Since the 1970s mainstream music style has changed drastically. More of the younger people have faded away from pop and rock and are now starting to listen to a more variety of up-beat hip-hop. With first Great Gatsby movie coming out in 1973, the producers were able to use the older jazz music and their sales would not go down. For the re-make if The Great Gatsby the producers thought a new version of music, that would draw a bigger audience, was needed. Jay-Z was signed as one of the producers to help with this aspect of the movie. Jay-Z used some of his own songs and brought many other famous Hip-Hop artists in: Andre 3000, Beyoncé, Lana Del Ray, and many more modern artists.
The use of the up-beat Hip-Hop music adds a more excited feeling to the movie. Where as the Jazz was more relaxing. The use of the Hip-Hop music flows with the scenes better. The fast paced fun music played at Gatsby' party connects the viewer, with music that they have played at parties, to the scene in the movie with Gatsby having a big party. Being able to relate to the movie greatly enhances the experience and the thrill of actually living a “Gatsby” life.
The choice to use the new up-beat music was a major success with the younger viewers. Many young people felt connected to the music and enjoyed the new style. A mixture of being forced to read The Great Gatsby in high school and enjoying the music brought a lot of younger people to see the movie and greatly increased the revenue for The Great Gatsby remake.
On the other hand, many older people despised the new style of music in the film. Peoples’ comments from “From Flappers to Rappers” said that they would not be seeing the movie because of the music choice. Clearly, the decision on whether the music helped sells or lost money, relies on which age group one is stating the question to. The younger viewers will agree that it greatly increased sells. While the older viewers will disagree and stay out of the movie theatres because of it.
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