The Princess Bride (album)

The Princess Bride is a 1987 soundtrack album by Mark Knopfler for the film The Princess Bride, directed by Rob Reiner. Released by Warner Bros. Records in the United States and Vertigo Records internationally, the album contains the song "Storybook Love", performed by Willy DeVille and co-written with Mark Knopfler. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 60th Academy Awards.^[1]

In his audio commentary of the film on the Special Edition DVD, director Rob Reiner said that only Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits could create a soundtrack to capture the film's quirky yet romantic nature. Reiner was an admirer of Knopfler's work but did not know him before working on the film. He sent the script to him hoping he would agree to score the film. Knopfler agreed on one condition: that somewhere in the film Reiner would include the USS Coral Sea (CV-43) baseball cap (modified to say USS Ooral Sea) he wore as Marty DiBergi in This is Spinal Tap. Reiner was unable to produce the original cap, but did include a similar cap in the grandson's room. Later Knopfler said he was joking.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Once upon a Time...Storybook Love" (4:00)
2. "I Will Never Love Again" (3:04)
3. "Florin Dance" (1:32)
4. "Morning Ride" (1:36)
5. "The Friends' Song" (3:02)
6. "The Cliffs of Insanity" (3:18)
7. "The Swordfight" (2:43)
8. "Guide My Sword" (5:11)
9. "The Fire Swamp and the Rodents of Unusual Size" (4:47)
10. "Revenge" (3:51)
11. "A Happy Ending" (1:52)
12. "Storybook Love" (4:24) by Mark Knopfler and Willy DeVille^[1]

All songs composed by Mark Knopfler, except where noted.

Credits

Music

• Mark Knopfler – guitar, composer, arranger, producer
• Willy DeVille – vocals
• Guy Fletcher – producer

Production

• Marc DeSisto – engineer
• Steve Jackson – engineer, mixing
• Bill Schnee – mixing
• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• Deborah Feingold – photography^[1]

References