Cal | ||||
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Soundtrack album by Mark Knopfler | ||||
Released | 24 August 1984 | |||
Recorded | February–March 1984 AIR Studios, London, England, United Kingdom | |||
Genre |
Celtic music folk |
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Length | 35:08 | |||
Label | Vertigo Records | |||
Producer | Mark Knopfler | |||
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Singles from Cal | ||||
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AllMusic |
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).
In a contemporary review in The New York Times, Janet Maslin called the album "an exceptionally lovely and haunting score."
In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Steven McDonald gave the album four our of five stars and called it a "quiet, reflective set of cues that eschew false dramatics in favor of supporting the story."
All music was written by Mark Knopfler.