Metroland (soundtrack)

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Metroland
Soundtrack by Mark Knopfler
Released	1998
Recorded	Sarm West Studios
Genre	Jazz, Rock
Label	Vertigo
Producer	Mark Knopfler & Chuck Ainlay

Metroland soundtrack album contains music and songs from the 1997 film of the same name. The instumental tracks, specifically composed and recorded for the film by Mark Knopfler, effectively help to create the mood and highlight the distinct personalities of the principal characters,^[1] with the soundtrack changing the atmoshere as the film flips back and forth between Paris in the early '60s and suburban London in 1977.^[2] Parisian flavour is augmented by the music of Françoise Hardy, Django Reinhardt and Quintette du Hot Club de France, with some late-70s classics from The Stranglers, Dire Straits, Hot Chocolate and Elvis Costello that are appropriate for that the period.

In the lyrics of "Metroland", the only song he wrote for the move, Knopfler says "I've danced in the rain and I've been Django", so it is entirely appropriate that music by Django Reinhardt should also be on the soundtrack.

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Contents 1 Tracks 2 Performers 3 Reviews 4 References

[edit] Tracks

1. "Metroland theme" (instrumental) - Mark Knopfler
2. "Annick" - Mark Knopfler
3. "Tous les garcon et les filles" - Françoise Hardy
4. "Brats" - Mark Knopfler
5. "Blues Clair" - Django Reinhardt
6. "Down day" - Mark Knopfler
7. "A walk in Paris" - Mark Knopfler
8. "She's gone" - Mark Knopfler
9. "Minor Swing" - Django Reinhardt and the Quintette du Hot Club de France
10. "Peaches" - The Stranglers
11. "Sultans of Swing" - Dire Straits
12. "So You Win Again" - Hot Chocolate
13. "Alison" - Elvis Costello
14. "Metroland" - Mark Knopfler

[edit] Performers

• Mark Knopfler – guitars & vocals
• Richard Bennett – guitars
• Jim Cox – piano & hammond organ
• Guy Fletcher – keyboards
• Steve Sidwell - trumpet & flugelhorn
• Chris White - saxophones & flute
• Glenn Worf – bass
• Chad Cromwell – drums

[edit] Reviews

• L.A. Times - Kevin Thomas complimented the “evocative score.” ^[3]
• New York Times - Janet Maslin noted that one of the film's “strongest assets” was “Mark Knopfler's fine, expressive score.”^[4]
• Boxoffice Magazine - Susan Green stated “This is a thoroughly satisfying little film with an exquisite Mark Knopfler score.”
• If Magazine - Etana Jacobson wrote that “Mark Knopfler's quirky Franco-Brit score adds without distracting.”^[5]
• All Music Guide - Chuck Donkers said “Mark Knopfler's fine soundtrack to the film nicely evokes the picture's wistful, nostalgic atmosphere.”^[6]
• Amazon.com - Jerry McCulley thought that “the album's shaggy eclecticism has its charms nonetheless.” ^[7]
• KillerMovies - Scott Renshaw said “There’s some nice atmosphere to Metroland, particularly from Mark Knopfler’s silky score.”^[8]

[edit] References

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