Bryan Ferry's Great Gatsby Companion Soundtrack Out Today/ Watch the documentary on Huffington Post

[Chloe Walsh]

  Bryan Ferry Creates Jazz ‘Voice’ for The Great Gatsby
Companion Album Of Soundtrack Material Released on iTunes today; Behind-The-Scenes Soundtrack Documentary Premiering on Huffington Post
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As cinema fans flock to theatres this weekend to see Baz Lurmann’s The Great Gatsby one artist’s music will be particularly striking. The Bryan Ferry Orchestra have provided the jazz recordings for the movie’s soundtrack.
Lurhmann was in the post-production stage of the film when he heard Ferry's critically acclaimed album The Jazz Age<http://www.bryanferry.com/the-jazz-age.html> (BMG). He then asked Ferry to record some period music for The Great Gatsby which captured the same spirit of the 1920s.
A short documentary on the making of The Bryan Ferry Orchestra’s soundtrack premiered today on Huffington Post<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/bryan-ferry-great-gatsby-jazz_n_3254806.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment>. The album, The Great Gatsby – The Jazz Recordings featuring The Bryan Ferry Orchestra, (WaterTower Music) will be available on iTunes later today.
Ferry says, “Baz felt the music we had recorded on our album worked well with his film, so he commissioned us to both rearrange elements of the score and also record in a period style the contemporary songs that he and Jay-Z had selected. We used the same orchestra that features on The Jazz Age and recording commenced in January 2013.”
“Baz came to my studio during the sessions and he had a very clear idea of what music he wanted for each scene. We recorded to picture including a new version of 'Love Is The Drug’. Baz is a strong creative force and the soundtrack is always going to be important in any movie he makes, especially a film like The Great Gatsby, where the music of the period is key to the film’s identity. Baz has a great understanding of the music from the 1920s, and it's going to be very interesting to see how his musical collage works, combining contemporary songs with our period music."
Luhrmann explains, “I heard the Jazz Age and said to Bryan “what about if you took our themes and record them with your band?” Then I said “what about if you do ‘Love Is The Drug’?.... and it just kept growing, and next he's covering Jay Z, Amy Winehouse and Beyonce. And so he becomes the ‘Jazz Voice’ of the movie. We couldn't have been luckier. Total serendipity.”
As well as the tracks from The Jazz Age, The Bryan Ferry Orchestra have recorded a wide range of songs for use in the film, including “Crazy In Love’” (with Emeli Sande), which features on the Great Gatsby Original Soundtrack Album together with Ferry’s own “Love Is The Drug”, as well as Jazz Age versions of Will.i.am’s “Bang Bang”, Lana Del Rey’s “Will You Still Love Me”, Amy Winehouse’s “Back To Black” and Jay Z’s “$100 Bills” - all of which will be available together a companion soundtrack album The Great Gatsby – The Jazz Recordings featuring The Bryan Ferry Orchestra (WaterTower Music) on iTunes this evening.

Watch Bryan Ferry working on The Great Gatsby music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9tZ9Q_Hlt8
www.bryanferry.com<http://www.bryanferry.com/>
www.facebook.com/bryanferry<http://www.facebook.com/bryanferry>
www.soundcloud.com/bryanferry<http://www.soundcloud.com/bryanferry>

www.watertowermusic.com<http://www.watertowermusic.com/>


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