Cal is a 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). Cal is a 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). false 2025-11-07 21:26:48 Cal 1984 1984-01-01 1984-01-01 35 Celtic Rock 113758 2145393 d20d6a2b-39d6-44e3-8d68-09e0e34fae2f e49f69da-17d5-4c5c-bac0-dadcb0e588f5 9b1663f6-1adb-377e-93f6-983380fa4ccf /media/data/media5/Music/Mark Knopfler/Cal (1997)/folder.jpg Mark Knopfler Mark Knopfler 1 1 Irish Boy 04:38 1 2 The Road 02:02 1 3 Waiting for Her 00:39 1 4 Irish Love 02:25 1 5 A Secret Place / Where Will You Go 01:32 1 6 Father and Son 06:41 1 7 Meeting Under the Trees 00:56 1 8 Potato Picking 02:06 1 9 In a Secret Place 01:11 1 10 Fear and Hatred 02:19 1 11 Love and Guilt 03:02 1 12 The Long Road 07:19 Mark Freuder Knopfler (born 12 August 1949) is a British musician. He was the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of the rock band Dire Straits from 1977 to 1995. He pursued a solo career after the band dissolved, and is now an independent artist. Knopfler was born in Glasgow, and raised in Blyth, near Newcastle. After graduating from the University of Leeds and working for three years as a college lecturer, Knopfler co-founded Dire Straits with his younger brother, David Knopfler. The band recorded six albums, including Brothers in Arms (1985), one of the best-selling albums in history. After Dire Straits disbanded in 1995, Knopfler began a solo career, and has produced ten solo albums to date. He has composed and produced film scores for nine films, including Local Hero (1983), Cal (1984), The Princess Bride (1987), Wag the Dog (1997) and Altamira (2016). He has produced albums for Tina Turner, Bob Dylan, and Randy Newman. Described by Classic Rock as a virtuoso, Knopfler is a fingerstyle guitarist and was ranked 27th on Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". With Dire Straits, Knopfler sold between 100 million and 120 million records. A four-time Grammy Award winner, Knopfler is the recipient of the Edison Award, the Steiger Award and the Ivor Novello Award, as well as holding three honorary doctorate degrees in music from universities in the United Kingdom. Knopfler was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Dire Straits in 2018.