180 Gram Double Vinyl! Featuring JAY Z, Florence + The Machine, The xx, Gotye, Lana Del Ray, The Bryan Ferry Orchestra, Will.I.Am, Jack White, Sia & More!
The Modern Tunes are All Based Around Authentic Jazz Tunes!
Third Man Records is proud to announce the worldwide release of the vinyl version of The Great Gatsby film Soundtrack. Anticipation is already high for this companion piece to Baz Luhrmann's groundbreaking film of the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic. The soundtrack was executive produced by Shawn ''JAY Z" Carter, and produced by the film's co-writer/ producer/ director Luhrmann. It features an all-star line up from Jack White, JAY Z, Florence + The Machine, The xx, Beyoncé x André 3000, The Bryan Ferry Orchestra, will.i.am, Lana Del Rey, Fergie + Q Tip + GoonRock among many more standout contributions.
Drawing on his unique and unrivaled position in popular culture, Jay Z (with collaborator and the film's executive music consultant Jeymes Samuel) worked with Luhrmann and music supervisor Anton Monsted on the Gatsby project over the past two years, translating the Jazz Age sensibility of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel into the musical equivalents of our own times through the blending of hip hop, traditional jazz and other contemporary musical textures.
Penned by Lana Del Rey and the film's director, Baz Luhrmann, the song "Young and Beautiful" was released to contemporary hit radio as a single, and has been used as the film's buzz single. Hip hop magazine Rap-Up called the single "haunting", while MTV called it "somber-sounding". The track performed by Florence and the Machine, "Over the Love", references the "green light" theme from the novel in its lyrics. Chris Payne of Billboard praised Beyoncé and André 3000's cover of "Back to Black", made unique with a downtempo EDM wobble.
An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.
"[O]ne of Luhrmann's main arguments in grounding the film's soundtrack in hip-hop was to tie in thematically with Fitzgerald's own long-discussed fascination with all things modern, new and exciting. After all, if jazz was employed in the original Gatsby as a means to impart the feel of daring, cutting-edge newness, then it makes sense to accent those elements in a modern adaptation through sounds that are daring and cutting edge right now... Part of the genius inherent in Luhrmann and Jay-Z's soundtrack is that the modern tunes are all based around authentic jazz tunes... It also doesn't hurt that Luhrmann and Jay-Z have picked a cadre of artists and from Bryan Ferry, to The xx, to Fergie, to Florence + the Machine, who truly understand their role in the production -- especially in the case of Lana Del Rey, who delivers possibly the best song of her career." - Matt Collar, All Music Guide
Features:
180 Gram Vinyl
Double LP
Debossed Gold Foil-Stamped Double Gatefold
Includes 11x24 Insert
Soundtrack
Musicians:
Jay Z
Lana Del Rey
Jack White
The Bryan Ferry Orchestra
Gotye
Florence + The Machine
The xx
Sia
Will.I.Am
Beyoncé
André 3000
Fergie
Kanye West
Kid Koala
Emeli Sandé
Elizabeth Debicki
Q-Tip
Goonrock
Coco O.
Green Light
Frank Ocean
The Dream
Nero
SBTRKT
Selections:
LP1 - Side A:
1. 100$ Bill (Jay Z)
2. Back to Black (Beyoncé & André 3000)
3. Young And Beautiful (Lana Del Rey)
4. Love Is Blindness (Jack White)
5. Crazy In Love (Kid Koala Version, Emeli Sandé & The Bryan Ferry Orchestra)
LP1 - Side B:
1. Bang Bang (Will.I.Am)
2. "I Like Large Parties" (Elizabeth Debicki)
3. A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got) (Fergie, Q-Tip & Goonrock)
4. Love Is The Drug (Bryan Ferry & The Bryan Ferry Orchestra)
5. "Can't Repeat The Past?" (Leonardo DiCaprio & Tobey Maguire)
6. Hearts A Mess (Gotye)
LP2 - Side C:
1. Where The Wind Blows (Coco O.)
2. Green Light (Green Light)
3. No Church In The Wild (Jay Z & Kanye West Feat. Frank Ocean & The Dream)
4. Over the Love (Florence + The Machine)
5. Together (The xx)
LP2 - Side D:
1. Into the Past (Nero)
2. Kill and Run (Sia)
3. Over the Love (Of You) (Florence + The Machine & SBTRKT)
4. Young and Beautiful (DH Orchestral Version) (Lana Del Rey)
5. "Gatsby Believed In The Green Light" (Tobey Maguire & Craig Armstrong)
The Modern Tunes are All Based Around Authentic Jazz Tunes!
Third Man Records is proud to announce the worldwide release of the vinyl version of The Great Gatsby film Soundtrack. Anticipation is already high for this companion piece to Baz Luhrmann's groundbreaking film of the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic. The soundtrack was executive produced by Shawn ''JAY Z" Carter, and produced by the film's co-writer/ producer/ director Luhrmann. It features an all-star line up from Jack White, JAY Z, Florence + The Machine, The xx, Beyoncé x André 3000, The Bryan Ferry Orchestra, will.i.am, Lana Del Rey, Fergie + Q Tip + GoonRock among many more standout contributions.
Drawing on his unique and unrivaled position in popular culture, Jay Z (with collaborator and the film's executive music consultant Jeymes Samuel) worked with Luhrmann and music supervisor Anton Monsted on the Gatsby project over the past two years, translating the Jazz Age sensibility of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel into the musical equivalents of our own times through the blending of hip hop, traditional jazz and other contemporary musical textures.
Penned by Lana Del Rey and the film's director, Baz Luhrmann, the song "Young and Beautiful" was released to contemporary hit radio as a single, and has been used as the film's buzz single. Hip hop magazine Rap-Up called the single "haunting", while MTV called it "somber-sounding". The track performed by Florence and the Machine, "Over the Love", references the "green light" theme from the novel in its lyrics. Chris Payne of Billboard praised Beyoncé and André 3000's cover of "Back to Black", made unique with a downtempo EDM wobble.
An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.
"[O]ne of Luhrmann's main arguments in grounding the film's soundtrack in hip-hop was to tie in thematically with Fitzgerald's own long-discussed fascination with all things modern, new and exciting. After all, if jazz was employed in the original Gatsby as a means to impart the feel of daring, cutting-edge newness, then it makes sense to accent those elements in a modern adaptation through sounds that are daring and cutting edge right now... Part of the genius inherent in Luhrmann and Jay-Z's soundtrack is that the modern tunes are all based around authentic jazz tunes... It also doesn't hurt that Luhrmann and Jay-Z have picked a cadre of artists and from Bryan Ferry, to The xx, to Fergie, to Florence + the Machine, who truly understand their role in the production -- especially in the case of Lana Del Rey, who delivers possibly the best song of her career." - Matt Collar, All Music Guide
Features:
180 Gram Vinyl
Double LP
Debossed Gold Foil-Stamped Double Gatefold
Includes 11x24 Insert
Soundtrack
Musicians:
Jay Z
Lana Del Rey
Jack White
The Bryan Ferry Orchestra
Gotye
Florence + The Machine
The xx
Sia
Will.I.Am
Beyoncé
André 3000
Fergie
Kanye West
Kid Koala
Emeli Sandé
Elizabeth Debicki
Q-Tip
Goonrock
Coco O.
Green Light
Frank Ocean
The Dream
Nero
SBTRKT
Selections:
LP1 - Side A:
1. 100$ Bill (Jay Z)
2. Back to Black (Beyoncé & André 3000)
3. Young And Beautiful (Lana Del Rey)
4. Love Is Blindness (Jack White)
5. Crazy In Love (Kid Koala Version, Emeli Sandé & The Bryan Ferry Orchestra)
LP1 - Side B:
1. Bang Bang (Will.I.Am)
2. "I Like Large Parties" (Elizabeth Debicki)
3. A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got) (Fergie, Q-Tip & Goonrock)
4. Love Is The Drug (Bryan Ferry & The Bryan Ferry Orchestra)
5. "Can't Repeat The Past?" (Leonardo DiCaprio & Tobey Maguire)
6. Hearts A Mess (Gotye)
LP2 - Side C:
1. Where The Wind Blows (Coco O.)
2. Green Light (Green Light)
3. No Church In The Wild (Jay Z & Kanye West Feat. Frank Ocean & The Dream)
4. Over the Love (Florence + The Machine)
5. Together (The xx)
LP2 - Side D:
1. Into the Past (Nero)
2. Kill and Run (Sia)
3. Over the Love (Of You) (Florence + The Machine & SBTRKT)
4. Young and Beautiful (DH Orchestral Version) (Lana Del Rey)
5. "Gatsby Believed In The Green Light" (Tobey Maguire & Craig Armstrong)
