Saturday, February 11th, 2012
More than any other filmmaker, Scorsese always selects the best music for each one of his pictures. In the period pieces that Scorsese is known for, it’s unusual for a product to stand out – but you always remember the music.
In ‘The Departed’ (currently at $200 million worldwide box office), the standout star is the song ‘I’m Shipping Up To Boston’ from the Boston-based group the Dropkick Murhpys. A unique sound, The Dropkick Murphys are the type of band one expects to emerge from this film with millions of new fans.
The Village Voice has this to say about the Dropkick Murphys:
They’re not an ambitious band; they’ve been doing pretty much the exact same thing for ten years and five albums now. And it’s a narrow thing; they play rowdy singalong street-punk anthems and spike them with bits and pieces of traditional Irish folk music, and that’s it … They occupy an extremely narrow little piece of the musical landscape, but they do it with enough verve and authority to become my favorite band in the world when I’m in the right mood.
