Music In The Great Gatsby

Yellow Cocktail Music The Great Gatsby is an extremely well known and popular novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925. In this book, Fitzgerald tells a story about obsessive ideas of love, various homicides, and people with vastly different personalities through the eyes of a man named Nick Carraway. The upbeat and lively emotions associated with the Roaring Twenties can be seen in the splendid chaos of Jay Gatsby’s parties, and many movie versions of The Great Gatsby have attempted to recreate the flashy scenes throughout the book. Of all the recreations, the 1974 film directed by Jack Clayton and the 2013 film by Baz Luhrmann easily stand out from the crowd. Although they were both based on the same book, the movies prove to be exceedingly different from one another, and it is often questioned which movie more accurately depicts what F.

Layering vastly different genres is an ingenious way of developing Gatsby’s party scene. The traditional instruments create the foundation of the party scene, but as the songs continue, contemporary singers and modern music types are introduced. This creates a flowing combination of jazz, hip hop, alternative rock, and electronic beats all in one song. The basis of Jazz Age music along with collaborations with artists like Fergie, Jay Z, and Will.i.am mirrors the diversity of the different types of people who attend Gatsby’s parties. The 2013 Baz Luhrmann film easily trumps the Jack Clayton’s 1974 version of The Great Gatsby in terms of the soundtrack during Gatsby’s party. The detail put into the music adds to the splendor of Jay Gatsby’s celebrations and keeps the movie true to its time period while simultaneously creating a modern twist. Without a doubt, Baz Luhrmann successfully composed what Nick Carraway calls the “Yellow Cocktail Music” that Jay Gatsby’s orchestra plays throughout the summer