major challenge met admirably with style and character." Colin Larkin described it as a "haunting soundtrack" in The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, whilst in The Great Rock Discography, Martin C. Strong wrote how Gabriel transformed earlier material into "atmospheric mood pieces" with "impressive effect". Birdy was reissued on vinyl in 2017; reviewing the release for Uncut, John Lewis described Birdy as "interesting but fragmentary" but highlighted "Birdy's Flight" for being a heavy, drum-laden instrumental based on "Not One of Us". He also noted the album's significance, saying: "Many of the techniques explored on Birdy – particularly the experiments with ambient sound on 'Dressing the Wound' and 'Sketchpad with Trumpet and Voice' – would lay the groundwork for So, and both projects certainly shared many of the same personnel." Track listing All songs written by Peter Gabriel. Personnel Peter Gabriel – keyboards, production Jon Hassell – trumpet Ekome Dance Company – drums Larry Fast – keyboards Tony Levin – bass guitar, double bass, backing vocals Jerry Marotta – drums, percussion David Rhodes – guitar, backing vocals Manny Elias – drums Morris Pert – drums, percussion John Giblin – double bass, bass guitar Technical personnel Greg Fulginiti – mastering David Stallbaumer – additional engineering Charts In popular culture The piece "Birdy's Flight" was later used by Hong Kong film director John Woo as part of the score to his A Better Tomorrow films. Other parts of the score were used in Tsui Hark's 1986 movie Peking Opera Blues. The track "The Heat" was used in 1994 Movie Natural Born Killers and in the theatrical trailer of the 1993 movie Tombstone. References External links Peter Gabriel soundtracks Albums produced by Peter Gabriel Albums produced by Daniel Lanois 1985 soundtrack albums Instrumental soundtracks Charisma Records soundtracks Geffen Records soundtracks Ambient albums by English artists Experimental rock albums by English artists Sound collage albums