Devil in disguise? Elvis film starts a little more conversation about his manager

As audiences question the role of Elvis’ manager, the music remains the passionate heart of the story in Baz Luhrmann’s film.

Gospel music looms large like a spirit over the music of Elvis Presley. It is the “devil in disguise” that defines early rock’n’roll, when cultural barriers were finally broken.

The pianist and composer, originally from Wagga Wagga and now living on the Gold Coast, began working with Luhrmann on 2013’s, Wheeler wanted to link the music of “the King” with modern audiences, producing the soundtrack album and the multilayered, information-rich musical pieces within Luhrmann’s film.“The view that I came to was that Elvis’ experience of black music came from a very, very young age.

“He hears the strains of a Pentecostal church service on the wind, and runs over to listen,” Wheeler says. “And he pulled out one of the most extraordinary recording experiences. We got it virtually in the first take.”

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