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| La Carrera Panamericana | |
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 VHS cover ofLa Carrera Panamericana | |
| Directed by | Ian McArthur |
| Produced by | Ian McArthur Steve O'Rourke |
| Starring | David Gilmour Nick Mason |
| Music by | Pink Floyd |
| Distributed by | Sony Music Video (SMV) Enterprises Picture Music International |
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Running time | 65 min. |
| Language | English |
La Carrera Panamericana is a 1992 video of theCarrera Panamericana automobile race inMexico. The film was directed by Ian McArthur,[1] and included a soundtrack entirely of music by the bandPink Floyd, as the band's guitaristDavid Gilmour, drummerNick Mason and managerSteve O'Rourke competed in the race in 1991. The film had been broadcast on BBC2 on 24 December 1991.
During the course of the race, Gilmour crashed,[1] and while he was unharmed, Steve O'Rourke (his map-reader and Pink Floyd's manager) suffered a broken leg.[2] Mason finished eighth overall with hisco-driver,English auto racer Valentine Lindsay.
| La Carrera Panamericana | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by Pink Floyd | ||||
| Released | Unreleased | |||
| Recorded | November 1991 | |||
| Studio | Olympic Studios | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 53:28 (total time of used songs) | |||
| Producer | David Gilmour | |||
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The music is a combination of previously released Pink Floyd material (re-edited into a soundtrack) and material composed for the video. The tracks composed for the video are the first studio recordings made afterRichard Wright re-joined the band in 1990. The new studio recordings were produced by Gilmour and engineered by Andy Jackson. The songs "Pan Am Shuffle" and "Carrera Slow Blues" are notable as the first tracks co-written by Wright since 1975'sWish You Were Here, as well as the first co-written by Mason since 1973'sThe Dark Side of the Moon.[1]
A soundtrack album was not released, but the tracks are available on theA Tree Full of Secretsbootleg recording.
All tracks written byDavid Gilmour, except where noted.
New material was recorded atOlympic Studios in November 1991.[2]
