A Shot at Glory

A Shot at Glory Artist: Mark Knopfler
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 093624832423
EAN: 0093624832423
ASIN: B0000658I5


Release Date: 2002-04-30

A Shot at Glory


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Tracks:

  1. Sons of Scotland
  2. Hard Cases
  3. He's the Man
  4. Training
  5. The New Laird
  6. Say Too Much
  7. Four in a Row
  8. All That I Have in the World
  9. Sons of Scotland--Quiet Theme
  10. It's Over
  11. Wild Mountain Thyme

Similar Items:

  1. Metroland: Music and Songs from the Film
  2. Wag The Dog
  3. Local Hero (1983 Film)
  4. Last Exit To Brooklyn (1989 Film)
  5. Music By Mark Knopfler From The Film Cal

Amazon.com

With its rural Scottish setting and thematic undercurrents of business versus local traditions and personal redemption, this Cinderella soccer tale seems to have a few things in common with Bill Forsyth's <I>Local Hero</I>, not the least of which is an evocative score by Dire Straits leader Mark Knopfler. The Scottish guitar hero again rises to the occasion, his acoustic "Sons of Scotland" theme underscoring the story's melancholy emotional landscape, if not necessarily its geographic one. To that end Knopfler bows to expected musical conventions by sprinkling the score with bagpipes, fiddles, and pennywhistles, yet shrewdly weaves them into a more modern, personal tapestry of guitar and pulsing rhythms (especially on the Highland reel-meets-electronica of "Four in a Row") familiar from his work with Dire Straits; tradition meets <I>tempus fugit</I>. Knopfler also serves up a trio of winning songs, whose tenor ranges from the understated macho anthem "He's the Man" to "Say Too Much," a dry, slinky cocktail of lounge jazz influences, and the melancholy folk lament "All That I Have in the World." While Knopfler's contemporary scoring efforts have been sparse and sometimes uneven, this soundtrack seems the perfect match of material and musician. <I>--Jerry McCulley</I>

Album Description

UK soundtrack to 2000 film starring Robert Duvall & Michael Keaton. Featuring a score by Dire Straits frontman who's also scored the films 'Local Hero' (1983), 'Cal' (1984), 'The Princess Bride' (1987) & 'Last Exit to Brooklyn' (1990). A Warner U.S. release.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Another nice soundtrack from MK.......2002-06-17

These soundtrack CDs have become a nice way to get some original material from MK between his solo projects. This is no exception. The instrumentals are really nice and the contemporary tunes range from the typical DS style tune to material more like his solo work (I'm thinking Golden Heart here). Of course, I haven't even seen the movie yet and don't know the context for which these tunes were written. This CD is longer time-wise than the last soundtrack (Wag the Dog), but still a little short for today's CD media standards (38 min.).

3 out of 5 stars Check out these other soundtracks.......2002-05-30

I'm a huge MK fan, but I was a little disappointed with this one. For a couple of fantastic MK soundtracks with a Celtic lilt, check out "Local Hero" and "Cal". Don't get me wrong, this isn't a bad soundtrack, but I didn't feel like it was as good as MK's other work.

4 out of 5 stars Good Mood Music...Not His Best OST.......2002-05-03

I've long enjoyed the Dire Straits' guitar sound and have been a fan of the Knopfler Brothers for a long long time. While I prefer the Dire Straits albums, or the solo albums by David or Mark, the soundtracks that Mark has composed over the past 20 years have found a comfortable spot on the cd rack as well. And this release doesn't vary the formula from his previous soundtracks too much at all (although it is much more a Knopfler album than the somewhat annoying "Metroland").

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