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Confirmed: Jay-Z Scoring Baz Luhrmann's 'The Great Gatsby'
So remember that first full trailer for Baz Luhrmann's 'Great Gatsby?' Remember how strange it was that a movie based on a novel written, and set, in the 1920s began with Jay-Z/Kanye's "No Church in the Wild?" Well it looks like that wasn't simply a piece of attention-grabbing marketing. It has just been confirmed that Jay-Z will in fact be scoring the film along with a group called The Bullitts. 'The Great Gatsby' is now slated for release in May of next year. There were evidently rumors floating around that this was the case, but The Bullitts provided confirmation via their Twitter account.
"Jay-Z and myself have been working tirelessly on the score for the upcoming #CLASSIC The Great Gatsby! It is too DOPE for words!"
I have no idea who The Bullitts are (is?), but Jay-Z is one of my all time favorite rap artists. I'm interested in the idea of him actually scoring a film as opposed to his songs simply being re-purposed for anachronistic stylistic flair; as is Luhrmann's usual wont. When I first saw the trailer that began with "No Church," I was reminded of how much Luhrmann's musical choices often bug me. As if beholden to some bizarre MTV sensibility, he has a tendency to wedge Top 40 music into his films regardless of the era in which the plot is based. This is what tends to give his films a music video tinge that completely frustrates me. I don't need to hear "Lovefool" in a freaking adaptation of 'Romeo and Juliet.' But beyond all of this, wasn't 'Gatsby' originally supposed to be released this month? Sure it got pushed, but how far behind were they if they are just now confirming who will be scoring the movie? Will Jay-Z and Bullitts be able to finish on time? You can't rush HOVA! Also, there is already someone, Craig Armstrong, credited with crafting the original score for the movie so how will Jay-Z be worked in?
What do you guys think? Is Jay-Z a good choice to score this movie? Do you typically enjoy or dislike Luhrman's musical choices?
Source: Twitter (via The Film Stage)
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Comment by Danimal on January 1, 2013 at 2:24am -
Wow, now all it needs is a giant steam powered spider.
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Comment by Bat21 on January 1, 2013 at 1:20am -
Baz Luhrmann is a gay Michael Bay.
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Comment by metalraygear on January 1, 2013 at 12:23am -
Who is JZ and why does he want me to wrap?
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Comment by gambolingman on December 31, 2012 at 10:49pm -
Ummmmmmmm....
No.
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Comment by Sumilidon on December 31, 2012 at 10:21pm -
I'm all for this. Love Jay-Z. And I can totally see how this can fit the mood in an symbolic artistic point of view. Can't wait
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Comment by IrishSpartan on December 31, 2012 at 8:41pm -
For something like the Great Gatsby, I think they should have gotten a real musician or real composer to do the score not Jay-Z or any other rapper for that matter (rap isn't music even hip-hop is pushing it, just sayin).
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Comment by Thom Florio on December 31, 2012 at 6:46pm
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Dope may be the right word but not, I think, how they mean it. I love The Great Gatsby. But based on Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge, I was forcing myself to check out his new version (not a big fan of Mr. QuickEdit). Seeing this news about the score pretty much has made my decision not to see this movie.
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Comment by Zgamer on December 31, 2012 at 6:12pm -
I'm personally in the group that has no confidence this movie will even be good. Every trailer I have seen makes me feel that this will be a huge mess. Why can't someone just make a good adaptation of The Great Gatsby (the old one is kind of lame too)? So this story is a "who cares?" for me.
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Comment by THE Don THE SHO 'GUN OF SPILL on December 31, 2012 at 6:00pm -
IDK I am intrigued Jay-z wouldn't take a project unless he knew it would be successful plus aint that hard to mix jazz with hip-hop
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Comment by PvtSnafu on December 31, 2012 at 5:49pm -
Unless Jay Z is going to combine hip hop with jazz, I say this idea:
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