"The Great Gatsby" soundtrack

“The Great Gatsby” soundtrack was an amazing twist of jazz from the 1920’s and more modern music from 2013. They used a blend of both of these because back in the 1920’s jazz was considered a racy kind of music and they wanted to mirror this with the now a days racy kind of music. “The Great Gatsby” used the old jazz music from 1922 to inspire the music in the movie. They wanted their music to be unique and even help tell the story that was happening in the movie.

Some songs like “young and beautiful” by Lana Del Rey portrayed what the character where feeling in that scene. Some of the music helped actually set the scenes. The song “A little party never killed nobody” by Fergie presented a playful, upbeat rhythm that was perfect for one of the many party scenes.

I think the music was a perfect rhetorical choice for the movie it added a rebellious feel to it and even made it more relatable with the modernists of the music. The feel of “The Great Gatsby” was risqué and gangster-esque , but with a hit of lust and deceit. Which was strengthened by the songs that paralleled the scene.