''Gangs of New York: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture'' is a

soundtrack A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack ...

album for the 2002 film, ''

Gangs of New York ''Gangs of New York'' is a 2002 American epic historical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan, based on Herbert Asbury's 1927 book '' The Gangs of New York''. The film stars Le ...

''. 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.

Track listing

# "Brooklyn Heights" 1 ( Howard Shore) – 2:16 # Afro Celt Sound System: "Dark Moon, High Tide" (

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Davy Spillane Davy Spillane (born 1959 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish musician, songwriter and a player of uilleann pipes and low whistle. Biography Irish music At the age of 12, Spillane started playing the uilleann pipes. His father encouraged him an ...

, Martin Russell) – 4:06 # Silver Leaf Quartet: "Gospel Train" (traditional) – 2:30 # U2 with

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and

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: "

The Hands That Built America "The Hands That Built America" is a song by Irish rock music, rock band U2. It was released on the Gangs of New York: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture, soundtrack to the film ''Gangs of New York'', and was one of two new songs on the group's ...

(Theme from ''Gangs of New York'')" ( Bono,

The Edge David Howell Evans (born 8 August 1961), better known as the Edge or simply Edge,McCormick (2006), pp. 21, 23–24 is an English-born Irish musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the lead guitarist, keyboardist, and backing voca ...

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Larry Mullen Jr. Laurence Joseph Mullen Jr. (; born 31 October 1961) is an Irish musician, best known as the drummer and co-founder of the rock band U2. Mullen was born in Dublin, where he attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School. In 1976, he co-founded U2 ...

) – 4:35 #

Othar Turner Othar "Otha" Turner (June 2, 1907 – February 27, 2003) was one of the last well-known fife players in the vanishing American fife and drum blues tradition. His music was also part of the African-American genre known as Hill country blues. Ea ...

and The Rising Star Fife and Drum Band: "Shimmy She Wobble" (

) – 3:37 #

Sidney Stripling Sidney Stripling was an African American old-time and blues musician from Kathleen, Georgia. He is believed to have been born in the 19th century, and died some time between 1941 and 1945. At the request of Alan Lomax, in charge of the Archive of ...

: "Breakaway" (traditional) – 3:32 # Peter Gabriel feat.

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: "Signal to Noise" nstrumental mix(Gabriel) – 7:32 #

Finbar Furey Finbar Furey (born 28 September 1946) is a multi-instrumental Irish folk musician, best known for his band of brothers, The Fureys. The Fureys were formed in Ballyfermot, Dublin, where they grew up. Early life Finbar Furey was born on 28 Septe ...

: " New York Girls" (traditional) – 4:03 # Jimpson and Group: "The Murderer's Home" (traditional) – 0:47 #

Jocelyn Pook Jocelyn Pook (, rhyming with "book"; born 14 February 1960) is an English composer and viola player. She is known for her scores for many films, including ''Eyes Wide Shut'', ''The Merchant of Venice'' and '' The Wife''. Education Pook gradua ...

: "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'Connell Maura O'Connell (born 16 September 1958) is an Irish singer and actress. She is known for her contemporary interpretations of Irish folk songs, strongly influenced by American country music. Background O'Connell was born in Ennis, the main to ...

: "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 Thompson: "Paddy's Lamentation" (traditional) – 2:53 # "Brooklyn Heights" 3 (Shore) – 3:15 Track 13 is mislabeled in the credits of the film and on the film's soundtrack release. The actual title of the track is "''Buura''".

Additional music heard in the film

These are songs heard in the film, but are not included on the soundtrack. *

: "Shimmy She Wobble" * Badara N'Diaye: "Koukou Frappe" *The

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: "Drummer's Reel" * Beatrice Pradella, Marco Libanori and Angelo Giuliani: "Lilly Bell Quickstep" *

Jimmie Strothers James Lee Strother (March 1883 – died after 1942?), was an American folk musician active in the 1930s and 1940s. He was born in Madison, Virginia. He performed in medicine shows, and, after being blinded in a mine explosion, made a living ...

: "Poontang Little, Poontang Small" * Alabama Sacred Harp Convention: "Hallelujah/

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" * Nathan Frazier &

Frank Patterson Frank Patterson (5 October 1938 – 10 June 2000) 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 Patterson wa ...

: "Dan Tucker" *Music box recording: "

The Last Rose of Summer "The Last Rose of Summer" is a poem by the Irish poet Thomas Moore. He wrote it in 1805, while staying at Jenkinstown Castle in County Kilkenny, Ireland, where he was said to have been inspired by a specimen of Rosa 'Old Blush'. The poem is ...

" * Sonny Terry: "New Careless Love" * Afro Celt Sound System: "Saor-Free" *

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: " Lament for Staker Wallace" *Paul Hewson: "Báidín Fheidhlimí" * Dan Costescu: "Pigeon on the Gate" *

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, Marco Libanori and Angelo Giuliani: "The White Cockade" * Piergiorgio Ambrosi: "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" (

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) * Jeff Atmajian: "Cantata" *

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: "Pakwach Acholi Bwala Dance" *Franco D'Aniello, Marco Libanori and Angelo Giuliani: "Belle of the Mohawk Vale" *

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: "Uncle Tom's Religion" *

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: "Paddy's Lamentation" / Ships Are Sailing (Reel) *Mariano De Simone, Beatrice Pradella, Alessandro Bruccoleri and Lauren Weiss: "Massa Juba" * Ke-Wei Zhang: "Leaving Home" *Dr.

Hukwe Zawose Hukwe Ubi Zawose (1938 or 1940, Dodoma, Tanganyika – December 30, 2003, Bagamoyo, Tanzania) 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'', ...

: "Chilumi" * Anna De Luca, Alessandro Bruccoleri and Giuseppe Salvagni: " Garryowen" * 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 Johnson, Brian Dunning, John Fitzpatrick,

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& Tim Ellis: "Vows" *

The Chieftains The Chieftains are a traditional Irish folk band formed in Dublin in 1962, by Paddy Moloney, Seán Potts and Michael Tubridy. Their sound, which is almost entirely instrumental and largely built around uilleann pipes, has become synonymous wi ...

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