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"Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero" is an instrumental rock track by Mark Knopfler, and the closing track from the 1983 film Local Hero soundtrack. [2] 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]
For the Local Hero soundtrack, Knopfler received a BAFTA award nomination for Best Score for a Film. [3] "Going Home" is played at Newcastle United F.C. and Aberdeen F.C. home games as the football players run out onto the pitch, as well as at the end of games at other clubs such as Burton Albion F.C. and Tranmere Rovers F.C. [citation needed]
Also in early 2024, Knopfler assembled a supergroup, referred to as Mark Knopfler's Guitar Heroes, to record a new version of "Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero" to support the Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America. The recording was produced by Guy Fletcher and was released on 15 March 2024, featuring contributions from more than ...
The Mark Knopfler discography consists of recordings by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, not including his work with Dire Straits. 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.
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]
All three missing songs were newly mixed and inserted into the Alchemy running order for the 2023 box set Live 1978-1992 (the other songs were remastered from the original mix), however this version of the album omits the "Rocks and the Thunder" intro to "Going Home" like the original LP did, and swaps the order of "Telegraph Road" and "Solid ...
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At the end of their performance, the lead singer announced their name, the Sultans of Swing; Knopfler found the contrast between the group's dowdy appearance and surroundings and their grandiose name amusing. [9] The song is set in common time, with a tempo of 149 beats per minute. It is in the key of D minor with Knopfler's vocal range ...