Music from 'Cal'

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Music from 'Cal'
Soundtrack by Mark Knopfler
Released	1984
Recorded	Air Studios February/March 1984
Genre	Celtic
Label	Vertigo
Producer	Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler chronology
Local Hero (1983) Cal (1984) Comfort and Joy (1984)

Music from 'Cal' is an album of music composed by Mark Knopfler for the 1984 film Cal, produced by David Putnam, who also produced the film Local Hero with its best selling Knopfler soundtrack. Title of the album is "music from" rather than "soundtrack", which in this context is a euphemism for the tracks having being edited to give a more coherent music album, rather than just the ambient music used within the context of the movie, and unlike many soundtracks, works well even if you've never seen the film.^[1]

Available on LP, cassette, and CD.

Contents 1 Tracks 2 Performers 3 Reviews 4 References

[edit] Tracks

1. "Irish Boy"
2. "The Road"
3. "Waiting For Her"
4. "Irish Love"
5. "A Secret Place/ Where Will You Go"
6. "Father And Son"
7. "Meeting Under The Trees"
8. "Potato Picking"
9. "In A Secret Place"
10. "Fear And Hatred"
11. "Love And Guilt"
12. "The Long Road"

[edit] Performers

• Mark Knopfler – guitars & vocals
• Guy Fletcher – keyboards
• Paul Brady - tin whistle & mandolin
• Liam O'Flynn - uillean pipes
• John Illsley - bass
• Terry Williams - drums

[edit] Reviews

• New York Times - "exceptionally lovely and haunting score" - Screen: Love in Belfast, by Janet Maslin, August 24, 1984
• Moviemusic - "The movie was okay, the soundtrack is great!" ^[2]

[edit] References

v • d • e Mark Knopfler Tour personnel Richard Bennett • Danny Cummings • Guy Fletcher • John McCusker • Matt Rollings • Glenn Worf former members Jim Cox • Chad Cromwell Studio albums Golden Heart • Sailing to Philadelphia • The Ragpicker's Dream • Shangri-La • Kill To Get Crimson Singles and EPs Darling Pretty • Cannibals • Rüdiger • What It Is • Sailing to Philadelphia • Silvertown Blues • Why Aye Man • Boom, Like That • The Trawlerman's Song EP • One Take Radio Sessions • True Love Will Never Fade • Punish the Monkey Soundtracks Local Hero • Cal • Comfort and Joy • The Princess Bride • Last Exit to Brooklyn • Screenplaying • Metroland • Wag the Dog • A Shot at Glory Collaborations Neck and Neck (with Chet Atkins) • All the Roadrunning (with Emmylou Harris) • Real Live Roadrunning (with Emmylou Harris) Videography A Night in London • Real Live Roadrunning (with Emmylou Harris) Related articles Dire Straits • The Notting Hillbillies