Beyonce, Jay-Z, Lana Del Rey part of eclectic "Great Gatsby" soundtrack

Beyonce poses with her award for Best Traditional R&B Performance for ''Love On Top'' backstage at the 55th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California February 10, 2013.

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LOS ANGELES | Thu Apr 4, 2013 4:21pm EDT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The setting is still the Roaring Twenties but the soundtrack for Australian film director Baz Luhrmann's take on classic novel "The Great Gatsby" is firmly 21st-century rap, pop and rock.

Universal Music on Thursday released the track list for the upcoming movie featuring Beyonce, Lana Del Rey, and Florence + the Machine, as well as a new song, "100$ Bill," by rapper Jay-Z, who is executive producer of the soundtrack.

Beyonce and OutKast musician Andre 3000 team up to sing late British singer Amy Winehouse's single "Back to Black" on the soundtrack, which also features Australian Grammy-winner Gotye and former White Stripes rocker Jack White.

Rising artists such as British singer Emili Sande are being given a spotlight. She collaborates with The Bryan Ferry Orchestra on the 2003 hit for Beyonce and Jay-Z, "Crazy in Love."

The soundtrack will be released worldwide by Interscope Records on May 6, ahead of the Warner Bros. movie opening in U.S. theaters on May 10.

Luhrmann's films are known for their eclectic and contemporary soundtracks. They have produced hits such as The Cardigans' "Lovefool" from his 1996 film "Romeo + Juliet," and "Lady Marmalade" from 2001's "Moulin Rouge," sung by Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim, Mya, Missy Elliot and Pink.

"The Great Gatsby," the latest film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel about extravagance, decadence and illusion, stars Leonardo DiCaprio as mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby, Tobey Maguire as narrator Nick Carraway and Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan.

Universal Music and Interscope Records are part of Vivendi.

(Reporting By Piya Sinha-Roy; editing by Jill Serjeant and Xavier Briand)

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'Hunger Games' Soundtrack Set for No. 1 Debut on Billboard 200

by Keith Caulfield, L.A.  |   March 21, 2012 6:30 EDT

"The Hunger Games" soundtrack is set to debut at No. 1 next week's Billboard 200 chart, so say industry sources.

The multi-artist album should sell at least 150,000 to 170,000 copies by the end of the tracking week on Sunday, March 25 -- easily enough for a No. 1 entry. If it does arrive atop the list, it will be the first chart-topping theatrical film soundtrack since "Michael Jackson's This Is It" bowed at No. 1 on the tally dated Nov. 14, 2009.

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"The Hunger Games" film opens in theaters worldwide on March 23, the first of four planned movies based on the popular series of books.
Other albums heading for a high debut on the Billboard 200 include the Shins' "Port of Morrow" and Odd Future's "The OF Tape Vol. 2." Both could start in the top 10. Melanie Fiona's "The MF Life" and Esperanza Spalding's "Radio Music Society" are also looking towards a bow in the top 20 -- perhaps even top 15.

The new Billboard 200 chart's top 10 will be revealed on the morning of Wednesday, March 28.

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