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| "Castellorizon" | |
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| Instrumental byDavid Gilmour | |
| from the albumOn an Island | |
| Released | 6 March 2006 (2006-03-06) |
| Genre | Progressive rock |
| Length | 3:54 |
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| Songwriter | David Gilmour |
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| On an Island track listing | |
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"Castellorizon" is the opening track onDavid Gilmour's third solo album,On an Island.[1][2] It is aninstrumentalguitar solo, which starts off with anoverture of various sounds from other tracks of the album before the guitar is introduced. The song is based on a night Gilmour spent on theGreek island ofKastellorizo. Itsegues into "On an Island", the title track. The song received a nomination forBest Rock Instrumental Performance at the 49thGrammy Awards. The song was nominated for the same Grammy Award again at the 51st Grammy Awards for a performance from Gilmour'sLive in Gdańsk album.
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