Screenplaying is a compilation album, 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). Screenplaying is a compilation album, 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). false 2022-10-18 19:02:12 Screenplaying 4 1993 1993-01-01 1993-01-01 72 Ambient Electronic Modern Classical Rock Soft Rock Classical 113758 2155261 88a018b1-6775-3813-8513-ea4c30c4b78a e49f69da-17d5-4c5c-bac0-dadcb0e588f5 72684d79-17f8-35a1-99e5-3110b842f241 /media/data/media5/Music/Mark Knopfler/Screenplaying (1993)/folder.jpg Mark Knopfler AlbumArtist /config/metadata/People/M/Mark Knopfler/folder.jpg Mark Knopfler Artist /config/metadata/People/M/Mark Knopfler/folder.jpg Mark Knopfler Mark Knopfler 1 Irish Boy 04:40 2 Irish Love 02:28 3 Father and Son 03:27 4 Potato Picking 02:08 5 The Long Road 07:22 6 A Love Idea 03:06 7 Victims 03:33 8 Finale: Last Exit to Brooklyn 06:24 9 Once Upon a Time... Storybook Love 04:00 10 Morning Ride 01:36 11 The Friends' Song 03:04 12 Guide My Sword 05:11 13 A Happy Ending 01:54 14 Wild Theme 03:38 15 Boomtown (Variation Louis' Favourite) 04:07 16 The Mist Covered Mountains 04:59 17 Smooching 05:03 18 Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero 04:59 Mark Freuder Knopfler (born 12 August 1949) is a British guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer. 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, England. 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 they disbanded in 1995, Knopfler began a solo career, and has produced nine solo albums. 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.