Unlike
Mark Knopfler's first three soundtracks, his music for
Last Exit to Brooklyn did not sound like outtakes from
Dire Straits sessions, but instead consisted of fully orchestrated scoring, even if the credit "music performed by Guy Fletcher" suggested that most of the string-like sound was being made by a synthesizer. Nevertheless, this was
Knopfler's most ambitious and accomplished soundtrack. ~ William Ruhlmann