[FM] New York Gangs

[Christian Bauman]

> David Broida <dbroida@comcast.net> WROTE:

> I'm curious about the 
> music in Martin 
> Scorcese's film 
> "Gangs Of New York".  
> The credits list a 
> song by Linda 
> Thompson, and that 
> means that the 
> director didn't use 
> period music.  Right?  
> And if he was so 
> meticulous about 
> detail, why not select 
> Irish folks tunes of 
> the period?

David,

I heard Scorcese on Fresh Air last night. I was in the
other room, but something caught my ear that might
answer your question. She (if I heard right)
essentially asked him the same question you raised,
but in regard to a Peter Gabriel song.

I missed the reason why, but he said it was not
important to him that the music be period-specific. I
think he wanted more mood-specific. And what really
caught my ear was this: he said when he originally
conceived this film in 1979 he wanted The Clash to do
the soundtrack.

-chris

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