Departed, The - Various Artists

The Departed Soundtrack I have always been a huge fan of Scorsese and Goodfella's is probably one of my all time favourite films, I was however not as blown away by this film as I hoped I would be. Don't get me wrong it's a great film but no masterpiece as some critics have labelled it. I have now been to see it a couple of times but it doesn't live with you for weeks after the closing credits in the same way a film like Goodfella's did. Anyway ...
...The Departed provides as ever with a Scorsese soundtrack an eclectic mix of musical genres and styles. I think it is one of the best aspects of Scorsese's films is that he uses the soundtrack to propel the story line, never consigned into the background but up front adding something extra to whatever mood he is trying to convey. Unlike Goodfella's which took place over a thirty year time frame, apart from the opening sequence the Departed takes ...

sigmatech 20.11.2006 (21.11.2006) · Read full review
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