Gatsby Soundtrack Analysis

I found the article very interesting, although there was not much shared in it that I did not already know.  I am a huge music fan and I constantly read music news.  I was very excited when watching the Great Gatsby just to hear the music.  I own the soundtrack and I feel that the music chosen was interesting.

I feel that Jay Z was a great producer for this soundtrack because of the lavish lifestyle he lives now.  Jay Z did not always live in such style however.  Jay Z grew up with a rough life in lower class living.  I feel that his story could easily compare to the life of Gatsby.  Because of this connection, I feel Jay Z simply had to make a soundtrack to his life with a 20s flare, which is an effortless task for him.

I was very interested in the music on the soundtrack for the Great Gatsby.  I feel Jay Z picked the perfect artists for the task.  Including The xx on the soundtrack on the album was a great choice.  The xx make great music that I personally find to make good background music.  I often study and work with their music in the background.  Second, the use of Lana Del Rey was quite fitting.  She is a mellow yet rebellious singer with edgy music.  She could relate to the character of Daisy.  Other artists used could be associated with the lavish life style such as Beyonce, Andre 3000, and will.i.am..  The artists correlate to movie great.

I found personal disappointment in some of the music although I feel this was simply because the artist were recording music in a genre other than their own which was unexpected.  I guess the disappointment was caused by the unexpected factor.  With that being said, I feel the 20s music was definitely incorporated well.

As far as the perfect song for the movie, I think “A Little Party Never Killed Nobody” encompasses the movie theme extremely well.  The song embodies the party theme of the 20s perfectly.  The song is used in the movie during a party scene, perfectly fitting.  The mood of the Lana Del Rey song also fit the opposite mood of the movie.  “Young and Beautiful” shows the innocence of youth and the mistakes made by youth.  It fits the movie. 

Many lyrics in all the songs embody the story of the Great Gatsby.  The rhetorical style was flawless.  If one were to listen to the entire soundtrack and the words of the songs all the way through, I feel that one could and should imagine a story with a story line similar to that of the Great Gatsby. 

The music in the sound track was an overall plus for the movie.  The mood of the music fit the movie.  The artists embodied the characters in some cases and had the skills to embody them in their music.  The lyrics fit the story line to a tee.  An overall great sound track to the Great Gatsby.