Music in the Great Gatsby Film Remake

I really loved the idea of finding a song about Gatsby, because he is the main character and his life is so interesting. This song really represents what Gatsby is thinking about how he feels. In the song it says “You held me close against your heart” then it goes on to say “Then one day he took you away”. This explains to us what Gatsby feels about Daisy all his life then someone (Tom) took her away. It says, “My life has crumbled since you’ve gone, somehow I must carry on.” This is like Gatsby not knowing how to live life without Daisy and he does not know how to start life again without her. In this quote, it explains how much Gatsby truly wants Daisy but he knows he cannot meet her expectations (money). “Gatsby chased the future. He wanted

Daisy is a vain lady. She marries Tom for money and status, and turns her back on true love and happiness, which is represented by Gatsby. Her American Dream is to enjoy a luxurious and comfortable life given to her by, hopefully a man who truly loves her, and whom she also loves. The corruption of her human values begins when she decides not to wait anymore for Gatsby, her real love, but to take the opportunity that Tom Buchanan offers, which are money and status. Her choices reveal her vain and superficial nature hidden beneath her beautiful and innocent look. When Gatsby returns with wealth and status in order

All in all, as presented through this work, Gatsby was indeed in love with Daisy for the most part, in the beginning of their relationship, but it all change when Gatsby lost Daisy and so he let himself believed that his past was the one to blame for this circumstances. It is after this, that Gatsby became rather obsessed with the idea of Daisy and having a lovely future with her, because having her meant having it all: stability, confidence, love, happiness and so on. Also, it meant that he had succeeded in life as a whole. “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . And then one fine morning— So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” (Chapter 9) All his life, Gatsby intended to escape

This song has a line in it that says "I been getting dirty money Jordan Belfort" which relates to the characters Gatsby and Wes Moore. Gatsby attains his money through illegally selling alcohol. Also, both Wes Moores sell drugs and gain their money illegally. This money could be reffered to as "dirty

When Daisy is reunited with Jay Gatsby one sees a different side to the woman. She seems more alive and happier than ever. Daisy actually has something to look forward to each day, instead of her usual routine. As her affair with Gatsby continues, Daisy becomes more and more

Despite Daisy being a dislikeable character, there are some instances in which the reader feels sympathetic towards her. A big factor is the affair that Tom has with Myrtle. Daisy knows that what her husband is doing, but she still stays with him for the fact that they have a daughter together and for financial support. When Nick first sees Daisy's daughter, she says, "I'm glad it's a girl. And I hope she'll be a fool-that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool." By this she means that if her daughter is in the same position she is in her marriage, she won't know of the affair that her husband might have. The reader feels bad for Daisy because she is not being treated the way a wife is supposed to be treated. That is why she is yearning for love, and Gatsby was there to give it to her. Another time is at the hotel suite scene. She doesn't know who to choose from-Tom or Gatsby. She's torn between two lovers, and both of them have their own reasons for loving her, and why she should choose them. Gatsby has a lot to offer her, and loves her for who she is. He succeeded in life just to be with her. Although Tom is having an affair, he questions her about their love, and that Gatsby cannot take his place.

“In his blue gardens men and women came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars” (Fitzgerald 39). In his character, his relationships, and his gatherings, Jay Gatsby epitomized the illusion of a perfect romance. When Gatsby and Daisy met in 1917, he was searching for money, but ended up profoundly falling in love with her. “[H]e set out for gold and stumbled upon a dream” (Ornstein 37). Only a few weeks after meeting one another, Gatsby had to leave for war, which led to a separation between the two for nearly five years. As “war-torn lovers” Gatsby and Daisy reach the quintessential ideal of archetypical romance. When Gatsby returned from the war, his goal was to rekindle the relationship he once had with Daisy. In order to do this, he believed he would have to work hard to gain new wealth and a new persona. “Jay Gatsby loses his life even though he makes his millions because they are not the kind of safe, respectable money that echoes in Daisy’s lovely voice” (Ornstein 36). Gatsby then meets Daisy’s cousin, Nick Carraway, who helps to reunite the pair. Finally being brought together after years of separation, Gatsby stops throwing the extravagant parties at his home, and “to preserve [Daisy’s] reputation, [he] empties his mansion of lights and servants” (Ornstein 37). Subsequent to their reconciliation, Tom Buchanan, Daisy’s husband, begins to reveal sordid information about Gatsby’s career which causes Daisy to

Daisy is in love with money, ease, and material luxury, all things a rich Southern Belle grows up with.  After her marriage to Tom, she is whisked away to the east, the symbol of 'old money' and corruption of America.  Here she becomes more comfortable in she and her husband's abundant assets and allows the corruption of the east to take her over- she becomes reckless and even more materialistic.  She treats her own daughter as nothing more than an object to show off and treats Gatsby, the man who dedicated his life to seeking her out, as if he had never existed.  The combination of the Southern Belle stereotype along with that of the corrupt Rich Easterner creates the perfect portrait of Daisy Buchanan.

Gatsby has been at work for Daisy ever since he met her, but in the end Daisy always chose her husband and not her lover. He would always try to win her over with expensive things. This quote describes perfectly what Gatsby was doing, “ his goal is galvanized for him early on when was a poor young army lieutenant he is prevented from pursuing a relationship with Daisy.” Gatsby still trying his best efforts sent a love letter to Daisy on her wedding night. Daisy opened the letter, she loved it but knew she had to marry Tom. When Gatsby is killed, Daisy forgets all about him and moves on with her life. This quote describes Daisy and Gatsby 's relationship. “ Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever. Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to her, almost touching her.” When Daisy finally is won over by Jay Gatsby he dies and Daisy immediately runs back to Tom just as she always has done in the past.

Daisy, like her husband, is a girl of material and class at heart, and Gatsby being her escape from a hierarchist world. Daisy has just grown up knowing wealth, so in her greedy pursuit of happiness and the “American Dream” Myrtle Wilson died, Gatsby's heart and life were compromised, without claiming responsibility on her part. Daisy was “by far the most popular of all the young girls in Louisville...” (116) Jordan says, describing early affections between Daisy and Gatsby. She goes on to say, “...all day long the telephone rang in her house and excited young officers from Camp Taylor demanded the privilege of monopolizing her that night.” (116) . Daisy was a fancied girl who has Gatsby tied around her finger, Jordan explains that he was looking at Daisy “...in a way that every young girl wants to be looked at some time...” (117). Daisy, abusing Gatsby’s love for her uses it to create security and protection, greedily and selfishly allowing him to take the fault. While Daisy’s beautiful, alluring traits turn her into an innocent, naive flower, she plays the ultimate villain.

Essentially, Daisy is a person who hides in her money and has affection for someone solely based upon their outer image and wealth, aspects important to the dreams of Gatsby and Daisy. In the scene where Daisy observes the movie star and the director at one

Which leads to the next song “Young and Beautiful” by Lana Del Ray. This song is incorporated into the movie even more than “Crazy in Love”, being tied into the score as well as being performed multiple times throughout the movie. Even though “Crazy in Love” demonstrates the theme vaguely, this song is a much better fit for the overall movie. In fact, “Young and Beautiful” was the leading single released from the soundtrack proving that it illustrated the movie well. “Young and Beautiful” goes along with the context of the book as well, which beautifully demonstrates the connection between Gatsby and Daisy.

If I could come up with a new musical, it would be based on "The Great Gatsby". I would base it off of this book because there is a combination of love and tragedy while there would be scenes that would include singing and dancing as well. I think it would work so well because of the time it takes place and the music and dancing would add a lot of support to the plot. If there were singing and dancing, the audience would see more into the minds of the characters and get a better understanding of their emotions and the love between some of the characters. With the love that Gatsby has for Daisy and his way of fighting for her love, it would make a very good play with a lot of deep and emotional music that would highlight his devotion to

The Great Gatsby film is a 2013 epic romantic drama film based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel. F.Scott Fitzgerald evoked popular music of his period, and was criticized because jazz was ephemera of the moment. The idea to fuse traditional jazz and modern hip-hop created an art form unto itself. The songs in the film epitomize the 1920s as wells as the characters of the novel in many distinctive ways. Primarily, the cover of the song Crazy in Love by Beyonce Knowles is used in a scene to express a heightened nervousness of Gatsby when he was anxiously waiting to be reunited with Daisy Buchanan at teas with Nick Carraway. This amusing scene gave a comic relief to the film ; and was ironic when showing the great Gatsby was too vulnerable. Furthermore, the song Young and Beautiful written by Lana Del Ray which repeats

Taking place in the Roaring Twenties, The Great Gatsby is a Jazz Age novel. The setting, the glitz and glamor, of the age are important to the root narrative because that success is “a thin gold gilding” covering the failing social hierarchy underneath (Cite?). Although the novel was written in the twenties, it in many ways foreshadows the Great Depression. Nailing this time period is essential for any adaptation to begin to succeed. Luhrmann’s adaptation compliments the original by using jazz, hip hop, romantic instrumental musical selections that parallel the novel’s intent (Luhrmann, The Great Gatsby). The layering of jazz with hip hop combines the twenties era jazz with more modern works that associate the twenties era jazz with new urban multiculturalism; which is the impression that readers of the time would have understood from jazz. When asked about his musical selection Luhrmann states, "We saw that Fitzgerald took African American street music, jazz, and put it in his book. He took popular music-pop songs-and put it in his book. I wanted the film to feel like what it felt like to read that novel in 1925" (Luhrmann, "Sound of Cinema"). Luhrmann’s musical selection and use throughout the film precisely set the tone for the modern-day audience; and allow us a larger window into Nick and Gatsby’s world. Furthermore, the use of music serves to promote a sexy yet unrealistic understanding of Gatsby’s idealistic dream for romance. Upon first hearing Daisy, Nick proclaims