Cal (soundtrack)

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Cal
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Soundtrack album by Mark Knopfler
Released 24 August 1984 (1984-08-24) (US)
Recorded February–March 1984 AIR Studios, London, England, United Kingdom
Genre Celtic music, folk, instrumental rock
Length 35:08
Label Vertigo Records
Producer Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler chronology
Local Hero
(1983)
Cal
(1984)
Comfort and Joy
(1984)
Singles from Cal (soundtrack)

Cal is the second soundtrack album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released on 24 August 1984 by Vertigo Records. The album contains music composed for the 1984 film Cal, produced by David Puttnam and directed by Pat O'Connor. Puttnam also produced the film Local Hero (1983).[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4.5/5 stars[2]

In a contemporary review in The New York Times, Janet Maslin called the album "an exceptionally lovely and haunting score."[3]

In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Steven McDonald gave the album four out of five stars and called it a "quiet, reflective set of cues that eschew false dramatics in favor of supporting the story."[2]

Track listing

All music was written by Mark Knopfler.[4]

No. Title Length
1. "Irish Boy"   3:55
2. "The Road"   2:08
3. "Waiting for Her"   0:38
4. "Irish Love"   2:24
5. "A Secret Place / Where Will You Go"   1:45
6. "Father and Son"   7:41
7. "Meeting Under the Trees"   0:48
8. "Potato Picking"   2:06
9. "In a Secret Place"   1:08
10. "Fear and Hatred"   2:18
11. "Love and Guilt"   3:04
12. "The Long Road"   7:13
Total length:
35:08

Charts

Chart (1984/85) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 83

Personnel

Music
Production
  • Mark Knopfler – producer
  • Neil Dorfsman – engineer
  • Matt d'Arbanlay-Butler – assistant engineer
  • Steve Jackson – assistant engineer
  • John Dent – mastering at the Sound Clinic in London
  • Sutton Cooper – sleeve design
  • Brian Aris – photograph of Mark Knopfler[4]

References

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