The main title for the sound track in
the movie The Road to Perdition, affects the listeners pace. It makes the
viewer so slow down and kind of think about their life and all the important
things in it especially at the end of the movie when the main character’s son
is talking about the summer he spent with his father. In the movie with Tom
Hanks and Paul Newman, Hanks plays Michael Sullivan who works for John Rooney (Newman).
Michael Sullivan is a hired killer who works for Rooney doing his dirty work. In the movie Sullivan’s son Michael Sullivan
Jr. witness his father killing another man and when Rooney finds out about it
he sends men the kill both Sullivans. In the summer of 1931 they head out on
the run, rubbing banks and stealing money from the mob all while trying to run
from not only Mr. Rooney but the law as well. The film also explores father-son relationships
between Michael Sullivan and his son. At the end of the movie Michael Sullivan
Jr. is taking about the summer he spent with his father when the main title is
playing. The song has no words and is slow and humble, it makes the viewer reflect
not only on the movie but their life as well, and the little things that Michael
Sullivan Jr. took away from that summer.
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