The Wolf of Wall Street OST (2013)

When Leonardo DiCaprio's Jordan Belfort roars down the highway in his white Ferrari a few minutes into The Wolf Wall Street, a literal-minded soundtrack would probably rely on a thunderous hair-metal hit appropriate to the story's late '80s/early '90s setting. Instead, executive music producer Robbie Robertson provided director Martin Scorsese with a raw 1951 recording of Dust My Broom by slide guitarist Elmore James. What, exactly, does a mid-century blues shuffle have to do with white, Armani-suited swindlers living large on lavish Long Island estates? "Absolutely nothing," laughs Robertson.

Robertson's song picks also include a swaggering 1963 Cannonball Adderly instrumental Mercy Mercy and the gritty Smokestack Lightning by mid-century blues shouter Howlin' Wolf. "Nobody but Marty and me would have chosen Smokestack Lightning for a movie that takes place in the '80s and '90s because it's got nothing to do with anything except raw amazement," Robertson laughs. "This is music that gets under your skin immediately."

Flying in the face of time-period correctness, blues-powered numbers play to the characters' primal appetites displayed during Wolf's epic-scale debauchery. Robertson, who shared song-picking responsibilities on Wolf with music supervisor Randall Poster, has served as Scorsese's musical consigliere ever since 1978's The Last Waltz concert film documenting the guitarist's fabled rock group, The Band.

There are some 60 songs in The Wolf of Wall Street," 16 of which were selected for release on the OST officially titled, "The Wolf of Wall Street: Music from the Motion Picture"

Tracklist: 

1. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy - Cannonball Adderley

2. Dust My Broom - Elmore James

3. Bang! Bang! - Joe Cuba

4. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) - Billy Joel

5. C'est Si Bon (It's So Good) - Eartha Kitt

6. Goldfinger - Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings

7. Pretty Thing - Bo Diddley

8. Moonlight In Vermont (Live At The Pershing Lounge/1958) - Ahmad Jamal

9. Smokestack Lightning (Album Version) -  Howlin' Wolf

10. Hey Leroy, Your Mamas Calling You - The Jimmy Castor Bunch

11. Double Dutch - Malcolm McLaren

12. Never Say Never - Romeo Void

13. Meth Lab Zoso Sticker  - 7Horse

14. Road Runner (Single Version) - Bo Diddley

15. Mrs. Robinson (LP Version) - The Lemonheads

16. Cast Your Fate To The Wind - Allen Toussaint