Gangs of New York: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture

Gangs of New York: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture is a soundtrack album for the 2002 film, Gangs of New York. 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.

Gangs of New York: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
ReleasedDecember 17, 2002
GenreSoundtrack
Length56:55
LabelInterscope Records
ProducerVarious artists
Singles from Gangs of New York: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture
  1. "The Hands That Built America"
    Released: 17 December 2002

Track listing edit

  1. "Brooklyn Heights" 1 (Howard Shore) – 2:16
  2. Afro Celt Sound System: "Dark Moon, High Tide" (Simon Emmerson, Davy Spillane, Martin Russell) – 4:06
  3. Silver Leaf Quartet: "Gospel Train" (traditional) – 2:30
  4. U2 with Sharon Corr and Andrea Corr: "The Hands That Built America (Theme from Gangs of New York)" (Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr.) – 4:35
  5. Othar Turner and The Rising Star Fife and Drum Band: "Shimmy She Wobble" (Othar Turner) – 3:37
  6. Sidney Stripling: "Breakaway" (traditional) – 3:32
  7. Peter Gabriel feat. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: "Signal to Noise" [instrumental mix] (Gabriel) – 7:32
  8. Finbar Furey: "New York Girls" (traditional) – 4:03
  9. Jimpson and Group: "The Murderer's Home" (traditional) – 0:47
  10. Jocelyn Pook: "Dionysus" (Pook) – 4:52
  11. "Brooklyn Heights" 2 (Shore) – 2:00
  12. Mariano De Simone: "Morrison's Jig/Liberty" (traditional) – 1:46
  13. Shu-De: "Durgen Chugaa" (traditional) – 0:53
  14. Maura O'Connell: "Unconstant Lover" (traditional) – 2:34
  15. Vittorio Schiboni, Massimo Giuntini, Rodrigo D'Erasmo and Mariano De Simone: "Devil's Tapdance" (traditional) – 1:47
  16. Anxi Jiang: "Beijing Opera Suite" (Da-Can Chen) – 3:27
  17. Linda Thompson: "Paddy's Lamentation" (traditional) – 2:53
  18. "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 edit

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