The Departed [Original Score]

• Artist: Howard Shore
• Rating:
• Release Date: December 05, 2006
• Total Time: 41:42
• Type: Soundtrack
• Genre: Soundtrack

Review

For 2006's gritty Departed, director Martin Scorsese, instead of deftly balancing the film's score with selections from the his notoriously large jukebox of jazz, rock, pop and country tunes as he has done in the past with both Goodfellas and Gangs of New York, split the two into separate releases, allowing fans the option of experiencing composer Howard Shore's moody, guitar-heavy soundtrack without the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones or Badfinger there to break the vibe. Shore is as adaptable as always, crafting an urban landscape littered with dissonant strings, gently plucked classical guitars, and feedback that comes and goes like the ebb and flow of the public transit system. From tango to the blues, Shore paints New York City as the multicultural Petri dish it is, shadowing Scorsese's tale of cops and corruption like a willing participant rather than a fish-out-of-water bystander. ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
The Departed, film score~Cops or Criminals	Howard Shore	Howard Shore	(2:01)
The Departed, film score~344 Wash	Howard Shore	Howard Shore	(2:03)
The Departed, film score~Beacon Hill	Howard Shore	Howard Shore	(2:36)
The Departed, film score~The Faithful Departed	Howard Shore	Howard Shore	(3:01)
The Departed, film score~Colin	Howard Shore	Howard Shore	(2:09)
The Departed, film score~Madolyn	Howard Shore	Howard Shore	(2:14)
The Departed, film score~Billy's Theme	Howard Shore	Howard Shore	(6:58)
The Departed, film score~Command	Howard Shore	Howard Shore	(3:15)
The Departed, film score~Chinatown	Howard Shore	Howard Shore	(3:16)
The Departed, film score~Boston Common	Howard Shore	Howard Shore	(2:53)
The Departed, film score~Miss Thing	Howard Shore	Howard Shore	(1:45)
The Departed, film score~The Baby	Howard Shore	Howard Shore	(2:48)
The Departed, film score~The Last Rites	Howard Shore	Howard Shore	(3:05)
The Departed, film score~The Departed Tango	Howard Shore	Howard Shore	(3:38)

Credits

Matthew Zeek Harris (Art Direction), Kuan Cheng Ly (Violin), Greg Laporta (Keyboards), Sarah OBoyle (Violin), Lawrence Manchester (Recording), Tim Lefebvre (Bass), Desiree Elsevier (Viola), Howard Shore (Producer), Katherine Fong (Violin), Jennifer Dunnington (Editing), G.E. Smith (Guitar), Shawn Pelton (Drums), Gail Kruvand (Bass), Jung Sun Yoo (Violin), David Creswell (Viola), Karin Brown (Viola), Ming Hsin (Violin), Mateusz Wolski (Violin), Jesse Pynigar (Recording), Elizabeth Cotnoir (Production Coordination), Howard Shore (Audio Production), Greg Laporta (Programming), Duoming Ba (Violin), Renee Jolles (Violin), Sharon Yamada (Violin), Robert Rinehart (Viola), Lawrence Manchester (Mixing), Doug Frank (Executive in Charge of Music), Melissa Meell (Cello), Jason Linn (Executive), Cal Wiersma (Viola), Raman Ramakrishnan (Cello), Larry Dutton (Vocals), Howard Shore (Liner Notes), Howard Shore (Conductor), Karen Dreyfus (Viola), Sharon Isbin (Guitar), Marc Ribot (Dobro), Lou Kosma (Bass), Tomas K. Carney (Violin), Robert Rinehart (Vocals), Keith Zajic (Album Administrator), Jeremy Turner (Cello), Lisa Kim (Violin), Sandra Park (Contractor), Krzysztof Kuznik (Violin), Shan Jiang (Violin), Giancarlo Vulcano (Music Preparation), Karen Marx (Violin), Tass Filipos (Editing), Gary LeMel (Executive in Charge of Music), Jason Cienkus (Soundtrack Executive Producer), Karen Dreyfus (Vocals), Nick Cords (Viola), Lawrence Dutton (Viola), Lawrence Manchester (Mastering), Joel Noyes (Cello), Jim Bruening (Recording), Kurt Muroki (Bass), Joojin Lee (Violin), Eileen Moon (Cello), Liza Lim (Violin), Ellen Payne (Violin), Alan Frey (Production Coordination), Jeremy McCoy (Bass), Rob Shaw (Violin), Mary Wooten (Cello), John Feeney (Bass), Howard Shore (Vocals), Elizabeth Dyson (Cello), Sandeep Sriram (Soundtrack Coordination), Peter Winograd (Violin), Minyoung Chang (Violin), Rachel Calin (Bass), Suzanne Ornstein (Violin), Caterina Szepes (Violin), Maurycy Banaszek (Viola), Jamey Haddad (Percussion), Greg LaPorta (Keyboards), Niki Gascon (Coordination), Wen Qian (Violin), Sandra Park (Violin), Larry Saltzman (Guitar)