The song opens on an arpeggiated resonator guitar part played by Knopfler, who also sings the lead vocal. The original recording of the song has been featured in several motion pictures, including Hot Fuzz, Empire Records, Can't Hardly Wait, and I, Tonya. In addition to the reference to William Shakespeare's play of the same title, the song makes playful allusion to other works involving young love, including the songs ' Somewhere' вЂ“ from West Side Story, which is itself based on the Shakespeare play вЂ“ and ' My Boyfriend's Back'. The lyrics of the song describe the experience of the two lovers of the title, hinting at a situation that saw the 'Juliet' figure abandon her 'Romeo' after finding fame and moving on from the rough neighborhood where they first encountered each other. 1 Composition and lyrical interpretationД¬omposition and lyrical interpretation.The track was also featured on the greatest hits albums Money for Nothing, Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits, and The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations. The song subsequently appeared on the Dire Straits live albums Alchemy and On the Night, and later on Knopfler's live duet album with Emmylou Harris, Real Live Roadrunning (though Harris does not perform on the track). Reviewer Dan Bolles has called the song a 'classic'. It first appeared on the 1980 album Making Movies and was released as a single in 1981. Love Theme From вЂњRomeo & JulietвЂќ (3:05)ДЇor ordering the new CD release, please visit the Quartet Records page.' Romeo and Juliet' is a song by the British rock band Dire Straits, written by frontman Mark Knopfler.DeathвЂ¦ Hath Sucked the Honey of Thy Breath (1:49).The Death of Mercutio and Tybalt (1:05).But This I PrayвЂ¦ Consent to Marry Us Today (3:06).What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks? (2:56).What Is a Youth (Love Theme From вЂњRomeo & JulietвЂќ) (2:26).The Feast at the House of Capulet (2:07).Prologue and Fanfare for the Prince (1:49).DeWald, discussing the film, the score and the Rota/Zeffirelli/Shakespeare The package comes with detailed liner notes by Frank K. Produced in beautiful stereo, the audio has been warmly restored and mastered by Chris Malone from the first-generation album masters courtesy of UMG-now sounding better than ever. It suggests music of the Renaissance era without direct quotes and through its own modern sensibilities, including what is possibly one of the most famous love themes in film music history-perhaps the composerвЂ™s most popular piece, along with the love theme from The Godfather.Д«ecause the original sessions tapes are long lost, we have decided to reissue the largely out-of-print original Capitol album which covers virtually the entire score (only about 12 minutes of music have been lost-mostly brief repetitions of the love theme and RomeoвЂ™s theme here and there). Nino RotaвЂ™s score is a marvel of both simplicity and sophistication. Young audiences, looking for affirmations of love among themselves rather than from adults, eagerly embraced this tale of thwarted young love. The film was a risky production at a time where the world was changing, with Vietnam and much social unrest consuming the news, but the film was a huge worldwide success, especially in the United States, where teenagers had experienced three political assassinations in the preceding five years and were becoming more and more aware of the war in Vietnam. Quartet Records, Universal Music Group and Geffen Records present the long-requested remastered reissue of this timeless, evergreen romantic score by Nino Rota ( War and Peace, Amarcord, Il Casanova) for Franco ZeffirelliвЂ™s brilliant adaptation of William ShakespeareвЂ™s popular classic Romeo & Juliet.Дirected by Zeffirelli in 1968 for Paramount Pictures, it stars Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey as the young lovers, as well as John McEnery, Robert Stephens and Michael York.

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