1. The New Soundtrack
By Reich Studios

2. Chapter 1 “Whiter Shade of Pale” by Procal Herum
We skipped the light fandango Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor I was feeling kinda seasick But the crowd called out for more The room was humming harder As the ceiling flew away When we called out for another drink The waiter brought a tray And so it was that later As the miller told his tale That her face, at first just ghostly, Turned a whiter shade of pale She said, 'There is no reason And the truth is plain to see.' But I wandered through my playing cards And would not let her be One of sixteen vestal virgins Who were leaving for the coast And although my eyes were open They might have just as well've been closed And so it was that later As the miller told his tale That her face, at first just ghostly, Turned a whiter shade of pale And so it was that later
This is reminiscent of when Nick walks into the Buchanan house and sees Daisy and Jordan in the living room with the “frosted wedding cake of a ceiling” and the “rippling and fluttering” of their dresses as if they “had just blown back in after a short flight around the house.”
They are always drinking and being waited on.
White represents expensive elegance and privilege. Jordan, who is often associated with white or wearing white, is the epitome of white privilege because she seems to often lounge around in fancy clothes, gossip, and lie.
Nick likes Jordan at first and tries to be open-minded. He doesn’t realize until later that Jordan is one of the careless, dishonest people like Tom and Daisy.

3. “Lyin’ Eyes” by The Eagles
Chapter 2
“Lyin’ Eyes” by The Eagles
City girls just seem to find out early How to open doors with just a smile A rich old man And she won't have to worry She'll dress up all in lace and go in style
Late at night a big old house gets lonely I guess every form of refuge has its price And it breaks her heart to think her love is only Given to a man with hands as cold as ice
So she tells him she must go out for the evening To comfort an old friend who's feelin' down But he knows where she's goin' as she's leavin' She is headed for the cheatin' side of town
You can't hide your lyin' eyes And your smile is a thin disguise I thought by now you'd realize There ain't no way to hide your lyin eyes
On the other side of town a boy is waiting With fiery eyes and dreams no one could steal
We find out Myrtle and Tom are cheating in this chapter.
This could all be about the conflict between cheating Myrtle and her heartbroken husband George. Daisy is upset too, but this is not the focus in this chapter.
Myrtle goes to Tom’s honey shack on the other side of town.
They cannot hide from the symbolic eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg. The eyes on the billboard seem to stare down at their debauchery and pass judgment. George Wilson is looking at the billboard when he explains that he told Myrtle, “God knows what you’ve been doing, everything you’ve been doing. You may fool me but you can’t fool God!” Her eyes are lying and she can’t hide it any longer.

4. Chapter 3

5. “Burning Down the House”
Chapter 3
“Burning Down the House”
by The Talking Heads
Watch out, you might get what you're after Cool babies, strange but not a stranger I'm an ordinary guy Burning down the house Hold tight Wait 'til the party's over Hold tight We're in for nasty weather There has got to be a way Burning down the house Here's your ticket pack your bags Time for jumpin' overboard The transportation is here Close enough but not too far, Maybe you know where you are Fightin' fire with fire All wet, hey, you might need a raincoat Shakedown, dreams walking in broad daylight Three hundred sixty five degrees Burning down the house It was once upon a place, Sometimes I listen to myself Gonna come in first place People on their way to work, Baby, what did you expect? Gonna burst into flame Burning down the house My house's out of the ordinary That's right Don't want to hurt nobody Some things sure can sweep me off my feet Burning down the house
His real name is James Gatz, and he was ordinary in his mind, or poor, so he wanted to get wealthy to win over Daisy. Daisy knows him so he is not a stranger, but he certainly is strange.
Gatsby bought the mansion to be close to Daisy and to impress her.
Lights are always burning brightly at Gatsby’s house before he stopped the parties. This is part of his dream, to attract the attention of Daisy and win her back.

6. Chapter 4
How is this song related to character, conflict, symbol, or theme?

7. Chapter 4
In this chapter, conflict and suspense are developed and so is Gatsby. We find out he has gangster connections; he is affiliated with known gangster, Meyer Wolfshiem (Arnold Rothstein), the man who fixed the World Series in 1919.
This song is the theme song to “The Sopranos,” a series about the mafia.

8. How is this song related to character, conflict, symbol, or theme?
Chapter 5
How is this song related to character, conflict, symbol, or theme?
Which song would you select for this chapter?

9. “Don’t Stop Believing”
Chapter 5
“Don’t Stop Believing”
by Journey
Just a small town girl Livin' in a lonely world She took the midnight train goin' anywhere Just a city boy Born and raised in south Detroit He took the midnight train goin' anywhere
A singer in a smoky room A smell of wine and cheap perfume For a smile they can share the night It goes on and on, and on, and on
Strangers waiting Up and down the boulevard Their shadows searching in the night Streetlights, people Livin' just to find emotion Hidin' somewhere in the night
Working hard to get my fill Everybody wants a thrill Payin' anything to roll the dice Just one more time Some will win, some will lose Some were born to sing the blues Oh, the movie never ends It goes on and on, and on, and on
Strangers waiting Up and down the boulevard Their shadows… Full lyrics on Google Play
This song has a similar theme as one found in The Great Gatsby. We all have dreams; some of us will live those dreams and some of us will not. Gatsby’s dream is so over the top, it couldn’t possibly come true. Daisy could never live up to his dream.

10. “A Hurtin’ on the Bottle”
Chapter 7
“A Hurtin’ on the Bottle”
by Margo Price
to make you stupid, Old Sport!
“The bottle of whiskey--a second one--was now in constant demand by all present, excepting Catherine who 'felt just as good on nothing at all.' Tom rang for the janitor and sent him for some celebrated sandwiches, which were a complete supper in themselves. I wanted to get out and walk eastward toward the park through the soft twilight but each time I tried to go I became entangled in some wild strident argument which pulled me back, as if with ropes, into my chair. Yet high over the city our line of yellow windows must have contributed their share of human secrecy to the casual watcher in the darkening streets, and I was him too, looking up and wondering. I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.”
Tom puts a “hurtin’ on the bottle” so he can be “too blind to see” the love between his wife Daisy and Gatsby.
The whiskey bottle symbolizes their recklessness. Daisy doesn’t care if she hurts Tom because she has been hurt too many times before by Tom. Tom also doesn’t care who gets hurt, as long as he can have what he thinks he is entitled to. His carelessness and selfishness ultimately contribute to Myrtle’s death.

11. Chapter 8
How is this song related to character, conflict, symbol, or theme?

12. Chapter 9 –”Dream On” by Aerosmith
Every time when I look in the mirror All these lines on my face getting clearer The past is gone It went by, like dusk to dawn Isn't that the way Everybody's got the dues in life to pay
I know nobody knows Where it comes and where it goes I know it's everybody sin You got to lose to know how to win
Half my life Is books, written pages Live and learn from fools and From sages You know it's true, oh All these feelings come back to you
Sing with me, sing for the years Sing for the laughter, sing for the tears Sing with me, just for today Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away
Yeah, sing with me, sing for the year Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear Sing with me, just for today Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away
Dream on Dream on Dream on… Full lyrics on Google Play
Steven tyler made a connection between dreams and the past as Nick does. “dream on”, “The past is gone! We learn from fools and from sages,” but we all need to “Dream on.” Nick believes this because he learned from a fool, Gatsby. He admired Gatsby for being a dreamer and not giving up hope, “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther And one fine morning---,” (189) what? Our dreams will be realized? We have to try. It’s part of the human condition, “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past” (189). We learn from our past, the past is part of who we are, and we cannot escape the past.