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Jay-Z Talks About Executive Producing The Great Gatsby Soundtrack [VIDEO]
(AllHipHop News) As Jay-Z prepares to release the soundtrack to the upcoming film The Great Gatsby, the Hip-Hop mogul sat down with BlackTreeTV to discuss how he got involved with executive producing the project. The Great Gatsby soundtrack will be released Tuesday, May 7th. The movie will hit theaters May 10th. Watch the interview and a clip of The Great Gatsby trailer featuring Jay-Z’s “100$ Bill” below. [ALSO READ: The Great Gatsby Tracklisting Revealed, Andre 3000, Beyonce + New Jay-Z Song Included] [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc72JO1SJac] – [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDfbu9xxZjo]
Preview Jay-Z’s “100$ Bill” and Andre 3000/Beyoncé’s “Back to Black” Cover
(AllHipHop News) Snippets of songs from the soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby have hit the net. Two of the most highly anticipated tracks from the project are Jay-Z’s new single and his wife Beyoncé’s duet with Andre 3000 of OutKast. The Beyoncé and Andre track is a cover of Amy Winehouse’s 2006 classic “Back to Black.” Jay’s song is titled “100$ Bill.” The rapper/businessman/sports agent also served as the executive producer for the album. [ALSO READ: Jay-Z Officially Applies To Be A Baseball Agent] The 14-track project will also include songs by will.i.am, Lana Del Rey, Fergie & Q-Tip, Emeli Sandé, and others. The soundtrack is now available for pre-sale on various online retailers. The regular version is scheduled for digital and physical release on May 7th. A 17-track deluxe edition will be available exclusively at Target and Target.com that same day. The 3D film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, and Isla Fisher is set to open nationwide on May 10th. Listen to previews of Jay-Z’s “100$ Bill” and the Andre/Beyoncé cover of “Back to Black” below. Also check out a sampler of the rest of The Great Gatsby Soundtrack in the video. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/88931875″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/88926810″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] 1. Bang Bang – will.i.am (0:01) 2. A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got) – Fergie, Q Tip & GoonRock (0:31) 3. Young And Beautiful – Lana Del Rey (1:01) 4. Love Is The Drug – Bryan Ferry with The Bryan Ferry Orchestra (1:32) 5. Over The Love – Florence & The Machine (2:03) 6. Where The Wind Blows – Coco O. of Quadron (2:33) 7. Crazy in Love – Emeli Sandé and The Bryan Ferry Orchestra (3:04) 8. Together – The xx (3:34) 9. Hearts A Mess – Gotye (4:06) 10. Love Is Blindness – Jack White (4:35) 11. Into the Past – Nero (5:06) 12. Kill and Run – Sia (5:36) [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5snA5TEse9w]
Jay-Z Working on The Great Gatsby Soundtrack, New Song To Be Featureed
(AllHipHop News) Jay-Z’s rap moniker dervies from his old nickname, “jazzy” and he plans to bring both to the score for Baz Luhrmann’s film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel, The Great Gatsby. [ALSO READ: Jay-Z, Beyoncé, & Other Celebrities Personal Info Exposed On Website] After being introduced to Luhrmann by friend and The Great Gastby lead actor Leonardo DiCaprio, Jay-Z collaborated with the famedfor two director on contributing to the music for the film. In a press release, Luhrmann calls Jay-Z’s involvement “a credible and natural fit” given Fitzgerald’s love of jazz and Hip Hop’s current cultural importance: “Fitzgerald was a pioneer, famed and controversial for using the then-new and explosive sound called jazz in his novels and short stories—not just as decoration, but to actively tell story using the immediacy of pop culture. He coined the phrase ‘the Jazz Age.’ So, the question for me in approaching Gatsby was how to elicit from our audience the same level of excitement and pop-cultural immediacy toward the world that Fitzgerald did for his audience? And in our age, the energy of jazz is caught in the energy of hip-hop. Not only is JAY Z a great artist, full stop, but I had heard that he was a great collaborator. Leonardo and I were lucky enough to be present in a recording session over two years ago as JAY Z was recording ‘No Church in the Wild,’ and the collaboration grew from there.” [ALSO READ: Jay-Z’s Atlantic City 40/40 Club Closed For Good] Mr. Carter delves into his involvement in the film’s sound: “As soon as I spoke with Baz and Leonardo, I knew this was the right project. The Great Gatsby is that classic American story of one’s introduction to extravagance, decadence and illusion. It’s ripe for experimentation and ready to be interpreted with a modern twist. The imagination Baz brought to ‘Moulin Rouge’ made it a masterpiece, and ‘Romeo + Juliet’s’ score wasn’t just in the background; the music became a character. This film’s vision and direction has all the makings of an epic experience.” Jay-Z will bring some of the world’s top musical artists to the soudtrack in addition to contributing original music for the soundtrack. The soudntrack will be released through Interscope Records. The Great Gatsby will be in theaters May 10th, 2013 Check out the trailer for The Great Gatsby featuring Jay-Z and Kanye West’s Frank Ocean-assisted “No Church In The Wild”: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN183rJltNM] [ALSO READ: Jay-Z Working On New Album]
Rapper Jay-Z, The Bullitts Scoring Entire Movie “The Great Gatsby”
(AllHipHop News) Hip-Hop star Jay-Z is jumping into the world of movie scoring, for the upcoming film “The Great Gatsby.” According to producer The Bullitts, he and Jay-Z are working on the score for the film, which was which is based on the classic novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. “Jay-Z and myself have been working tirelessly on the score for the upcoming CLASSIC ’The Great Gatsby,’” Bullitts tweeted. “It is too DOPE for words.” If the trailer that has been released for the film is any indication, the new version of “The Great Gatsby” will be a departure from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s original novel. The movie, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire, is due in theaters on May 10.
