<Table> <Tr> <Td> Comfort and Joy (1984) Comfort and Joy 1984 </Td> <Td> The Princess Bride (1987) </Td> <Td> Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989) Last Exit to Brooklyn 1989 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> Comfort and Joy (1984) Comfort and Joy 1984 </Td> <Td> The Princess Bride (1987) </Td> <Td> Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989) Last Exit to Brooklyn 1989 </Td> </Tr> <P> The Princess Bride is a soundtrack album by British singer - songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released on 12 November 1987 by Vertigo Records internationally, and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States . The album contains music composed for the 1987 film The Princess Bride, directed by Rob Reiner . The album features the song "Storybook Love", written and performed by Willy DeVille and arranged by Mark Knopfler . In 1988, the song received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song . </P> <P> In his audio commentary of the film on the Special Edition DVD, director Rob Reiner said that only Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits 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 film . Knopfler agreed on one condition: that somewhere in the film Reiner would include the USS Coral Sea (CV - 43) baseball cap (modified to say USS Ooral Sea) he wore as Marty DiBergi in the film 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 only joking about the hat . </P>

Who did the music for the princess bride