Screenplaying

Screenplaying
Screenplaying
Compilation album by Mark Knopfler
Released	9 November 1993
Recorded	1982–1989
Genre	Film music
Length	71:16
Label	Vertigo; Warner Bros. (USA)
Producer	Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler chronology

Screenplaying is a compilation album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released on 9 November 1993 by Vertigo Records internationally and Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The album contains previously released tracks from Knopfler's soundtrack albums Cal (1984), Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989), The Princess Bride (1987), and Local Hero (1983).

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Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Irish Boy" (Cal)		4:38
2.	"Irish Love" (Cal)		2:26
3.	"Father and Son" (Cal)		3:27
4.	"Potato Picking" (Cal)		2:06
5.	"The Long Road" (Cal)		7:20
6.	"A Love Idea" (Last Exit to Brooklyn)		3:06
7.	"Victims" (Last Exit to Brooklyn)		3:33
8.	"Finale – Last Exit to Brooklyn" (Last Exit to Brooklyn)		6:22
9.	"Once Upon a Time...Storybook Love" (The Princess Bride)		3:58
10.	"Morning Ride" (The Princess Bride)		1:34
11.	"The Friends' Song" (The Princess Bride)		3:01
12.	"Guide My Sword" (The Princess Bride)		5:09
13.	"A Happy Ending" (The Princess Bride)		1:51
14.	"Wild Theme" (Local Hero)		3:39
15.	"Boomtown" (Local Hero)		4:08
16.	"The Mist Covered Mountains" (Local Hero)	Traditional, arrangement by Mark Knopfler	4:59
17.	"Smooching" (Local Hero)		5:00
18.	"Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero" (Local Hero)		4:59
Total length:			71:16

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Netherlands Albums Chart	21
New Zealand Albums Chart	21

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[2]	Gold	7,500^{^}
Spain (PROMUSICAE)^[3]	Platinum	100,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Critical reception