Soundtracks for each Chapters
Instructions: click on the videos of the music and enjoy~
Chapter I
This soundtrack expresses Nick's contradictory feelings and the overall setting between West Egg and East Egg. Also, it also matches with Nick's feeling towards Jay Gatsby (even though Gatsby is a paragon of somebody he hates, Nick still likes him).
Chapter 2
The party (or meeting) in Tom's apartment can be expressed by the roughness of this music. The unfortunate relationships of Tom with Daisy and Myrtle with her husband show a feeling of cheesiness and unfaithfulness.
Chapter 3
In Gatsby's mansion, where the weekly cheerful party is held, Nick is eventually invited to it. As he enjoys the party with Jordan, a woman he previously met with Tom, he gets a more "serious" feeling towards Gatsby, until Nick meets him personally outside, marking the turning point of his life and fate.
Chapter 4
The beginning of the music describes Nick's attitude towards Gatsby himself (and later on towards Mr. Wolfshiem too). Around the end of this soundtrack, the rhythm expresses how Nick finds out the real truth between Daisy's and Gatsby's real past relationship and that Nick wants to unify them soon.
Chapter 5
The nearly end mood of this chapter is more cheerful and happy. It expresses the nostalgic feeling of love and wonders as both Daisy and Gatsby enjoy their meeting later on (and both of them become happy after some time since they appeared to have won back their trusts).
Chapter 6
Nick has finally determined and analyzed the real truth of Gatsby's early life, starting to question whether Gatsby is heading to the right path. Later on, Nick has failed to stop Gatsby from going for Daisy as 5 years ago, marking Gatsby's beginning of downfall. The tension in this music marks the predictable conflict that is going to come.
Chapter 7
The real truth between the entire love triangle has been revealed with an apparent Tom's victory. However, later on, Gatsby's car hit Myrtle severely, creating an imminent danger from those who were close with Myrtle, especially from Wilson. This soundtrack expresses the punchline of the entire book, lifting it up to its highest climax.
Chapter 8
When Tom wrongly accused Gatsby for having killed Wilson's wife, Wilson himself decided to go after Gatsby. In the pool, Gatsby gets shot from the back by Wilson, who commits suicide by pulling the trigger to his head. This music defines the sad, but shaking theme of this chapter with a dramatic mood.
Chapter 9
With the final death of the main character, Gatsby, all confusion and chaos seem to have ended. Nick, realizing that the East is a very horrible to live, decides to leave the East Coast; however, before he does so, he confronts Tom in New York, hearing the last real truths. Before leaving the East Coast, Nick wanders around on the beach next to Gatsby's mansion and ends the novel by thinking about how ironic it is of the American Dream being impossible.