Artist: MARK KNOPFLER [DIRE STRAITS]
Album: THE PRINCESS BRIDE REMASTERED (CD)

Release date: 1987/ 1997
Media type: CD

The soundtrack was originally released by Warner Bros. Records in November 1987. It was co-written and recorded by Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits, the only person whom director Rob Reiner felt could create a soundtrack to capture the film's quirky yet romantic nature. Reiner was an admirer of Knopfler's work but did not know him before working on the film – he sent the script to him hoping he would agree to score the movie. Knopfler agreed on one condition: that somewhere in the film Rob Reiner include the USS Coral Sea baseball cap he wore as Marty DiBergi in This is Spinal Tap. Reiner was unable to produce the original cap, but did include a similar cap in the grandson's room. Later Knopfler said he was joking.

The song "Storybook Love" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 60th Academy Awards.

All songs composed by Mark Knopfler and Guy Fletcher unless otherwise noted.

TRACKLIST:

"Once upon a Time...Storybook Love" – 4:00
"I Will Never Love Again" – 3:04
"Florin Dance" – 1:32
"Morning Ride" – 1:36
"The Friends' Song" – 3:02
"The Cliffs of Insanity" – 3:18
"The Swordfight" – 2:43
"Guide My Sword" – 5:11
"The Fire Swamp and the Rodents of Unusual Size" – 4:47
"Revenge" – 3:51
"A Happy Ending" – 1:52
"Storybook Love" (composed and performed by Willy DeVille) – 4:24