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Track Listings
| 1. The Rocks & The Water |
| 2. Wild Theme |
| 3. Freeway Flyer |
| 4. Boomtown |
| 5. The Way It Always Starts |
| 6. The Rocks & The Thunder |
| 7. The Ceilidh & The Northern Lights |
| 8. The Mist Covered Mountains |
| 9. The Ceilidh: Louis' Favourite Billy's Tune |
| 10. Whistle Theme |
| 11. Smooching |
| 12. Stargazer |
| 13. The Rocks & The Thunder |
| 14. Going Home (Theme Of The Local Hero) |
Product Description
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This soundtrack (along with Ry Cooder's for Paris, Texas and Ennio Morricone's for Once Upon a Time in America, to name two other examples) is the kind of music that CDs were made for. Some of it is so delicate, so quiet, that it could disappear underneath the rumble and noise of a vinyl LP. You'd never know this was the score to a comedy--even a gentle wisp of a comedy like Bill Forsyth's picture. Some of it could pass for Scottish- flavored ambient music by Brian Eno. "The Rocks and the Water" seems to rise up like the tide with electronic calls that suggest the music of whales or dolphins. The sound of the sea whispers behind several atmospheric tracks, but Knopfler's guitar is also featured up-front some of the more overtly melodic tunes. The overall impression is luminous and evanescent as the Northern Lights. --Jim Emerson
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Geoffrey Millar
TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
This is simply one of the best soundtrack albums you can buy, and,remarkably, is just as good if you haven't seen the film.
It's beautiful, atmospheric music which is nevertheless very enjoyable and showed us another side to Mark Knopfler's music.
There's one (very enjoyable) vocal track, by Gerry Rafferty, but the rest of the music is instrumental, with some ethereal, almost classical themes.
One Australian TV channel played 'Stargazer' over the awful footage of the Challenger Space Shuttle, and the music had such beauty and dignity that it seemed most appropriate.
There's not a dud track and the closing Local Hero Theme is one of my all time favourite pieces of music.
It's beautiful, atmospheric music which is nevertheless very enjoyable and showed us another side to Mark Knopfler's music.
There's one (very enjoyable) vocal track, by Gerry Rafferty, but the rest of the music is instrumental, with some ethereal, almost classical themes.
One Australian TV channel played 'Stargazer' over the awful footage of the Challenger Space Shuttle, and the music had such beauty and dignity that it seemed most appropriate.
There's not a dud track and the closing Local Hero Theme is one of my all time favourite pieces of music.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By Jacqui James
Format:Audio CD
This music made a beautiful film ever more beautiful.
Every time I hear this music reminds me of my homeland and like the ending of the film, it makes me think of what I miss about Scotland.
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is one of the most moving albums I have heard in a long time. My personal favourite is 'Wild Theme' for its sheer beauty and calm. It takes you right back to nature and the finer things in life, it reminds you of loved ones you remember, old romances and anything that warms the spirit, so listen to this track especially, and just try and say that you didn't cry at the end!
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Haunting Melodies
I first heard this incredible music almost 30 years ago when I worked at a cinema in Leicester Square London, we ran the premier of this film and the music has stayed with me since... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Keith Phillips
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best album from one of the best films made
The whole album is fantastic - melodic, smooth, atmospheric - simply one of the best pieces ever written. Read more
Published 23 months ago by foodieholic
5.0 out of 5 stars
Local Hero
Local Hero - best movie of all time!!!
You have to see it!
And the music, Mark Knopfler... is amazing. You have to buy the Soundtrack too. Read more
You have to see it!
And the music, Mark Knopfler... is amazing. You have to buy the Soundtrack too. Read more
Published on 2 April 2011 by Brandstrom Monica
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not what i expected
Fantastic film, music was great so was most of the music in the soundtrack CD but what i found most disappointing was the music from the ceilidh or the Ace tones, now in the film... Read more
Published on 28 Jun 2007 by Shelley
3.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing except for Knopfler
I love this film! I love the theme and other incidental music composed and performed by Mark Knopfler, but this album is let down by the "source music" as played by The Actones... Read more
Published on 15 Jun 2007 by Mr. Andrew Moore
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Classic!
If you are into moody, stately and varied music, this is the Soundtrack that will totally engross you and the Themes stay in your mind long after you've stopped listening. Read more
Published on 19 July 2003 by Jon P. Whipple
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