Guitar Teacher REACTS: Dire Straits - Local Hero - Wild Theme

[@FaanaMusic]

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[@surfwriter8461]

The instrumental was composed by Mark Knopfler as part of his entire soundtrack for the movie called "Local Hero". The soundtrack album is excellent, with a variety of styles both acoustic and electric guitar. The film itself is also great, a very under-rated movie well worth watching with its combination of humor and serious messages.

[@Nico-li1bg]

I know Mark has this song deep in his heart, it’s probably his favorite masterpiece.

[@JohnnyLarsen-i3z]

Yes, this IS Mark`s work 100 % This tune is called Wild Theme. He wrote all the music to the film "Local Hero" and this "wild theme" was only one of many great pieces which all was created and made by Mark Knopfler !

[@richardnanian2446]

One of my all-time favorite movies - a unique mix of comedy, wistfulness, and magical realism - and Knopfoer’s score evokes all of that beautifully.

[@CarinTibellAhlin]

How well said! Here, here. 🙏

[@ianvincent69]

And then he follows it up with the score to the 'Princess Bride'. Genius!

[@SanjayaCookery]

You have been one of the few people that mentioned magical realism about this film... you're spot on! There is an other-worldliness about it that cannot be explained.!

[@prbprb2]

Local Hero is a wonderfully funny movie and the song fits in perfectly.

[@arttunn6646]

It's from his score from the movie "Local Hero" as has been previously said but, the film was set in Scotland with a predominantly Scottish cast so the music has a western Scottish & western Isles lilt to the score especially this tune. Mark, growing up in NE England around Newcastle upon Tyne the Northumbrian & Scottish folk music has similar features & tones so this must have been a walk back in .music history for him & a taking this music forward in history with his take on the natural scales of the musical styles. This ending up with a musical glide through the highlands, Isles & lowlands of the greatest & most beautiful small country on earth. Now you see why he is the master & why the music is so poignantly beautifully written & executed. Alba gu Brath!

[@charlesyateschalfant]

Mark at his best. Raw, soulful, emotional, powerful, perfection. He's not the greatest guitarist on earth, but no one has all of the elements that he displays. Besides, once you're at his level the best is purely subjective, irrespective of one's style He is however my favourite guitarist of all time.

[@franktyson2275]

LOCAL HERO - Great feel-good movie, laced beautifully with Mark's wonderful sound.

[@musashimiyamoto586]

Burt Lancaster, what an icon.

[@fifi23o5]

I went to the cinema to see Local Hero just because Mark Knopfler's music.

[@Michael-mm3fm]

One of the greatest ever melodies.

[@stephenlouwbiokineticist4127]

This is so beautiful it hurts.

[@Paul-o1b]

A variant of this is used for home Newcastle united football games, when the players walk out.

[@Pricklyhedgehog72]

From the sound track Local Hero, "Wild Theme" is the 2nd tune on the album, which features similar melodic arrangements seen in songs "Whistle Theme," and "Smooching," and capped off with his Going Home song which was a radio hit. Knopfler did a string of sound tracks in the 80s and 90s, including for the Princess Bride, and Cal, which is among my favorites. Check them out, Whistle Theme is a gem of a little refrain, and is classic melodic Knopfler.

[@Steinerssbr]

Mark Knopfler’s new special recording of his anthemic ‘Going Home (Theme From Local Hero)’, features an unprecedented line-up of some of the greatest guitarists in history. ‘Legendary’ does not begin to cover it - David Gilmour to Ronnie Wood, Slash to Eric Clapton, Sting to Joan Armatrading, Bruce Springsteen to Pete Townshend, Nile Rodgers to Joan Jett, Brian May to Tony Iommi, Joe Walsh, Sam Fender and many more jaw dropping names. And, in a great honour, the track opens with Jeff Beck’s final recording. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHOqnmqdf9mGkKc

[@markevans2117]

What a recommendation this is, amazing.

[@fredericknalaremah939]

The film 'Local Hero' was set around the beauty of the Isles of Scotland and Mark composed the music to set a scene depicting the magnificent sea and landscape of that area. He did it justice...Moving!

[@TollGateAB]

Actually, this is Wild Theme from the Local Hero film (Knopfler wrote the score). Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler used to end their shows with the another song called Going Home, which is more electric (sax, guitars…). But Wild Theme was used in 1992 during the On Every Steet Tour and in 2005 during the Shangri-La Tour. I would recommend to listen to Going Home Alchemy Live version. And also to check out the 2024 10 minute, charity release of the song recorded with 70 renowned music’s and guitarists such as J. Beck, Gilmour, Clapton, Slash, Satriani, Vai, Bonamassa, Urban, Morello, Iommy, Frampton, Lukather…

[@lemousquetaire7037]

His guitar doesn’t just play a melody or a “sound”. It tells a whole story only by playing the music. Feelings, memories, laughters and tears. MK is able to put all this in his instrument and he makes you feel his story. That’s why I hate it when people try to play his songs or (worse!) his guitar solos : they just play the notes, not the emotion. They don’t feel the story and that’s why they’re un able to tell it through the music they’re playing.

[@kumasenlac5504]

A wonderful, meaningful piece of music...and it even finishes with an amen. It is sheer perfection and it will be played at my funeral.

[@techydude]

Yes, ‘Going Home’ traditionally ended DS concerts from its existence in 1984? through to this last/late concern in their final tour for the On Every Street album in 1991/92. This variant, ‘Wild Theme’ is just guitar & keyboards, no bass, rhythm or drums, both from the album ‘Local Hero’ which is the soundtrack to a quirky-funny movie of the same name, well worth a watch!

[@jacquesdemolay2699]

it was used as a soundtrack of the movie of the same title: "Local Hero"

[@Quicksilver51]

Not "used" for the film but written for it.

[@timjones9727]

It’s been a traditional Dire Straits/Mark Knopfler encore for years going back to 1983. Some times in a stripped back version like this others like from his solo tour in 2019 with his full 10 piece band. It’s really special.

[@kc.brinkman]

I'm always amazed on how his thumb looks like its twice as long as his fingers. Great guitarist.

[@CarinTibellAhlin]

Great observation. Mark has got really long fingers, including his thumbs and so does his oldest daughter, by the way. (😊He's also got really big feet. Size UK: 12, EU: 46. Trivial, but it's true! 😅👞)

[@kc.brinkman]

@@CarinTibellAhlin 🤣

[@davidpyorkshire]

So good to see you back with the guitar 🎸. This track is Going Home and will accompany me on my final journey. You only got half the song with this version. It's so very beautiful ❤

[@basrulkens6977]

No it is not Going Home... it really is Wild Theme.... which has elementen of Going Home, from the same movie and Local Hero album by Mark Knopfler

[@KNOPFLERSGOD]

I knew you would enjoy this. As others have said, this track is from Mark's debut film soundtrack for the film Local Hero. The whole soundtrack is beautiful. This is the stripped-down track called Wild Theme, but there is the full band performance called Going Home, which is amazing too. This is about the most beautiful guitar instrumental you could hear from anyone, but this has Mark Knopfler written all over it. To me, it proves why Mark is above most other players, the melodic approach, his touch, tone, and feel of it is way more impressive than playing really fast all the time. Like Mike Oldfield says, "The mark of a good musician is to play one note and mean it"

[@corbe1970ify]

I've seen Mark knopfler 13 times and he's always ending off with this, but different versions this starts off as going home but turns into wild theme which is a toned down version, then there's an encore which gradually builds up with drums guitar solo ending, Amazomg stuff when your there 🥺

[@ksoman953]

I think it's in reverse often.

[@fatimaemiko7073]

just crying...beautiful...

[@chrisbanks5925]

Mark is a musical genius.

[@santanamauricio]

he also wrote the music for the movie "The Princes' Bride".

[@arsanima777]

This is one part of the complete version, where towards the end there is a faster, more dynamic rhythm and the saxophone is also included in the performance. I recommend that you watch the entire recording (preferably the studio version) Goin' home -Local Hero.

[@ppvd4692]

This is from Mark's movie score for the movie 'Local Hero'

[@CarinTibellAhlin]

Yes, and it is not a Dire Straits' piece of music! I think Local Hero, written and directed by Bill Forsyth, still is a funny movie with a very up-to-date environmental theme indeed. Definately worth watching. 🙏

[@arnodobler1096]

@@CarinTibellAhlin great Movie

[@Rackelhane]

This is so damn beautiful my eyes get wet every time. This music is all beauty and emotions. Thank you for reacting to this masterpiece. Cheers from a finn in Sweden.

[@neilshayler3119]

MK total legend a musical genius From the Movie Local hero where he did the score for the film also did The Princess bride and Cal

[@GlennStevenson-x9j]

One of my favourite tracks

[@julienmarquet8612]

The sound of the stratocaster is UNREAL, SO PURE, IT'S RIDICULOUS WHEN YOU HEAR MARK WITH THE PURE SOUND, AND HENDRIX WITH THE MOST AGRESSIVE, VIOLENT, BEAUTIFUL SOUND, WITH THE SAME GUITAR😂😢❤MAGIC.....THANKS, LEO FENDER... Peace from France ✌️

[@grahamedney2432]

Hi, lovely sound, but did you know the guitar isn't a fender but a schecter guitar, regards Graham😊

[@julienmarquet8612]

@@grahamedney2432 I was talking about the guitar of MARK KNOPFLER😅what are you talking about?

[@grahamedney2432]

So am I, the guitar is a candy apple red schecter stratocaster, he used it from the early 80s onwards after using fenders on the early dire straits albums, if u check out alchemy he also uses a sunburst schecter stratocaster, and if you like walk of life that was played on a schecter telecaster, which was one of the guitars sold at the christies auction, I suggest googling his guitars first next time before answering back with a wrong reply

[@SashanMusArt]

Another lovely insightful reaction thank you. Mark wrote 9 movie soundtracks between 1983 & 2016, i.e. Local Hero; Cal, Comfort & Joy; The Princess Bride; Last Exit to Brooklyn; Wag the Dog; Metroland; A Shot at Glory; & Altamira. There is a beautiful diversity to the music on these albums that, for me, place MK firmly in the realms of magical musician, a subtle step above plain old ‘genius’. My personal favourite tracks are on ‘Local Hero’; ‘Last Exit to Brooklyn’; ‘A Shot at Glory’; ‘Local Hero’; ‘The Princess Bride’. I❤MK & everything in his rich musical legacy so far.

[@dboss7239]

It is indeed composed by Mark Knopfler, specifically for a major motion picture soundtrack. The film is called "Local Hero" and is a quirky but very heartwarming story, set in northern Scotland. Mark draws on old Scottish folk melodies and styles to craft this tune which is both called "Wild Theme" and "Going Home". It is so beautiful and moving that many people elect to have it played at their funeral. To hear the original, married with incredible images of Northern Scotland watch the following: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKG1YpaMnNBqf9U ( Going Home-Wild Theme- from "Local Hero " motion picture- Mark Knopfler ) Your analysis of the music is bang on!

[@ramongalvankampello5611]

El cielo debe sonar así.. verdad? Maravillosa música para celebrar la vida!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@MrJasperdeKnegt]

Love your reaction. Also love this song. This is the best version imho

[@JohnTaylor-cc6tm]

It's Mark's work. It's from some kind of movie that he wrote the theme music to. Set in the Scottish highlands

[@normmcinnis4102]

Yep. The title of this song is "Going Home".

[@himarkburdett9378]

Please try a reaction to the shadows playing these from the deer Hunter live from the final tour

[@aliampb6949]

My favourite film and the music I have chosen for my funeral. Many years ahead ❤❤❤

[@joseaugustosa3088]

You should do the reaction "Romeo and Juliet LIVE (On the Night, 1993)", it is amazing!

[@CarinTibellAhlin]

I completely agree! 👍 Especially recommend the concert in Basel '92. The groove there is just unbeatable. (I heard it in Stockholm '92, but that one isn't available I'm afraid.)

[@simonmoore8776]

My favourite version is from the 1985 Wembley Arena concert where he duets with Hank Marvin. Two guitar legends from Newcastle!

[@thehighlander959]

Born in Glasgow😂😂😂😂

[@DavidG-u2k]

Technically that is Going Home, not Wild Theme.

[@anne-mettelundgren7864]

Go and listen to Nothing Hillbillies. Mark started this 7:17 group in 1986. It was a countryrockprojekt.

[@racinnut77]

The song is actually called "Going Home". Dire Straits ended their shows with this song.

[@techydude]

Nope, Local Hero has the same basis and melody, but ‘Wild Theme’ from the same Local Hero album is just guitar and keyboards, no bass or drums, much gentler.

[@CarinTibellAhlin]

​@@techydudeGlad you put that right! Some people seem unable to keep these two apart. Going Home being the up tempo version, at the very end of the movie with saxophone. (🎸On some occasions live, with Hank Marvin.)

[@willswomble7274]

Please watch 'Local Hero' a gentle, modern poem of a film (ok I am Scottish, this always makes me cry).

[@cyruslad5462]

Toon - Toon❤

[@Kazeemi2810]

When Mark plays, you don’t need lyrics. His guitar alone tells the story 🥰🥰🇦🇺🐨 But maybe re listen to this in its single radio version called Going Home where you will get the full song in all its intricacy..

[@ukshares]

Do tunnle of love plz

[@larrysmith4575]

The rest made noise...Mark made music

[@javiermerino8167]

What is the guitar you have in your hands?

[@FaanaMusic]

It's called D'angelico an American brand

[@javiermerino8167]

@@FaanaMusic great sound. Thanks for your answer

[@ksoman953]

I am one of many who hope their last sendoff will be to this song played along with Going Home.

[@zoeherriot]

I don't know why, but when I watch your videos you remind me of Lenny von Dohlen in the Red Dwarf episode Back To Reality.

[@user-wh7hs2bc6m]

Hi, i think its the quiter version of the movies theme " local hero going home ". Its gets more powerfull. And please check out mark knopflers guitar heroes, they did a guitar masterpiece for charity, every famous guitarist did a part and it was the last to one of them. Its realy worth to listen to. Oh i just see you did it, sorry.

[@PjRjHj]

Going Home: Sax Wild Theme: no Sax

[@Nico-li1bg]

What’s your guitar and amp please ? Sounds awesome 🤯

[@FaanaMusic]

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[@fridolinganter3481]

Anton Dvorak Symphony No 9. Largo

[@CarinTibellAhlin]

We who experienced this music live, back in '92 are blessed, in my opinion. 'Wild Theme' was the last of the encores. To me, it was the most perfect and sothing encore of an extraordinary Dire Straits concert that lasted for two mindblowing hours❣️We were leaving the concert with a bit of Mark's Scottish "soul". (However, if you love this, there is an even greater live version, from '92, where Mark so beautifully switches harmonies in the middle. He doesn't play that harmony in this version, unfortunately. If you look for it, Mark is wearing a striped sleeveless T-shirt.) 😅🎸❤

[@fabienlouvel5536]

Thanks for the review but IMO the original version or that from Alchemy has further very, very interesting harmonics. This is from the Movei Local Hero, very nice story of a New yorker employee of big Petrol company who is sent in Scotland to assess some land to settle raffinery. But something will happen... This always ends DS or MK shows to my knowledge

[@DavidG-u2k]

Love this tune but the versions he played with the Notting Hillbillies in 1997 and '98 were technically much better and suited the intimate venues. I was at the Hillbillies show in Glasgow 1997 and Wild Theme there was just outstanding.

[@maximeclimb8302]

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[@wolfmanaristocrat]

I absolutely think you should intersperse your playing and trying the little techniques and phrases. As a guitar player, it’s a take other reactors can’t bring.

[@megamaorifulla]

Not bad for a guy who's left handed playing a right handed guitar ...

[@knkimmel7409]

You seem to know guitar playing, so I enjoy your reactions. What's with your nose?

[@martaishimaru4478]

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[@ekstradycja]

Here you've got the same tune but played on Les Paul. Sounds amazing too. Also the main theme Going Home Knopfler played on LP during hist last tour kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXbcoIuYaamnfqMsi=TpAESwFlgWyTn6sE

[@ArviPontsa]

you can´t copy mark knopfler

[@73henny]

Alchemy version is incredibly better than this one.

[@mattiasjohansson7231]

Alchemy is going home. This is wild theme

[@Michael-mm3fm]

Going Home is better because it is heavier. Like the recorded versions of Sound of Silence, one with session guitar bass and drums, and one without. What was the hit?

[@ExclusivelyReclusive1]

Man...nobody reacts to his songs at the concert at Montserrat......it's a shame. Both this song and Brothers in arms are insanely good at this concert. i 100% listen to those performances over this one and the others. One thing to, if you wanna hear a very good solo from Mark.. Listen to the Sultans of Swing ending solo, It way better to me than the one everyone reacts to. It got way more feeling in the solo. I'll link it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z37IiYKrm9-pg6s That piano and guitar gives me chills, it starts at 6:40 in the video