Sadly, Stewart isn't doing the soundtrack for Wall Street 2

[smax]

bollocks to him not doing it.... i would love to see an SC soundtracked film in the cinema. it'd be like going to a gig.

[policefan]

I received this in the mail today:

Hello,

On Friday, the movie Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps comes out, and I'm all over the soundtrack ! Oliver Stone's film recreates scenes from the bank collapses and bailouts, and the attendant shenanigans of a couple of years ago...and of course Gekko is back. Stone approached me about music a while back, and I met him at an office and gave him a pile of records. He ended up mainly using a lot of songs from my recent collaboration with Brian Eno (Everything That Happens Will Happen Today), a few songs from recent solo and dance score records, and a reprise of "This Must Be The Place," the Talking Heads song that was used in the first Wall Street movie. It was almost like I'd scored the picture.

Stone was super accommodating - inviting me numerous times to view rough assemblies to be sure I was OK with how the music was being used. This is pretty unusual; most times licensing a song for a movie is a bureaucratic formality, and the artist is never invited into the process. That said, I've only turned down movie song use once or twice for aesthetic reasons - if I thought a scene made unfortunate associations with a song.

If you've got these recordings already, this all won't mean anything to you, but if not, and if you see the movie and wonder, what was that music? - here is your answer. The music, along with some score pieces by fellow Scot Craig Armstrong, is available today on iTunes, and via all the usual download and online outlets.

-DB

Soho

http://www.davidbyrne.com/music/collabs_comps/wallstreet/index.php

[smudge]

No dogs then?

[ltwoman]

WWWAAAGGGGHHH! (or should I say "woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof.")

[63falcon]

[quote="TheEqualizer"]I hear it will be done by Travis Barker.
I am surprised that it wasn't a Justin-Bieber-Jonas-sumthin', just sayin'...
I would have bought a Stewart soundtrack but STILL not interested in seeing Wall Street, no aliens, spaceships or historic costumes......









































Just kidding! [/quote]

[jedsoon]

It's a great film, with or without Stew at the musical helm. I was a little worried that the language would be too toned down for PG-13, but they still managed to get off two F-bombs, so it rang true. GG was still quite a bit more foul-mouthed in the first one, but he has softened with age.. it's actually part of the his character arc. The story is a bit more shallow than the original, but still entertaining. Gekko reversing his decision was a stretch and it went a bit into cliche-land, but I can still deal. The cast and performances were solid, especially Jacob's girlfriend, who came off as very real.

The lack of Stewart's involvement is still a head-scratcher. Stone went out of his way to include cameos from at least three other actors from the first film (I won't spoil it for you, even tho it's been heavily rumored elsewhere). There are several direct references to events of part one. And, as it has already been mentioned, Byrne and Eno are back on board supplying songs. The inclusion of the iconic Talking Heads tune, which appears twice in the first one and could almost be taken as a theme of sorts, was very welcome. So there is a lot of musical continuity from the original. The new score even has a noticeable percussive quality in certain places. It's hard to believe it never crossed Stone's mind to consider Stewart be involved as well.

I see a couple of potential scenarios: 1) Stone decided to freshen up the musical approach with a new composer, seeing the wisdom of throwing some new in with the old, or 2) the offer was made and Stewart simply turned it down, for whatever reason. He certainly doesn't need the money, after all!