Length 11:30 Artist Mark Knopfler Movie Comfort and Joy Genre Jazz | Label Vertigo Release date 27 July 1984 Producer Mark Knopfler | |
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Released 27 July 1984 (1984-07-27) Recorded AIR Studios, London,
March 1984 Similar Mark Knopfler albums, Other albums | ||
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Comfort and Joy is a soundtrack album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released in 1984 by Vertigo Records. The album contains music composed for the 1984 film Comfort and Joy, written and directed by Bill Forsyth.
Contents
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- Jim brickman the story behind comfort and joy
- Composition
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Release history
- Songs
- References
Jim brickman the story behind comfort and joy
Composition
Although the album consists of only three original pieces written for the film, additional songs from the Dire Straits album Love Over Gold were used throughout the film. According to a review of the film by Philip Gillett, director Forsyth once acknowledged in an interview that he was "trying to mirror the tone" of the album by featuring the tracks "Telegraph Road" and "Private Investigations". Dialogue in the film also makes reference to the band and song lyrics. After the main character Allan "Dicky" Bird's car has been vandalized, a colleague quips, "I hear the seven deadly sins and the terrible twins came to call on you"—a direct quote from the song "It Never Rains". Bird responds, "Dire Straits!"
Track listing
All songs were written by Mark Knopfler.
- "Comfort" (Theme from Comfort and Joy) – 2:28
- "Joy" – 4:20
- "A Fistful of Ice-Cream" – 4:42
Personnel
Release history
The Comfort and Joy soundtrack was released as a three-song 12" vinyl record in 1984. It has never been released in CD format, but the songs were issued in CD as b-side of some CD singles.
Songs
1Comfort2:28
2Joy4:20
3A Fistful of Ice-Cream4:42