re: Which Movie Is Better: Goodfellas Or The Departed? (If You Have To Pick)

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is there a movie that has used popular music to set tone and mood better than Goodfellas?

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There have been a number of films that were musically-themed that did an excellent job - Good Morning Vietnam , Almost Famous, to name a couple (and, to credit them Barry Levinson, with his variety television experience, and Cameron Crowe, his first career was as a rock journalist, typically did great work with popular music in their films).

But, among his gifts, Marty has a connection to musicians for whom he also made films, The Rolling Stones (Jagger, especially) and The Band, just to name 2. So, for a big budget filmmaker, Marty is way up there in this regard.