Local Hero is a 1983 soundtrack album

Soundtrack album

A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television program. In some cases, not all the tracks from the movie are included in the album; however there are rare cases of songs in the trailers that do not appear in...

 by Mark Knopfler

Mark Knopfler

Mark Freuder Knopfler, OBE is a Scottish-born British guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer and film score composer. He is best known as the lead guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for the British rock band Dire Straits, which he co-founded in 1977...

 for the film Local Hero

Local Hero

Local Hero is a 1983 Scottish comedy-drama film starring Peter Riegert and Burt Lancaster. It was directed by Bill Forsyth and produced by David Puttnam....

, produced by David Puttnam

David Puttnam

David Terence Puttnam, Baron Puttnam, CBE, FRSA is a British film producer. He sits on the Labour benches in the House of Lords, although he is not principally a politician.-Early life:...

 and written and directed by Bill Forsyth

Bill Forsyth

Bill Forsyth is a Scottish film director and writer, noted for his commitment to national film-making.Forsyth first came to attention with a low-budget film, That Sinking Feeling, made with youth theatre actors and featuring a cameo appearance by the Edinburgh gallery owner Richard Demarco...

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Track listing

1. "The Rocks and the Water" (3:30)
2. "Wild Theme" (3:40)
3. "Freeway Flyer" (1:50)
4. "Boomtown (Variation Louis' Favourite)" (4:10)
5. "The Way It Always Starts" (4:08), vocals by Gerry Rafferty
   Gerry Rafferty
   Gerald "Gerry" Rafferty was a Scottish singer songwriter best known for his solo hits "Baker Street", "Right Down the Line", "Days Gone Down", "Night Owl", "Get It Right Next Time", and with the band Stealers Wheel, "Stuck in the Middle with You". Rafferty was born into a working-class family in...
   
   
6. "The Rocks and the Thunder" (0:40)
7. "The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights" (4:07)
8. "The Mist Covered Mountains" (5:13)
9. "The Ceilidh: Louis' Favourite/ Billy's Tune" (3:42)
10. "Whistle Theme" (0:51)
11. "Smooching" (5:05)
12. "Stargazer" (1:31)
13. "The Rocks and the Thunder" (0:40)
14. "Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero" (4:55)

All tracks written by Mark Knopfler except "The Mist Covered Mountains" (traditional

Music of Scotland

Scotland is internationally known for its traditional music, which has remained vibrant throughout the 20th century, when many traditional forms worldwide lost popularity to pop music...

, arranged by Mark Knopfler).

Credits

Music

• Mark Knopfler
  Mark Knopfler
  Mark Freuder Knopfler, OBE is a Scottish-born British guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer and film score composer. He is best known as the lead guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for the British rock band Dire Straits, which he co-founded in 1977...
  
   – guitar, drums, percussion, synthesizer, producer
• Acetones – performers
• Ed Bicknell – drums
• Michael Brecker – saxophone
• Alan Clark – keyboards, organ, piano, synthesizer
• Alan Darby – guitar
• Eddie Gomez – bass
• John Illsley – bass
• Neil Jason – bass
• Steve Jordan – drums
• Tony Levin – bass
• Hal Lindes – guitar
• Mike Mainieri – vibraphone, vocals
• Roddy Murray – guitar
• Gerry Rafferty – vocals
• Brian Rowan – bass
• Terry Williams – drums
• Dale Winchester – accordion
• Mark Winchester – violin
• Jimmy Yuill – whistle

Production

• Neil Dorfsman – engineer
• Josh Abbey – assistant engineer
• Tim Palmer – assistant engineer
• Phil Vinall – assistant engineer
• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• Frank Griffin – photography
• Denis Waugh – photography

Reception

Rolling Stone magazine called it "an insinuating LP of charming, cosmopolitan soundtrack music—a record that can make movies in your mind."

Newcastle United currently runs out onto the pitch for home games at St. James' Park to the song "Going Home".

Certifications

Organisation	Level	Date
BPI – UK	Silver	May 17, 1984

Source

• Rolling Stone review