The Soundtrack Of The Year Could Be…The Great Gatsby??

Jay-Z’s assembled an all-star lineup, including Beyonce and André 3000.

Jay-Z’s assembled an all-star lineup, including Beyonce and André 3000.



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Baz Luhrmann has never been one to let such pesky factors as time and place dictate the soundtracks to his movies. That’s why Romeo + Juliet was set to the songs of Radiohead, Garbage, and the Cardigans, and Moulin Rouge! to David Bowie, Beck, and Elton John. No wonder, then, that the Aussie auteur tapped Jay-Z to produce the soundtrack to the Great Gatsby. While the album doesn’t hit stores until May 6, there’s been a steady drip of teasers and leaks from the likes of Jack White, Florence and the Machine, Lana Del Rey, and more:  

What fans have been missing, though, are any contributions from Hova or his missus. Well, that’s changed today, with clips from Jay-Z’s “100$ Bill” and Beyoncé and André 3000’s cover of Amy Winehouse’s “Back to Black.”

Here’s the full track listing:

1. Jay-Z: “100$ Bill”

2. Beyoncé and André 3000: “Back to Black”

3. will.i.am: “Bang Bang”

4. Fergie, Q-Tip, GoonRock: “A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)”

5. Lana Del Rey: “Young and Beautiful”

6. Bryan Ferry with the Bryan Ferry Orchestra: “Love Is The Drug”

7. Florence and the Machine: “Over The Love”

8. Coco O. of Quadron: “Where The Wind Blows”

9. Emeli Sandé and Bryan Ferry with the Bryan Ferry Orchestra: “Crazy In Love”

10. The xx: “Together”

11. Gotye: “Hearts a Mess”

12. Jack White: “Love Is Blindness”

13. Nero: “Into The Past”

14. Sia: “Kill and Run

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