Experience Broadway's The Great Gatsby with Songs From the Cast Recording

Masterworks Broadway dropped the official cast recording of The Great Gatsby: A New Musical and the first song will have listeners' feet tapping all the way through. The first and next five songs move the story along exactly from F. Scott Fitzgerald's landmark novel as an audiobook with a stylish and flashy music background.

Roaring On

{Spoiler} "Roaring On" is an attention-grabbing opening number from when Noah J. Ricketts as Nick Carraway shares his story and perspective on why he left his home for New York. In Fitzgerald's novel, the narration is told by Nick in the first person. The few adaptations of The Great Gatsby, each have their own unique storytelling approach, but this opening from the musical stands out with the fast tempo that flows with the lyrics to ''Roaring On''.

New Money

"New Money" is the next stylized dance number that introduces the listener to Gatsby's party, and before the next few songs. The song begins on a slow start explaining what New Money is but picks up the pace for the dance sequence. "New Money" follows the same pursuit as "Roaring On" in the narrative storytelling approach that feels grounded in Fitzgerald's novel.

Past Is Coming Up to Me

"Past Is Catching Up to Me" follows a slower tempo for a storytelling approach as Jay Gatsby speaks about the past. The song is the exhibition that drove the tale in the novel before Jordan and Eva Nobelzada sing "Green Light" together before the curtain calls for intermission.

My Green Light/For Her

"My Green Light" is the scene where Jay and Daisy reunite together exactly from the novel but told through singing with soft, romantic depth music explaining Jay and Daisy's relationship before intermission. "For Her" provides the same thing as "My Green Light" but as a solo performance from Jordan in the first few acts of the musical.

What is a favorite song from the musical? Is a "Roaring On" or "New Money" a favorite of yours? Listen to the Cast Recording of The Great Gatsby Musical right here.