F. Scott feat. Jay-Z

Baz Luhrmann announces Jay-Z as the composer for 'The Great Gatsby' soundtrack!

Baz is no stranger to bringing period pieces into contemporary relevance. In fact, most of his films have been period pieces, most notably: 'Romeo + Juliet', 'Moulin Rouge!', and 'Australia'. A modern soundtrack is a subtle way to bridge the present and the past -- transporting the audience to a world that feels both tantalizingly alien as well as evocatively personal.

Could contemporary music be a new characteristic of the period-piece genre? Judging from trailers alone, we see hip-hop music woven into other 2013 films set in an earlier period: '42', 'Django', & 'Gangster Squad'.

The upbeat hip-hop of fourteen-time Grammy winner will certainly liven up this re-telling of Fitzgerald's classic. From this alone, I'm expecting this version to be a significant improvement from 1974 version!

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