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Jay-Z and director Baz Luhrmann have recruited up an all-star lineup for the soundtrack to the upcoming remake of The Great Gatsby.

 

Jay, who executive produced the soundtrack will contribute a song. Other artists include Lana Del Ray, Beyonce, Andre 3000, will.i.am, Fergie, Q Tip, Florence + The Machine, Gotye, Jack White and more.

 

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"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 said in a statement.

 

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"F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel is peppered with contemporary music references specific to the story's setting of 1922.  While we acknowledge, as Fitzgerald phrased it, 'the Jazz Age,' and this is the period represented on screen, we—our audience—are living in the 'hip-hop age' and want our viewers to feel the impact of modern-day music the way Fitzgerald did for the readers of his novel at the time of its publication," Luhrmann stated.

 

The soundtrack will include 14 songs. A deluxe edition featuring three additional tracks will be released exclusively at Target stores and Target.com on May 7th. Digital retailers will release the standard version on that same date. Starbucks will sell physical copies of the standard version in the U.S. and Canada.

 

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Lana Del Rey

 

The lead single is "Young and Beautiful" by Lana Del Rey. The video and song will be released on April 22nd and April 23rd, respectively. 

 

Tracklist:

 

1. 100$ Bill – JAY Z

2. Back To Black – Beyonce x Andre 3000

3. Bang Bang – will.i.am

4. A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got) – Fergie + Q Tip + GoonRock

5. Young And Beautiful – Lana Del Rey

6. Love Is The Drug – Bryan Ferry with The Bryan Ferry Orchestra

7. Over The Love – Florence + The Machine

8. Where The Wind Blows – Coco O. of Quadron

9. Crazy in Love – Emeli Sandé and The Bryan Ferry Orchestra

10. Together – The xx

11. Hearts A Mess – Gotye

12. Love Is Blindness – Jack White

13. Into the Past – Nero

14. Kill and Run – Sia

 

The film, starring Leonardo Dicaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire will open the 66th Cannes Film Festival on May 15. It hit U.S. theaters five days before that on May 10th.

 

Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" follows would-be writer Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire) as he 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. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick lands next door to a mysterious, party-giving millionaire, Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio), and across the bay from his cousin, Daisy (Carey Mulligan), and her philandering, blue-blooded husband, Tom Buchanan (Joel Edgerton). It is thus that Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the super rich, their illusions, loves and deceits. As Nick bears witness, within and without of the world he inhabits, he pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams and high-octane tragedy, and holds a mirror to our own modern times and struggles.

 

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Check out the trailer below, which features music from Beyonce x Andre 3000, Lana Del Rey, Florence + The Machine







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