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Local Hero is the debut soundtrack album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released in April 1983 [1] by Vertigo Records internationally and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. It contains music composed for the 1983 film Local Hero, produced by David Puttnam and both written and directed by Bill Forsyth. [2]
Local Hero is a 1983 British comedy-drama [1] film written and directed by Bill Forsyth and produced by David Puttnam. It stars Peter Riegert , Burt Lancaster , Denis Lawson , Peter Capaldi , and Fulton Mackay .
It was the debut solo single by Knopfler, and charted at number 56 in the UK, [3] [4] at number 26 in the Netherlands and at number 18 in New Zealand. [5] The soundtrack album also features a reprise called "Wild Theme", which consists of Knopfler's acoustic guitar interpretation of the song's melody.
Knopfler had also expressed his interest writing film music, and after producer David Puttnam responded [29] [30] he wrote and produced the music score to the film Local Hero. The album was released in April 1983 and received a BAFTA award nomination for Best Score for a Film the following year.
Knopfler began recording apart from Dire Straits in 1983, when he released his first soundtrack album Local Hero. That same year he produced his first album, Infidels for Bob Dylan. Between 1983 and 2016, Knopfler composed and released nine soundtrack albums, the last of which was with Evelyn Glennie.
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