Music for a Great City is an orchestral composition by Aaron Copland completed in 1964.
The music was first performed in the Royal Festival Hall on May 26, 1964, with Copland conducting.
[1][2] The piece is divided into four movements: "Skyline", "Night Thoughts", "Subway Jam", and "Toward the Bridge".
Much of the material is derived from the score Copland wrote for the 1961 film Something Wild.
[3] Reception was divided after the London premiere, with Sydney Edwards of the Evening Standard calling it disappointing and likening it to a knock-off of West Side Story.