote
    I have never heard anything by him. What would you recommend for a first contact? Or should i not bother?


    Of Knopfler's compositions in general, I would recommend Dire Straits' "Love Over Gold" album, first and foremost.

    In terms of soundtracks, I would go for the SCREENPLAYING sampler first, which showcases most of his film scores up to 1995 or thereabouts. Much of it has a Celtic flavour and it's pleasing listening and everything. It's just not always very good FILM music in context. THE PRINCESS BRIDE is probably the score that is closest to a more traditional, symphonic score.
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    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeDec 31st 2009
    Thor wrote
    Christodoulides wrote
    I have never heard anything by him. What would you recommend for a first contact? Or should i not bother?


    Of Knopfler's compositions in general, I would recommend Dire Straits' "Love Over Gold" album, first and foremost.

    In terms of soundtracks, I would go for the SCREENPLAYING sampler first, which showcases most of his film scores up to 1995 or thereabouts. Much of it has a Celtic flavour and it's pleasing listening and everything. It's just not always very good FILM music in context. THE PRINCESS BRIDE is probably the score that is closest to a more traditional, symphonic score.


    Nicely pointed out Thor. Until I got overexposed to Love Over Gold I absolutely loved that album, I haven't heard it for well over ten years now so I would probably enjoy it again now.
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeJan 3rd 2010
    "Celtic flavour"..........hmm uhm
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeJan 3rd 2010
    I always found Knopfler's work to be "gently babbling along".
    For someone who needs his themes BOLD and CLEAR (like me cool ) it's never the most rewarding of listens.
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeJan 3rd 2010
    Ok, i read "pass" in there wink
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeJan 3rd 2010
    Hmmm...I dunno. You might try Local Hero.
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  15. The themes of LOCAL HERO are pretty bold and clear.
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeJan 3rd 2010
    Celtic sounding?
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeJan 3rd 2010
    Not really. Nor are they very bold. Rather more kindly babbling along.
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
  18. I'll revise my statement:

    "When the themes of LOCAL HERO are not bold and clear, they are more kindly babbling along."

    There is one dance that's kind of celtic.
    The main theme you'll have heard before. It's hard to have been on the earth for long and not have heard it.
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  19. Local Hero is one of Anne's favourite films and I was listening to Knopfler's "Wild Theme" from the score. I like the musician's "sound" and so I hunted down some more of his stuff. I like his short score for Wag The Dog...and I'll be back when I remind myself what else I sampled (I'm on the phone at the moment with only one browser opportunity.)
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  20. ...A Shot At Glory was the other score I took selections from.
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  21. Have you heard his score to A Shot at Glory? It's a movie about Scottish football (to Americans - soccer), featuring a very good Robert Duvall (and a short and interesting part from Michael Keaton!) as the coach and partly resolving around the conflict between Glasgow Celtics and Rangers.
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  22. As aomw of you remember, Knopfler and Evelyn Glennie scored the film "Finding Altamira", which opened overseas and a soundtrack was released (I didn't know there was one).

    I found a short making-of video on the score:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ-CptVG820

    And here is the first track from the release:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdAhSZB2lh8
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  23. The Alchemy Live Concert of 1983 was on PBS TV yesterday night here in Germany and I became completely absorbed by it. Dire Straits never made the most sophisticated kind of Rock but they know to craft a tune and man, what fabulous instrumentalists they are.

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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeSep 19th 2016
    Captain Future wrote
    The Alchemy Live Concert of 1983 was on PBS TV yesterday night here in Germany and I became completely absorbed by it. Dire Straits never made the most sophisticated kind of Rock but they know to craft a tune and man, what fabulous instrumentalists they are.

    cool Volker


    LOVE OVER GOLD was pretty sophisticated; their masterpiece. But I agree -- for as big a fan I was of them as a kid (I think they were my favourite band at one point), I can now see that their music was fairly straightforward.
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeAug 6th 2021
    I got a Dire Straits "hook" recently, listening to all of my 9 DS/Knopfler albums (both scores and studio albums). What a great ride it was! Can't believe I sold off my SCREENPLAYING CD years ago.
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