''A Shot at Glory'' is the eighth soundtrack album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist

Mark Knopfler Mark Freuder Knopfler (born 12 August 1949) is a British singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Born in Scotland and raised in England, he was the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of the rock band Dire Straits. He pursued a s ...

, released on 28 April 2002 by

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. The album contains music composed for the 2001 film '' A Shot at Glory'', directed by

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Critical reception

In his review for

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, William Ruhlmann gave the album three out of five stars, noting that Knopfler's soundtrack albums are so closely identified with him that "it's a dilemma where to shelve them in the record store." Ruhlmann continued:

Track listing

All music was written by Mark Knopfler, except where indicated.

Personnel

;Music *

– guitars, bass * Guy Fletcher – keyboards * Billy Jackson –

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, bodhran,

whistle A whistle is an instrument which produces sound from a stream of gas, most commonly air. It may be mouth-operated, or powered by air pressure, steam, or other means. Whistles vary in size from a small slide whistle or nose flute type to a lar ...

* Iain Lothian – piano accordion *

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–

flugelhorn The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B, though som ...

* Danny Cummings – percussion *

Iain MacInnes Iain MacInnes is a Scottish folk musician, currently working as the producer of the BBC Radio Scotland bagpipe music program ''Pipeline''. He was formerly presenter of that program, before taking a one-year sabbatical in 2002 to write a book on ...

–

bagpipes Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Great Highland bagpipes are well known, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, ...

* Chris White – tenor and soprano saxophone *

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– fiddle ;Production * Mark Knopfler – producer * Guy Fletcher – producer

References

External links

''A Shot at Glory''
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Mark Knopfler official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shot at Glory, A Mark Knopfler soundtracks Albums produced by Mark Knopfler Albums produced by Guy Fletcher 2002 soundtrack albums Sports film soundtracks Mercury Records soundtracks