Gangs of New York (soundtrack)
Encyclopedia
Gangs of New York: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture is a soundtrack
album for the 2002 film, Gangs of New York
. The score is by Howard Shore
. The rest of the selections are a mix of contemporary pop and world music compositions and tunes from mid-nineteenth century Ireland.
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
album for the 2002 film, Gangs of New York
Gangs of New York
Gangs of New York is a 2002 historical film set in the mid-19th century in the Five Points district of New York City. It was directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, and Kenneth Lonergan. The film was inspired by Herbert Asbury's 1928 nonfiction book, The Gangs of New...
. The score is by Howard Shore
Howard Shore
Howard Leslie Shore is a Canadian composer, notable for his film scores. He has composed the scores for over 80 films, most notably the scores for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, for which he won three Academy Awards. He is also a consistent collaborator with director David Cronenberg,...
. The rest of the selections are a mix of contemporary pop and world music compositions and tunes from mid-nineteenth century Ireland.
Track listing
- "Brooklyn Heights" 1 (Howard ShoreHoward ShoreHoward Leslie Shore is a Canadian composer, notable for his film scores. He has composed the scores for over 80 films, most notably the scores for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, for which he won three Academy Awards. He is also a consistent collaborator with director David Cronenberg,...
) – 2:16 - Afro Celt Sound SystemAfro Celt Sound SystemThe Afro Celt Sound System is a musical group which fuses modern electronic dance rhythms with traditional Irish and West African music...
: "Dark Moon, High Tide" (Simon EmmersonSimon EmmersonFor the experimental music artist, see Simon Emmerson .Simon Emmerson is a Grammy Award-nominated record producer, guitarist, DJ and founder of the group Afro Celt Sound System....
, Davy SpillaneDavy SpillaneDavy Spillane is a songwriter and a player of uilleann pipes and low whistle.early yearsDavy was born in Dublin in 1959 . At the age of 12 he started playing the uilleann pipes. His father encouraged him and inspired him with his love of all music genres...
, Martin RussellMartin RussellMartin Russell is a twice Grammy Award-nominated recording engineer, producer, composer, and musician. He has been a core member of the music group Afro Celt Sound System since the recording of the first album Volume 1: Sound Magic in mid 1995. As of 2010 the recorded output of the group has so far...
) – 4:06 - Silver Leaf Quartet: "Gospel Train" (traditional) – 2:30
- U2 with Sharon CorrSharon CorrSharon Helga Corr is a musician and member of the Irish pop-rock band The Corrs along with elder brother Jim and younger sisters Caroline and Andrea. She plays the violin, piano, and guitar, and sings backing vocals. She began learning the violin when she was six years old...
and Andrea CorrAndrea CorrAndrea Jane Corr is an Irish musician, songwriter and actress. Corr debuted in 1990 as the lead singer of the Celtic folk rock and pop rock group The Corrs along with her three elder siblings Caroline, Sharon, and Jim...
: "The Hands That Built AmericaThe Hands That Built America"The Hands That Built America" is a song by U2, released on the soundtrack to the film Gangs of New York. It was one of two new songs on their The Best of 1990-2000 compilation, with the other being "Electrical Storm"...
(Theme from Gangs of New York)" (BonoBonoPaul David Hewson , most commonly known by his stage name Bono , is an Irish singer, musician, and humanitarian best known for being the main vocalist of the Dublin-based rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his...
, The EdgeThe EdgeDavid Howell Evans , more widely known by his stage name The Edge , is a musician best known as the guitarist, backing vocalist, and keyboardist of the Irish rock band U2. A member of the group since its inception, he has recorded 12 studio albums with the band and has released one solo record...
, Adam ClaytonAdam ClaytonAdam Charles Clayton is a musician, best known as the bassist of the Irish rock band U2. Clayton has resided in County Dublin since the time his family moved to Malahide when he was five years old in 1965...
, Larry Mullen Jr.Larry Mullen Jr.Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Mullen, Jr. is an Irish musician best known as the drummer for the Irish rock band U2. He is the founder of U2, which he later described as "'The Larry Mullen Band' for about ten minutes, then Bono walked in and blew any chance I had of being in charge." He has worked on...
) – 4:35 - Othar TurnerOthar TurnerOthar "Otha" Turner was one of the last well-known fife players in the vanishing American fife and drum blues tradition...
and The Rising Star Fife and Drum Band: "Shimmy She Wobble" (Othar TurnerOthar TurnerOthar "Otha" Turner was one of the last well-known fife players in the vanishing American fife and drum blues tradition...
) – 3:37 - Sidney StriplingSidney StriplingSidney Stripling was an African American folk musician from Kathleen, Georgia. He is believed to have been born in the 19th Century, and died some time between 1941 and 1945....
: "Breakaway" (traditional) – 3:32 - Peter GabrielPeter GabrielPeter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...
: "Signal to Noise" (Gabriel) – 7:32 - Finbar Furey: "New York Girls" (traditional) – 4:03
- Jimpson and Group: "The Murderer's Home" (traditional) – 0:47
- Jocelyn PookJocelyn PookJocelyn Pook is a British composer, pianist and viola player.- Biography :Jocelyn Pook’s distinctive style is a product of her diverse experiences in classical, commercial, and so-called world music...
: "Dionysus" (Pook) – 4:52 - "Brooklyn Heights" 2 (Shore) – 2:00
- Mariano De Simone: "Morrison's Jig/Liberty" (traditional) – 1:46
- Shu-De: "Durgen Chugaa" (traditional) – 0:53
- Maura O'ConnellMaura O'ConnellMaura O'Connell is an Irish singer and actress. She is known for her contemporary interpretations of Irish folk songs, strongly influenced by American country music.-Background:...
: "Unconstant Lover" (traditional) – 2:34 - Vittorio Schiboni, Massimo Giuntini, Rodrigo D'Erasmo and Mariano De Simone: "Devil's Tapdance" (traditional) – 1:47
- Anxi Jiang: "Beijing Opera Suite" (Da-Can Chen) – 3:27
- Linda ThompsonLinda Thompson (singer)Linda Thompson is a British singer. Born Linda Pettifer in Hackney, Thompson became one of the most recognised names—and voices—in the British folk rock movement of the 1970s and 1980s, in collaboration with her former husband and fellow British folk rock musician, guitarist Richard...
: "Paddy's Lamentation" (traditional) – 2:53 - "Brooklyn Heights" 3 (Shore) – 3:15
Additional music
- Othar TurnerOthar TurnerOthar "Otha" Turner was one of the last well-known fife players in the vanishing American fife and drum blues tradition...
: "Shimmy She Wobble" - Badara N'Diaye: "Koukou Frappe"
- The Dhol FoundationDhol FoundationThe Dhol Foundation is both a dhol drum institute in London and a musical group playing bhangra music. The dhol school was founded in 1989 by former Alaap member Johnny Kalsi when several musicians asked him to be their teacher, and a first album was released by Kalsi and his students in 2001...
: "Drummer's Reel" - Beatrice Pradella, Marco Libanori and Angelo Giuliani: "Lilly Bell Quickstep"
- Jimmie Strothers: "Poontang Little, Poontang Small"
- Alabama Sacred Harp Convention: "Hallelujah/Amazing GraceAmazing Grace"Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn with words written by the English poet and clergyman John Newton , published in 1779. With a message that forgiveness and redemption are possible regardless of the sins people commit and that the soul can be delivered from despair through the mercy of God,...
" - Nathan Frazier & Frank PattersonFrank PattersonFrank Patterson was an internationally renowned Irish tenor following in the tradition of singers such as Count John McCormack and Josef Locke. He was known as "Ireland's Golden Tenor".- Early life :...
: "Dan Tucker" - Music box recording: "The Last Rose of SummerThe Last Rose of SummerThe Last Rose of Summer is a poem by Irish poet Thomas Moore, who was a friend of Byron and Shelley. Moore wrote it in 1805 while at Jenkinstown Park in County Kilkenny, Ireland...
" - Sonny TerrySonny TerrySaunders Terrell, better known as Sonny Terry was a blind American Piedmont blues musician. He was widely known for his energetic blues harmonica style, which frequently included vocal whoops and hollers, and imitations of trains and fox hunts.-Career:Terry was born in Greensboro, Georgia...
: "New Careless Love" - Afro Celt Sound SystemAfro Celt Sound SystemThe Afro Celt Sound System is a musical group which fuses modern electronic dance rhythms with traditional Irish and West African music...
: "Saor-Free" - Eileen IversEileen IversEileen Ivers is an Irish-American musician.Eileen Ivers was born in New York City of Irish-born parents and grew up in the Bronx. She spent summers in Ireland and took up the fiddle at the age of nine. Her teacher was the Irish fiddler Martin Mulvihill. She toured with Mick Moloney's band The...
: "Lament for Staker Wallace" - Paul Hewson: "Báidín Fheidhlimí"
- Dan Costescu: "Pigeon on the Gate"
- Franco D'Aniello, Marco Libanori and Angelo Giuliani: "The White Cockade"
- Piergiorgio Ambrosi: "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" (Martin LutherMartin LutherMartin Luther was a German priest, professor of theology and iconic figure of the Protestant Reformation. He strongly disputed the claim that freedom from God's punishment for sin could be purchased with money. He confronted indulgence salesman Johann Tetzel with his Ninety-Five Theses in 1517...
) - Jeff AtmajianJeff AtmajianJeff Atmajian is an arranger and orchestrator for films. His steady clientele are composers such as James Newton Howard, Marc Shaiman, Rachel Portman and Gabriel Yared. In the past two years Jeff has been pursuing a more high profile composing career...
: "Cantata" - David FanshaweDavid FanshaweDavid Arthur Fanshawe was an English composer, ethnomusicologist and self-styled explorer. His work is situated at the crossroads of traditional and modern music. His best-known composition is the 1972 choral work African Sanctus.- Life :Fanshawe was born in Paignton in Devon in 1942...
: "Pakwach Acholi Bwala Dance" - Franco D'Aniello, Marco Libanori and Angelo Giuliani: "Belle of the Mohawk Vale"
- Francesco Moneti: "Uncle Tom's Religion"
- Mary BlackMary BlackMary Black is an Irish singer. She is well known as an interpreter of both folk and contemporary material which has made her a major recording artist in her native Ireland, and in many other parts of the world....
: "Paddy's Lamentation" - Mariano De Simone, Beatrice Pradella, Alessandro Bruccoleri and Lauren Weiss: "Massa Juba"
- Ke-Wei Zhang: "Leaving Home"
- Dr. Hukwe ZawoseHukwe ZawoseHukwe Ubi Zawose was a prominent Tanzanian musician. He was a member of the Gogo ethnic group and played the ilimba, a large lamellophone similar to the mbira, as well as several other traditional instruments...
: "Chilumi" - Anna De Luca, Alessandro Bruccoleri and Giuseppe Salvagni: "Garry Owens Jig"
- The Rising Star Fife and Drum Band: "Late at Midnight, Just a Little 'Fore Day"
- Ike Caudill and Congregation of the Mt. Olivet Old Regular Baptist Church: "Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah"
- Jeff JohnsonJeff Johnson (musician)Jeff Johnson is a musician residing in Camano Island, WA. Stemming from a progressive-rock background, he works within a contemporary artistic-Christian framework, and precedes much of the New Age music to which much of his music would later be compared. He has made collaborations with various...
, Brian DunningBrian DunningBrian Dunning is an Irish flautist, largely known for being a member of Nightnoise. He had both Celtic and jazz influences early on. He studied at the Berklee College of Music in 1977. He is also known for works with Jeff Johnson, such as cùChilainn's Last Battle, and can be heard on the soundtrack...
, John Fitzpatrick, Gregg Williams & Tim Ellis: "Vows" - The ChieftainsThe ChieftainsThe Chieftains are a Grammy-winning Irish musical group founded in 1962, best known for being one of the first bands to make Irish traditional music popular around the world.-Name:...
: "Kerry Slides"