Track Listing

1. Once Upon A Time / Storybook Love
2. I Will Never Love Again
3. Florin Dance
4. Morning Ride
5. The Friends' Song
6. The Cliffs Of Insanity
7. The Swordfight
8. Guide My Sword
9. The Fireswamp And The Rodents Of Unusual Size
10. Revenge
11. A Happy Ending
12. Storybook Love - Mark Knopfler, Willy DeVille

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #58584 in Music
• Released on: 1997-03-24
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Soundtrack, Original recording remastered
• Running time: 39 minutes

From Amazon.com
Laced with almost metaphysically challenging guitar work and laden with rich, full-orchestral arrangements, The Princess Bride soundtrack qualifies as one of Mark Knopfler's cinematic triumphs. Romantically lyrical melodies like "I Will Never Love Again" contrast brightly with fun frolics like "The Friends' Song" and edgy mood pieces like "The Cliffs of Insanity." While most soundtracks are really just compilations of hits or variations on a single theme, Knopfler's play more like symphonies, each movement as fulfilling as the last. Though The Princess Bride doesn't quite carry off the emotional impact of Local Hero or Cal, it does offer up some terrific music and one good love song, Willy Deville's "Storybook Love." --L.A. Smith

Customer Reviews

everything mark's done is all right! well.. more than that!
just relaxing and makes you leave your soul in the rythm of the melody....an excellent album...

Three good tracks, chunks of boredom for the rest of this.
Three good tracks, patchy pieces for the rest of the CD make this a disappointing Knopfler album. Of course, the soundtrack has to "go with" the film, causing the most of this album to be rather boring. Two variations of the main P.B. theme are good. If like me, you want as much Knopfler music you can get your hands on, then buy it.