Jay-Z is confirmed to compose the score to "The Great Gatsby," alongside the Bullitts. Jeymes Samuel of the Bullitts took to Twitter on Sunday to share the news: "Jay-Z and myself have been working tirelessly on the score for the upcoming #CLASSIC The Great Gatsby! It is too DOPE for words!"

Rumors of Jay-Z's participation with the film started swirling when the first trailer debuted online in May. Director Baz Luhrmann chose Jay-Z and Kanye West's "Watch the Throne" track "No Church in the Wild" as the music for the film's trailer. The film's soundtrack may include songs from Prince and Lady Gaga, according to Collider. The soundtrack's tracklist has yet to be confirmed. "The Great Gatsby" opens on May 10.

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Getxxxx said:

Jay-Z is confirmed to compose the score to The Great Gatsby.

That's just industry-speak for rapping over music written by a real composer.

Jay-Z to compose a score? Riggggghhhhhhtttt.

Since Gatsby takes place in the 1920's or 1930's, it seems that big band jazz, ragtime, crooner pop, or some other period music would be used. A rap soundtrack or any type of modern music doesn't make much sense to me.

Because they had rap in the 1920's

Idk how this will workout... there is no way he can do rap songs. I mean it's a period piece so that would take people out of the movie... and he can't play instruments so he can't compose in that sense.

Maybe he will put samples together for instrumentation?

Jay Z will compose the score(and by Jay-Z we mean a team of talented producers, songwriters and an orchestra. He will be allowed to stand in the corner and nod his head.)

I'm interested

view trailer here:

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Dannnnngggg!!!! More interested in seeing the movie rather than hearing the soundtrack. LEO!!!!

they should just use prince's parade and be done with it

getxxxx said:

view trailer here:

[Edited 1/1/13 13:37pm]

This looks like a hot mess.

F. Scott Fitzgerald is rolling over in his grave

Whoever gave this project to Baz Lurhmann needs to be slapped.

Terrible director. every movie he's done has been bad to mediocre...

This is gonna flop so hard...

MickyDolenz said:

Since Gatsby takes place in the 1920's or 1930's, it seems that big band jazz, ragtime, crooner pop, or some other period music would be used. A rap soundtrack or any type of modern music doesn't make much sense to me.

It's Baz Luhrmann, he likes mixing modern music into period films like playing "Smells Like Teen Spirit" in Moulin Rouge.

sexton said:

MickyDolenz said:

Since Gatsby takes place in the 1920's or 1930's, it seems that big band jazz, ragtime, crooner pop, or some other period music would be used. A rap soundtrack or any type of modern music doesn't make much sense to me.

It's Baz Luhrmann, he likes mixing modern music into period films like playing "Smells Like Teen Spirit" in Moulin Rouge.

So it's like this, a western with hip hop beats and modern slang & hairdos?

MickyDolenz said:

sexton said:

It's Baz Luhrmann, he likes mixing modern music into period films like playing "Smells Like Teen Spirit" in Moulin Rouge.

So it's like this, a western with hip hop beats and modern slang & hairdos?

If you watch the Gatsby trailer above, you'll see the language and hairdos remain faithful to the period.

MickyDolenz said:

sexton said:

It's Baz Luhrmann, he likes mixing modern music into period films like playing "Smells Like Teen Spirit" in Moulin Rouge.

So it's like this, a western with hip hop beats and modern slang & hairdos?

Check out Romeo + Juliet

A modernization of the shakesperian play...

There is nothing wrong with modernization, Ala West Side Story...

Can be very creative...

But Baz, has absolutely no talent and vision...

He thinks making a period film with hip hop beats is clever...

TommorowNeverKnows said:

Check out Romeo + Juliet

A modernization of the shakesperian play...

There is nothing wrong with modernization, Ala West Side Story...

Can be very creative...

But Baz, has absolutely no talent and vision...

He thinks making a period film with hip hop beats is clever...

I think setting an old story in a modern setting is different than doing a movie actually set in the past and putting something that didn't exist yet in it. Batman first came out in the 1930's, but the new movies aren't set in that time. If someone today makes a Batman set in the time period of the 1960's Adam West version, you couldn't have a DVD player in it.

MickyDolenz said:

TommorowNeverKnows said:

Check out Romeo + Juliet

A modernization of the shakesperian play...

There is nothing wrong with modernization, Ala West Side Story...

Can be very creative...

But Baz, has absolutely no talent and vision...

He thinks making a period film with hip hop beats is clever...

I think setting an old story in a modern setting is different than doing a movie actually set in the past and putting something that didn't exist yet in it. Batman first came out in the 1930's, but the new movies aren't set in that time. If someone today makes a Batman set in the time period of the 1960's Adam West version, you couldn't have a DVD player in it.

Comics are a different story...

They use multiverses... and are updated every decade or so...

The recent Batman movies where all taken from comics or a mixture of a few,

Batman Begins wasn't based on batman of the 1930's it was based on the Batman Year One graphic novels of the late 80's.

Last years spiderman was taken from multiple sources, but used the ultimate universe, which was from the 2000's....

Don't mind me I'm a comic fan boy...

Gatsby is based on the degradation of the roaring 20's, the jazz age...

But it's not just the music...

it's just poorly cast as well (another one of Baz's trademarks)

Toby Maguire is a terrible Nick Carraway...

and Dicaprio as Gatsby is also terrible (though he might have the acting chops to do the job.)

If you want to do a modernization, commit.

Christopher Scott Cherot's G' (a hip hop gatsby from the 2002)

was terrible..., but the concept was good, just had bad acting in it...

There is merit to making a modern Gatsby movie...

if done properly, will be very successful.

TommorowNeverKnows said:

Comics are a different story...

They use multiverses... and are updated every decade or so...

The recent Batman movies where all taken from comics or a mixture of a few,

Batman Begins wasn't based on batman of the 1930's it was based on the Batman Year One graphic novels of the late 80's.

Last years spiderman was taken from multiple sources, but used the ultimate universe, which was from the 2000's....

Don't mind me I'm a comic fan boy...

Gatsby is based on the degradation of the roaring 20's, the jazz age...

But it's not just the music...

it's just poorly cast as well (another one of Baz's trademarks)

Toby Maguire is a terrible Nick Carraway...

and Dicaprio as Gatsby is also terrible (though he might have the acting chops to do the job.)

If you want to do a modernization, commit.

Christopher Scott Cherot's G' (a hip hop gatsby from the 2002)

was terrible..., but the concept was good, just had bad acting in it...

There is merit to making a modern Gatsby movie...

if done properly, will be very successful.

But it's still set in modern times, not the 1980's. Comic books of old characters are generally set in the modern day, and not the time period they were created.

MickyDolenz said:

TommorowNeverKnows said:

Comics are a different story...

They use multiverses... and are updated every decade or so...

The recent Batman movies where all taken from comics or a mixture of a few,

Batman Begins wasn't based on batman of the 1930's it was based on the Batman Year One graphic novels of the late 80's.

Last years spiderman was taken from multiple sources, but used the ultimate universe, which was from the 2000's....

Don't mind me I'm a comic fan boy...

Gatsby is based on the degradation of the roaring 20's, the jazz age...

But it's not just the music...

it's just poorly cast as well (another one of Baz's trademarks)

Toby Maguire is a terrible Nick Carraway...

and Dicaprio as Gatsby is also terrible (though he might have the acting chops to do the job.)

If you want to do a modernization, commit.

Christopher Scott Cherot's G' (a hip hop gatsby from the 2002)

was terrible..., but the concept was good, just had bad acting in it...

There is merit to making a modern Gatsby movie...

if done properly, will be very successful.

But it's still set in modern times, not the 1980's. Comic books of old characters are generally set in the modern day, and not the time period they were created.

1980's...

but a very futuristic 1980's...

And not necessarily...

It depends on the origin, sometimes their origin is vital, to their time period

Case and point Captain American, they came up with way to bring him into the contemporary.

But the origin was based in the WWII era.