Gilmour had experimented with songwriters such as Eric Stewart and Roger McGough, but eventually settled on Anthony Moore, who was credited as co-writer of "Learning to Fly" and "On the Turning Away".
Gilmour je eksperimentirao s kantautorima kao što su Eric Stewart i Roger McGough, ali je na koncu odabrao Anthonyja Moorea, koji će kasnije biti priznat kao koautor pjesama "Learning to Fly" i "On the Turning Away".