Screenplaying

Compilation album by Mark Knopfler

Released

9 November 1993

Genre

Film music

Length

71:16

Label

Vertigo
Warner Bros. (USA)

Producer

Mark Knopfler

Mark Knopfler chronology

Neck and Neck
(1990)

Screenplaying
(1993)

Golden Heart
(1996)

Screenplaying is a compilation album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released on 9 November 1993 by Vertigo Records internationally and Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The album contains previously released tracks from Knopfler's soundtrack albums Cal (1984), Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989), The Princess Bride (1987), and Local Hero (1983).

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

In his review for AllMusic, William Ruhlmann gave the album four and a half out of five stars, writing, "The music is reminiscent of the calmer parts of Dire Straits songs: melodic, lyrical, and touching."^[1]

Track listing

All music was written by Mark Knopfler, except where indicated.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Irish Boy" (Cal)		4:38
2.	"Irish Love" (Cal)		2:26
3.	"Father and Son" (Cal)		3:27
4.	"Potato Picking" (Cal)		2:06
5.	"The Long Road" (Cal)		7:20
6.	"A Love Idea" (Last Exit to Brooklyn)		3:06
7.	"Victims" (Last Exit to Brooklyn)		3:33
8.	"Finale – Last Exit to Brooklyn" (Last Exit to Brooklyn)		6:22
9.	"Once Upon a Time...Storybook Love" (The Princess Bride)		3:58
10.	"Morning Ride" (The Princess Bride)		1:34
11.	"The Friends' Song" (The Princess Bride)		3:01
12.	"Guide My Sword" (The Princess Bride)		5:09
13.	"A Happy Ending" (The Princess Bride)		1:51
14.	"Wild Theme" (Local Hero)		3:39
15.	"Boomtown" (Local Hero)		4:08
16.	"The Mist Covered Mountains" (Local Hero)	Traditional, arrangement by Mark Knopfler	4:59
17.	"Smooching" (Local Hero)		5:00
18.	"Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero" (Local Hero)		4:59
Total length:			71:16

Charts

Chart performance

Chart (1993)	Peak
Netherlands Albums Chart	21
New Zealand Albums Chart	21

References

1 2 Ruhlmann, William. "Screenplaying". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 November 2012.

External links

Screenplaying at Mark Knopfler official website
Cal at the Internet Movie Database
Last Exit to Brooklyn at the Internet Movie Database
The Princess Bride at the Internet Movie Database
Local Hero at the Internet Movie Database

Mark Knopfler

Studio albums	Golden Heart Sailing to Philadelphia The Ragpicker's Dream Shangri-La Kill to Get Crimson Get Lucky Privateering Tracker

Soundtracks	Local Hero Cal Comfort and Joy The Princess Bride Last Exit to Brooklyn Wag the Dog Metroland A Shot at Glory Altamira (2016) (with Evelyn Glennie)

Collaborations	Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time (with the Notting Hillbillies) Neck and Neck (with Chet Atkins) All the Roadrunning (with Emmylou Harris) Real Live Roadrunning (with Emmylou Harris)

Compilations	Screenplaying Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler

Singles and EPs	"Darling Pretty" "Cannibals" "Rüdiger" "What It Is" "Sailing to Philadelphia" "Silvertown Blues" "Why Aye Man" "Boom, Like That" The Trawlerman's Song (EP) One Take Radio Sessions (EP) "True Love Will Never Fade" "Punish the Monkey" "Border Reiver" "Remembrance Day"

Videography	A Night in London Real Live Roadrunning (with Emmylou Harris)

Band personnel	Richard Bennett Jim Cox Chad Cromwell Danny Cummings Phil Cunningham Stuart Duncan Guy Fletcher Paul Franklin Mike Henderson John McCusker Michael McGoldrick Tim O'Brien Matt Rollings Ian Thomas Geraint Watkins Glenn Worf

Tours	Golden Heart Tour Sailing to Philadelphia Tour Shangri-La Tour All the Roadrunning Tour Kill to Get Crimson Tour Get Lucky Tour Bob Dylan Tour with Mark Knopfler 2011 Bob Dylan Tour with Mark Knopfler 2012 Privateering Tour Tracker Tour

Related articles	Mark Knopfler discography Brewers Droop Dire Straits The Notting Hillbillies British Grove Studios

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