The Departed (Score)

Product details:

• Product group: Music
• Edition: Audio CD
• Publisher: New Line Records
• Format: Soundtrack
• Release Date: 2006-12-05
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: New Line Records
• Manufacturer: New Line Records
• Package Dimensions: 5.55 x 75 x 75 inches

Customer reviews:

Shore scores!, 2008-05-14
I am an avid soundtrack listener and a huge fan of Howard Shore. His Lord of the Rings scores are among the first soundtracks I owned. After being a rather disappointed by "History of Violence", I wasn't expecting much from this. Boy was I wrong.

Shore proves himself as a master composer. For this score he worked almost strictly with guitars. There is some percussion, and also what I think is synthetic string (but you use a guitar for that too I think...if anybody knows for sure please correct me in a comment). What amazed me was that despite the "limitations" of using only guitars, Shore achieved a richness and depth that many composers can't get using an entire orchestra! Apparently Shore doesn't have to be commanding the London Philharmonic to produce exceptional music.

Billy's Theme and The Departed Tango are my favorites. I also recommend "I'm Shipping Up To Boston", the song by Dropkick Murphys that also is used in the film.

No, no, no..., 2007-07-25
Comparable to the case of the Goodfellas soundtrack, this is missing quite a bit of material. Why is it so hard to make a thorough compilation that has few, or no, omissions? I don't get it. I won't buy this based on the fact that it has absolutely none of the NYPD Emerald Society Pipes and Drums compositions on either of the two disks released. If this is the score, then where are the scores? Not putting the "Theme from Symphony No. 5 in E Minor" Dvorak (performed by NYPD E.S.P.&D) is simply inexcusable. That was a very poignant moment in the movie, the funeral scene at the end, and is near impossible to find. Anyone know where to find this?

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