Mark Knopfler - Local Hero (1983 Film)
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Free Music Notes for Local Hero (1983 Film)
Free Music Review: Good Stuff, but not the best
Hit: 3 Stars
This CD has it's ups and downs. There are some brilliant tracks on here, most notably the main theme, the last track. But the theme can also be heard playing throughout some of the other tracks, here and there. Some of the tracks are rather useless, for pure listening purposes that is. I'm sure in the movie they served some use, and they wanted to include the music so as not to jyp the customer, but I would just as soon skip the tracks.
So, as stated earlier, there is some good stuff on this CD, but it's not all wonderful. Of course, if you are a die hard fan of Knopfler or the movie, then you won't be dissapointed. Otherwise, this is good, but there is better stuff out there.
Free Music Review: only good if you like the film
Hit: 3 Stars
I have always loved this movie. The theme...would you give up your materialistic and safe world for passion, simplicity, honesty, etc? Have we created a perfect world that once we leave it and view from it the outside, may not be that perfect? Would you leave it all behind to live on a coastal Scottish town? Is killing yourself for the imposed luxuries really worth it?
Knopfler's theme to the movie re-creates the utopian vibe of the movie. The theme is done in a variety of styles and tempos.
I would imagine that anyone that owns this is in a somewhat cult of enthusiasts for this beautiful yet quirky film.
Free Music Review: Lots of repetition
Hit: 2 Stars
First, the recording volume is so low that I have to turn my stereo volume to maximum to hear all the intricacies of the majority of the tracks. Right out of the box, my DVD-ROM wouldn't read the last track, although it seems to work fine in regular CD players.You'll notice, looking at the track list, that a few of the songs have identical names. The reason is, they are basically the same tracks with slight differences. There are three distinct parts to this CD: the soundtrack composition, the Scottish band, and the Rafferty song. The song is pretty good, the band is annoying after a few listens, and the rest of the CD is too quiet to hear.
This isn't particularly inspiring music; not Knopfler's best work.
Free Music Review: not all of the music from the film is on this CD
Hit: 1 Stars
Great movie.
However, if you liked the music as it was played by the little band featured in the movie, you will not find that music on this CD.
And that is what a soundtrack should be.
All of the music, esp. if it's good, from the movie on a CD.
This soundtrack is more a Mark Knopfler CD and not the complete soundtrack from the movie "Local Hero".
A good example of a great soundtrack CD is the Tom Petty music from the movie "She's the One".
That CD has all of the music from that movie without exception.
The other reviewers here talking about the great "scottish folk music" on this CD are just wrong.
In the movie "Local Hero" there are fine examples of it, but on this soundtrack, there are only little snippets of it.