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Music CD - Soundtrack: The Departed
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Music CD: The Departed
Artist: Soundtrack
List Price: $18.98
Our Price: $12.58
Your Save: $ 6.40 ( 34% )
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Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
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Tracks:
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1. Let It Loose - The Rolling Stones
2. Comfortably Numb - Rogers Waters feat. Van Morrison & The Band
3. Sail On, Sailor - The Beach Boys
4. Sweet Dreams - Roy Buchanan
5. One Way Out - The Allman Brothers Band
6. Baby Blue - Badfinger
7. I'm Shipping Up To Boston - Dropkick Murphys
8. Nobody But Me - The Human Beinz
9. Tweedle Dee - LaVern Baker
10. Sweet Dreams (Of You) - Patsy Cline
11. The Departed Tango - Howard Shore Featuring Marc Ribot (dobro) and
12. Beacon Hill - Howard Shore Performed by Sharon Isbin
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0093624325925
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Warner Bros / Wea
Release Date: 2006-11-07
Studio: Warner Bros / Wea
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: nice mix
Comment: This is a great soundtrack... even the pieces made just for the movie aren't so cinematic that you can't listen to them and enjoy them.
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Summary: DROPKICKS ALMOST MISSED THE BOAT....
Comment: I've got to say a few good things about The Dropkicks, because I made a few comments about 'em a ways back that may have been mistaken as insults... and I can't insult them, because I'm from Boston, and they have been a staple band 'round these parts for quite some time now.
What I find pretty interesting about this is the way that the band actually found themselves on the soundtrack.
Scorsese had not even originally considered (or even heard of for that matter, The Dropkick Murphys) while shooting this movie in Boston, during the summer of 2005. While I was sitting here, at the exact same desk that I am right now, typing out some reviews, The Dropkicks were a block away, trying to somehow sneak the tape of the SHIPPING UP TO BOSTON song into Martin Scorseses back pocket. One would think an established Boston band, with so much credibility as part of the cities culture would have had an easier time making this happen... but Scorsese was actually in L.A. by the time someone dropped the tape into his lap. Literally days before screening the movie. Scorsese heard the tape, immediately realized that he had made a major oversight, and bang- got the song into the picture. Abra- Cadabra, Dropkick Murphys get probably their biggest selling, nation wide released single ever, ala The Departed soundtrack.
AND the rest of this disc is good too. You get Van Morrison doing a cool version of Floyds COMFORTABLY NUMB... You get BadFingers BABY BLUE, The Stones LET IT LOOSE, plus rare cool bands like THE HUMAN BEINZ... nice. Worthy addition to your collection right here...
Customer Rating:
Summary: the departed
Comment: This was another fine performance from Leonardo DiCaprio. The movie was as good as any I've seen in the past few years. The cast was a large part of it, but the story line was well thought out and put together well. If one likes action movies without action for its own sake and a great plot, this movie is for you.
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Summary: I'm Not Wearing Any Pants
Comment: A very solid selection, but I'm getting sick of this 12 track hogwash. 16 tracks. That's what us loyal non-pirating cd grubbers deserve. For the other 4 tracks maybe they could have thrown on The Stone's "Gimme Shelter," Joe Cuba's "Bang Bang," and one of the NYPD Emerald Society & Donizetti numbers. Also, the order is all out of whack, and they should have taken a more chronological approach in the arrangement. But, as I said, a very solid selection nonetheless.
Side note: maybe "Gimme Shelter" came too quickly after Layer Cake, and that's why they left it off the CD. Two classic rock songs in two modern mob movies - coincidence, or piggybacking?
My fingernails smell funny.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Powerful soundtrack from an outstanding film
Comment: I love this soundtrack because it perfectly captures the essence of the film "The Departed," and also really evokes the spirit of Boston. This CD consists of many classic favorites as well as some newer tunes that feature great guitar solos. There isn't a single crappy track on this album, but my favorite songs include the Rogers Waters/Van Morrison version of "Comfortably Numb" (very relaxing and also incredibly long, but in a good way), "Baby Blue" by Badfinger, and the fantastic "I'm Shipping Up To Boston" by Dropkick Murphys, which is the best song in the movie. This is a fabulous soundtrack that fans of "The Departed" will enjoy, but it's also an awesome collection of music that's a lot of fun to listen to while driving fast in your car with the windows down.
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Editorial Reviews:
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With Goodfellas, Martin Scorsese completely reinvented the way popular songs--instead of a made-to-measure score--can be used all the way through a movie to emphasize mood and action. He continues in that vein for The Departed, whose soundtrack is full of tunes by classic acts. If a theme emerges, it's great guitar work: on Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb," on the Allman Brothers' "One Way Out," on Badfinger's "Baby Blue," and on Roy Buchanan's "Sweet Dreams." (Even the two selections from Howard Shore's score highlight that approach, with performances by Marc Ribot and Larry Saltzman on "The Departed Tango" and by Sharon Isbin on "Beacon Hill.") A couple of numbers also deliver slight twists: the version of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" is the live one from 1990, when it was performed with Van Morrison and the Band; and the Beach Boys' obscure 1972 song "Sail On, Sailor" isn't sung by its cowriter Brian Wilson. Thankfully, LaVern Baker and Patsy Cline help offset a very white, very male, very classic-rock selection. While it looks as if Scorsese stopped listening to music sometime around 1975, Beantown's Dropkick Murphys do contribute "I'm Shipping Up to Boston," a nod to the movie's setting. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
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