Local Hero is the debut soundtrack album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released in March 1983 by Vertigo Records internationally and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. It contains music composed for the 1983 film Local Hero, produced by David Puttnam and both written and directed by Bill Forsyth. In 1984, the album received a BAFTA award nomination for Best Score for a Film. The final track of the album, "Going Home", is played before every home game of Newcastle...

Guy Edward Fletcher is an English multi-instrumentalist, best known for his position as the Synthesizer player in the rock band Dire ... Brendan Croker is a musician from Leeds who has recorded albums under his own name and with occasional backing band; The Five O'Clock Shadows. He was also a member of The Notting Hillbillies.

John Illsley (John Illsley; June 24, 1949, Leicester, England) - English musician, famous as the bass player has achieved the worldwide success of the group Dire Straits. Illsley was one of the founders of Dire Straits and had a significant influence on the formation of their musical style. By the time the group disbanded in 1995, he was the only original members in addition to the permanent group leader Mark Knopfler.

Richard Bennett Contrary Cocktail Release April 2015. ... Q. Did you record Contrary Cocktail, in one way or another, different than your previous records ? A : I went about recording the same way as always most often with a rhythm section although some of the songs have a different feel to them, they go in directions I’ve not been before.

Last Exit to Brooklyn is a soundtrack album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released on 3 October 1989 by Vertigo Records internationally, and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The album contains music composed for the 1989 film Last Exit to Brooklyn, produced by Bernd Eichinger and directed by Uli Edel. In his review for AllMusic, William Ruhlmann gave the album three out of five stars, calling it Knopfler's "most ambitious and accomplished soundtrack.

Guy Edward Fletcher is an English multi-instrumentalist, best known for his position as the keyboardist in the rock band Dire Straits from 1984 until the group's dissolution, and his involvement in many parts of Mark Knopfler's solo work. Fletcher's first solo album, Inamorata, was released on 28 January 2008. Mark Knopfler guests as lead guitarist for two tracks, and various musicians who have been associated with Knopfler's band also make appearances. On 24 May 2010, Fletcher released his second solo album, titled Natural Selection.

Джон Иллсли (англ. John Illsley; 24 июня 1949, Лестер, Англия) — британский музыкант, прославившийся как бас-гитарист добившейся всемирного успеха группы Dire Straits. Иллсли был одним из основателей Dire Straits и оказал значительное влияние на формирование их музыкального стиля. К моменту распада группы в 1995 году он остался единственным участником оригинального состава помимо бессменного лидера группы Марка Нопфлера. Также записал шесть сольных альбомов.

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."

Британская рок-группа, созданная в 1986 году Марком Нопфлером, пригласившим старых знакомых для исполнения музыки в стиле блюз, кантри-рок. Группа выпустила единственный альбом Missing...Presumed Having a Good Time.

Golden Heart is the debut solo studio album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released on 26 March 1996 by Vertigo Records internationally and Warner Bros. Records in the United States. Following a successful career leading the British rock band Dire Straits and composing a string of critically acclaimed film soundtrack albums, Knopfler produced his first solo album, drawing upon the various musical endeavors in which he has engaged since emerging as a major recording artist in 1978. The album reached the top ten position on album charts in Austria, Belgium, Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The album peaked at 105 on the Billboard 200 in the United States.

English multi-instrumentalist, best known for his position as the keyboard player in the rock band Dire Straits from 1984 until the group's dissolution, and his subsequent work with Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler. Fletcher was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Dire Straits in 2018.

Missing…Presumed Having a Good Time — единственный официальный студийный альбом группы The Notting Hillbillies, вышедший в 1990 году. Альбом был записан в 1990 году. Фронтмен группы и продюсер альбома Марк Нопфлер в радиоинтервью заявил, что «…альбом не чисто народный, хоть и весьма легко нам дался… …Не всегда так выходит, но иногда выпадает такое счастье. То, что не можешь выразить словами… можно сыграть».

Code Red Cloud Nine is the second solo album by Richard Bennett, released on Moderne Shellac in February, 2008. "With his latest release, Code Red Cloud Nine, Bennett and his golden tone guitar come swinging back with a dozen unbeatable originals. It's the stuff that dreams are made of....romance, adventure, mystery and danger.". "I believe these tracks might reflect the real 'heart and soul' of Richard Bennett. Of course, I think that about everything I hear him play, whether it's jazz, blues...

Beautiful You - этот альбом результат двухлетнего сотрудничества John Illsley, бассиста Dire Straits, и ирландского музыканта Greg Pearle.

Mark Knopfler has the luxury of being selective about soundtrack work, and this is only his tenth film score in 17 years. It may be that he waits for films that can benefit from his approach, which is generally a lighter version of what he used to write and perform for Dire Straits and what he does on his solo albums. The soundtrack albums of his films usually are so closely identified with him that it's a dilemma where to shelve them in the record store, and this one is no exception; it is billed on the cover as "a Mark Knopfler soundtrack."