In 2000 published with Mark Knopfler - Sailing To Philadelphia - his second solo album, the quite contained title that easily on the last Dire Straits album - On Every Street - could appear. At the same time he composed the music for the film - A Shot of Glory - a film in which it goes around the Scottish Football, the rough life in the Highlands, and the extremely conflictual relationship between an "enfant terrible" and his rough-father , The music, however, do not you realize this tense social conditions to really. They rather focuses on the emotional moments of the film, and after paints especially the beautiful landscapes of the Scottish Highlands as a colorful portrait image.
Similar already been on his first two soundtracks - Local Hero - and - CAL - includes - A Shot Of Glory - many, this time even very positively motivated and danceable folk titles such as - training - and - Four In A Row. Furthermore, there is also the inveterate Dire Straits fans great rock riffs as in - Hard Cases - as well as an excellent and totally cool sung song like - He's The Man - on this album.
A Shot Of Glory - is indeed a very unknown, but for me personally a very famous shot music, and therefore also my favorite soundtrack by Mark Knopfler.
