Contrary to what you might be expecting, the number of songs by Jennifer Lopez, Lizzo and Cardi B in “Hustlers,” their newly released acting vehicle, adds up to … zero. Meanwhile,…
some conversation from the producers’ standpoint: ‘Should we do a big end-title song, like a ‘Lady Marmalade’ thing?’” recalls Markey, who runs the music department at STX Entertainment. But he wanted the film to evoke the grit of Martin Scorsese rather than, say, the camp of Baz Luhrmann. “I was the first person to stand up and go, ‘I think that’s cheesy!’”
Not that he has anything against pop smashes per se, but Markey had an eclectic mix in mind. “I love having the different styles of music in the movie,” he says. “It doesn’t lend itself to one type of sound, and it gives it the best Scorsese kind of feel. If you look at the trademark of his films, he never has a composer. He always uses songs to score the movie and to strike those emotional moments. We didn’t have a score, either; every song made a statement about the scene.
To make a point, he references another female-fronted movie: “On a normal movie that has a lot of music, like ‘Bad Moms,’ we had 33 songs but a 22-week post,” Markey says. “There are 60 songs in ‘Hustlers.’ And you have to go out to the artists, talk to the labels, talk to the publishers, call managers and ask for favors. It’s a job in itself to sit on the phone and beg for music all day because this isn’t a high-price movie,” he says.
Another feather in his cap? Markey also secured the rights to Lorde’s “Royals.” “Again, I was definitely afraid [to ask],” he says. But before going Hollywood, Markey spent 20 years doing A&R at various record labels, which enabled him to have relationships with the men who manage the careers of Apple and Lorde . “Jonathan Daniel, who manages Lorde, is a dear friend of mine,” says Markey.
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