Feb 19 2009
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street movie Soundtrack
I just got done listening to my St. Valentine’s Day gift from hubby–the deluxe motion picture soundtrack for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street! I love soundtracks, and really did love the movie.
For several reasons, of course–Johnny Depp was spectacular, Helena Bonham Carter did the role of Mrs. Lovett great justice, and even Alan Rickman was totally evil and great. When you’ve got a barber who’s slitting throats and helping his friend make the bodies into meat pies–it’s hard to find someone worse than him. But Rickman’s Judge Turpin is most definitely worse.
The soundtrack is clear and I really enjoyed how the music didn’t get in the way of the story, which can be semi-told through the words, just by listening to the soundtrack, though you have no idea really of the awesomeness of the movie unless you watch it!
I alwaze love hearing actors/actresses who can suddenly sing, and I love when movie musicals don’t dub them over. Johnny Depp, Carter, and Rickman (as well as the other supporting cast) all sing well, and fill their parts well vocally.
Though Sweeney Todd: T.D.B.of F.S. is a horror/musical movie, the soundtrack isn’t scary, but lets one hear the hearts of the characters, and story.
My favorite part keeps being at the end of the song “My Friends” (sung by Todd and Lovett), where Depp calls out :
“At last, my arm is complete again!”
The soundtrack came in a nice box set with a photo book filled with lyrics and a note by Tim Burton, as well as a short biography of Stephen Sondheim.
