Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street (Highlights Edition)

Performer: Original Soundtrack/Johnny Depp
Engineer: Geoff Foster; Jake Jackson; Andy Richards
Producer: Mike Higham; Bruce Witkin; Mike Higham
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Lyricist: Stephen Sondheim. Personnel: Johnny Depp (vocals); Alan Rickman, Edward Sanders, Laura Michelle Kelly (vocals); Andy Richards (organ). Audio Mixer: Andy Richards. Recording information: AIR Recording Studios, London, England; Out Of Eden, London, England. Photographer: Jerry Jackson. Arrangers: Mike Higham; Alex Heffes. This deluxe edition of the 2007 soundtrack to Tim Burton's movie adaptation of the macabre musical SWEENEY TODD features revered actor Johnny Depp performing as the murderous title character. Despite having played in a few rock bands (most notably P with Butthole Surfers frontman Gibby Haynes), Depp had little singing experience before the role, yet he approaches Stephen Sondheim's songs with both emotion and intuitive skill, as exemplified by the dramatic "Epiphany," Todd's skewed manifesto of revenge. Depp's thoughtful, distinctly non-Broadway-like take on Todd anchors the film, allowing it to avoid operatic show-tune cliches and giving these impressive tracks an appeal far beyond the theater-going set.

Entertainment Weekly (p.76) - "[T]hanks to the lush orchestrations, Stephen Sondheim's score -- all jagged harmonies and beautiful dissonance -- has never seemed more alive." -- Grade: B+

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