Castellorizon

"Castellorizon"
Song by David Gilmour from the album On an Island
Released	6 March 2006
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	3:54
Label	EMI (UK) Columbia Records (U.S.)
Writer(s)	David Gilmour
Producer(s)	David Gilmour Phil Manzanera Chris Thomas
On an Island track listing 10 tracks "Castellorizon" "On an Island" "The Blue" "Take a Breath" "Red Sky at Night" "This Heaven" "Then I Close My Eyes" "Smile" "A Pocketful of Stones" "Where We Start"

"Castellorizon" is the opening song on David Gilmour's third solo album, On an Island.^[1] It is an instrumental guitar solo, which starts off with an overture of various sounds from other tracks of the album before the guitar is introduced. The song is based on a night Gilmour spent on the Greek island of Kastellorizo. It segues into "On an Island", the title track. The song received a nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance at the 49th Grammy Awards. The song was nominated for the same Grammy Award again at the 51st Grammy Awards for a performance from Gilmour's Live in Gdańsk album.

References

1. Mabbett, Andy (2010). Pink Floyd - The Music and the Mystery. London: Omnibus. ISBN 9781849383707.