Wag the Dog (soundtrack)

Wag the Dog
Soundtrack album by
Released13 January 1998 (1998-01-13)
RecordedAIR Studios, London, 1997
GenreFilm music
Length24:09
LabelVertigo
Mercury (USA)
ProducerMark Knopfler, Chuck Ainlay
Mark Knopfler chronology
Golden Heart
(1996)
Wag the Dog
(1998)
Metroland
(1999)

Wag the Dog is the sixth soundtrack album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released on 13 January 1998 by Vertigo Records internationally, and by Mercury Records in the United States. The album contains music composed for the 1997 film Wag the Dog, directed by Barry Levinson. The film featured songs created for the fictitious campaign waged by the protagonists, including "Good Old Shoe", "The American Dream", and "The Men of the 303". These songs appear on the soundtrack album as instrumental tracks. Only the title track contains vocals.[1]

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Wag the Dog". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 November 2012.