WaterTower Music and Interscope Records have released a new soundtrack album for Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of The Great Gatbsy. The album features the previously unreleased original score composed by Craig Armstrong (Luhrmann’s Romeo & Juliet, Moulin Rouge!). The soundtrack has been released digitally today, August 13 and is now available to download on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio clips. Interscope has previously released the official soundtrack album for the film featuring the songs from the film. The Great Gatsby based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Elizabeth Debicki, Isla Fisher and Amitabh Bachchan. The movie follows the would-be writer Nick Carraway who leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz, bootleg kings, and sky-rocketing stocks. The drama was released in theaters worldwide this summer and will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on August 27.
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Weekly Film Music Roundup (May 10, 2013)
Two new movies are opening in wide release this weekend:
Opening in most theaters is the new film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher, Elizabeth Debicki and Amitabh Bachchan. Craig Armstrong who previously scored the director’s Moulin Rouge! and Romeo & Juliet has composed the film’s original score. Interscope Records has released the official soundtrack album, which features Jay-Z’s original track No Church in the Wild, as well as his hit song 100$ Bill. Also included are the original songs Over the Love by Florence + the Machine and Young and Beautiful by Lana Del Rey, as well as songs by Beyonce x Andre 3000 (collaborating on Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black), Fergie + Q Tip + 
GoonRock, Coco O. of Quadron, Gotye, Nero and Sia, Jack White (who performs U2′s Love Is Blindness), Bryan Ferry and Emeli Sande. Check out our previous article for the full album details. The label has also released a deluxe edition featuring a track from Armstrong’s score, an additional song by Florence + the Machine and an orchestral version of Young and Beautiful. To listen to audio clips and download the deluxe version, visit Amazon. Also visit YouTube for a video featurette on the film’s music, including interviews with Armstrong, Luhrmann and Jay-Z and check out an interview with Armstrong about his work on the film on ASCAP’s We Create Music blog.
‘The Great Gatsby’ Soundtrack Details
Warner Bros. Pictures and Universal Music Group’s Interscope Records have announced the details of the soundtrack album for Baz Luhrmann’s epic drama The Great Gatsby. The album features the songs from the film, including Jay-Z’s original track No Church in the Wild, as well as his hit song 100$ Bill. Also included are the original songs Over the Love by Florence + the Machine and Young and Beautiful by Lana Del Rey, which will also be released as a single on April 23, 2013. Also featured are Beyonce x Andre 3000 (collaborating on Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black), Fergie + Q Tip + GoonRock, Coco O. of Quadron, Gotye, Nero and Sia, Jack White (who performs U2’s Love Is Blindness, Bryan Ferry and Emeli Sande. The soundtrack will be released on May 7 in the US and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. A deluxe edition with three additional bonus tracks will be available exclusively at Target.
Craig Armstrong to Reunite with Baz Luhrmann on ‘The Great Gatsby’
Craig Armstrong has been hired to score Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming drama The Great Gatsby. The movie based on the classic novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher and Callan McAuliff. Luhrmann adapted the novel with his writing partner Craig Pierce (Romeo + Juliet) and is also producing the project with Oscar-winning production and costume designer Catherine Martin (Moulin Rouge!), Douglas Wick (Gladiator), Lucy Fisher (Memoirs of a Geisha), Catherine Knapman & G. Mac Brown (Australia). The novel has spawned several film adaptations in the past, most notably 1974’s version directed by Jack Clayton, starring Robert Redford and featuring music by Nelson Riddle who won the Academy Award for his work on the film. Armstrong has previously scored the director’s Romeo + Juliet, as well as the Oscar-nominated musical Moulin Rouge!, for which he also provided most of the orchestral song arrangements.