Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: The Motion Picture Soundtrack threatens to burst forth every time he slowly takes a breath and is poised to speak. Yet when he sings, his voice crackles and breaks with sadness." <br><br> Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: The Motion Picture Soundtrack Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: The Motion Picture Soundtrack is a soundtrack to the , released on December 18, 2007. "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" is the second film in Burton's directing career not to include music composed by Danny Elfman (the first being "Ed Wood"). Burton wanted to avoid the traditional approach of
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: The Motion Picture Soundtrack of Sweeney Todd' when you could just go ahead and attend it?" Sondheim acknowledged that, in adapting a musical to film, the plot has to be kept moving, and was sent MP3 files of his shortened songs by Mike Higham, the film's music producer, for approval. Several other songs were also cut, and Sondheim noted that there were "many changes, additions and deletions... [though]... if you just go along with it, I think you'll have a spectacular time." To create a larger, more cinematic feel, the score was reorchestrated by the stage musical's original orchestrator, Jonathan Tunick, who increased the