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Comfort and Joy is a soundtrack album by Mark Knopfler for the 1984 film of the same name, written and directed by Bill Forsyth and starring Bill Paterson.
Although there were only three original pieces written for the movie, addition songs from the Dire Straits’ album "Love Over Gold" are used throughout the film. According to a review of the film by Philip Gillett, director Forsyth once admitted in an interview that he was “trying to mirror the tone” of the album by featuring the tracks “Telegraph Road” and “Private Investigations.[1] Dialogue in the movie also makes reference to the band and song lyrics. After the main character's car has been vandalized a colleague says "I hear the seven deadly sins and the terrible twins came to call on you", a direct quote from the song "It Never Rains".
The score was only ever released as a 45rpm 12" vinyl record,[2] and is therefore quite rare.
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- A Side
- "Comfort" (Theme from Comfort and Joy)
- "Joy"
- B Side
- "A Fistful of Ice-Cream"
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