- Audio CD (July 9 2002)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Soundtrack
- Label: Universal Music Group
- Run Time: 117 minutes
- ASIN: B000068D1A
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #23,441 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Rock Island, 1931 | |||
| 2. Wake | |||
| 3. Just The Feller | |||
| 4. Mr. Rance | |||
| 5. Bit Borrowers | |||
| 6. Murder (In Four Parts) | |||
| 7. Road To Chicago | |||
| 8. Reading Room | |||
| 9. Someday Sweetheart | |||
| 10. Meet Maguire | |||
| 11. Blood Dog | |||
| 12. Finn McGovern | |||
| 13. The Farm | |||
| 14. Dirty Money | |||
| 15. Rain Hammers | |||
| 16. A Blind Eye | |||
| 17. Nothing To Trade | |||
| 18. Queer Notions | |||
| 19. Virgin Mary | |||
| 20. Shoot The Dead | |||
See all 27 tracks on this disc
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Product Description
From Amazon.com
Director Sam Mendes's much-anticipated follow-up to his Academy Award®-winning American Beauty found him exploring the period gangster film--but with a moral fiber and undercurrent of family tragedy familiar from his Oscar® triumph. As he did with Beauty, Mendes again wisely entrusts the film's music to Tom Newman, a composer with an instinctive knack for getting inside a film's characters via innovative and often orthodox methods. As many of Newman's preceding scores have been rhythmically driven and rife with improvisation-driven experimentalism, its good to hear his equally distinctive writing for orchestra largely take center stage here again. But Newman's inquisitive musical instincts can't be denied, and his melancholy string writing is leavened first with subtle uilleann pipe flourishes that echo the characters' Irish-American roots, then with savory, yet ever-restrained touches of his own ethnic-defying instrumental color and rhythmic accents. It's another moody and introspective gem, seasoned with some lively period jazz (courtesy of the Charleston Chasers, Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra, and Chicago Rhythm Kings) and a warm, final surprise: a duet of John M. Williams's autumnal title track performed by none other than stars Tom Hanks and Paul Newman. --Jerry McCulley
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Quite possibly the most haunting soundtrack ever...,
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This review is from: Road To Perdition (Audio CD)
I remember seeing the movie for the first time, how it superbly impressed me. The images and acting was top notch, the story was really great and the style and setting was so wonderful...but one thing beat all the rest. The Music. If I`d to vote for the most beautiful soundtracks ever, this would be my vote. Thomas Newman, known for works on American Beauty....has done a quite different soundtrack now. Its not your ordinary symphonyorchestra, it sounds more...personal. Haunting pianos and sad strings fill the air on the slower pieces, while unusual sounds and instruments are used for the more actionfilled songs. Its no surprise that the slow and quiet songs are my favorite, "The Farm" being the ABSOLUTELY best song on the album. The melody itself is not very varied, but it is so wonderful and relaxing, just like the time they had on the farm. The way it goes from a deep major to a sad higher tone never fails to wake up all my memories from the movie, and I just cant stop listening to it. Its beautiful. Simply. Of course there are several incredible songs there. The title song Road to Perdition is stunning! Both sad, mystical but yet filled with a little hope. Meet Maguire is the very strange, very spooky and a bit jazzy. Its jawbreaking. Then we have other wonderful pieces like "Grave Drive", "Ghosts", "Just the Feller", "Rock Island, 1931" and "Cathedral". They are all so great, its hard to describe it. This album is an obvious buy if you loved the movie, and even if you havent seen it, you will be so amazed and taken away by its magical sound, that you`ll end up next with the upcoming Road to Perdition DVD.. I`d say, that this soundtrack is one of the best ever. Compare it to whatever you like, but this one wins with what counts the most.....soul.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Exellent orchestrated compilation,
By Shell (MB CDA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Road To Perdition (Audio CD)
I prefer to put this on when alone to avoid distractions while savouring the exceptional music quality. Use of some less common instruments add a uniqueness to this compilation (could it be the uilleann pipes?? or the Irish bouzouki?? or perhaps the hurdy-gurdy??). Only 3 tracks do not appeal to me personally (a vocal number and 30's "flapper" music - if I can refer to it as such) but rest assured, there are plenty of remaining tracks that bring out the best of this soundtrack. A worthy consideration for those who enjoy fine music.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very touching,
By Brad (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Road To Perdition (Audio CD)
I've probably seen this movie 6 times, not only because of the movie it self, but for the sound track, every scene in this movie has it's own interpretation of the sound track, both the sound track and the scene make you cry, i got to the point that when i listen to the Audio CD, i visualize the movie for that specific movie scene.
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