( CNN ) -- `` A fashion show 's soundtrack is just as important as the venue , the seating and the production , '' said Alexander Wang , the 29-year-old designer of his own label . Wang , who is also the new creative director of European fashion house Balenciaga , said music is an integral part of how he is inspired . When he presented his edgy fall 2013 looks at the historic Cunard Building in Manhattan 's financial district , Wang juxtaposed the traditional space and its nostalgic feel with a soundtrack that he called `` very industrial , very kind of Berlin underground . '' Music was so important to Marcus Wainwright and David Neville 's rag & bone label that they commissioned Radiohead front man Thom Yorke and producer Nigel Godrich to create a custom track for their show . Meanwhile , Carolina Herrera collaborated with composer and pianist Tom Hodge on an original score for her fashion show . Hodge , Herrera and producer Javier Peral worked with the London Contemporary Orchestra at the famed Abbey Road Studios in London last fall to create `` Capriccio for Carolina , '' a score inspired by Beethoven 's Kreutzer Violin Sonata . When the lights dimmed at Michael Kors ' runway show , the music swelled and the models appeared on the catwalk in vivid orange , bright blue and taxicab yellow . But Kors , who compares fashion shows to Broadway productions , said it is the music that brings it all to life . `` This show we are using a fabulous new singer named Willy Moon . It 's a little '50s , a little '80s , a little modern . '' The collection , which Kors calls `` urban athleticism , '' focused on movement and speed , and was enhanced by Moon 's soundtrack . Plus , Kors said the singer `` is superstylish and fun and energetic and it kind of sets the mood . '' Rebecca Taylor agrees . She said music `` gives the girls ( models ) great energy for walking and makes everyone watching feel like they are a part of something exciting . '' Here is a selection of songs played during New York Fashion Week : . Altuzarra . `` Elephant Island 2 '' - Sleeparchive . `` Time Lapse Variation '' - New Tango Orquesta . `` Preparation for Attack '' - Zero Dark Thirty . Diane von Furstenberg . `` Love to Love You Baby '' - Donna Summer . `` Like An Eagle '' -- Dennis Parker . `` No To Love '' ( Ewan Pearson 's Permissive Society Remix ) - Jessie Ware . `` Inspector Norse '' - Todd Terje . `` More More More '' - Andrea True Connection . `` I 'm Every Woman '' - Chaka Khan . Alexander Wang . `` I Turn My Arm '' - Gazelle Twin . `` Real Love '' - Cult Days . `` Jesus Piece '' -- The Game . Carolina Herrera . `` Capriccio for Carolina , '' - Tom Hodge , Javier Peral and the London Contemporary Orchestra . Oscar de la Renta . `` As Time Goes By '' - Bryan Ferry . `` I 'm In The Mood For Love '' -- Bryan Ferry . `` Polonaise '' - Shigeru Umebayashi . Michael Kors . `` I Wan na Be Your Man '' - Willy Moon . `` She Loves Me '' - Willy Moon . `` Yeah Yeah Yeah '' - Willy Moon . rag & bone . Custom track by Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich . Rebecca Taylor . `` After You '' - Pulp ( collaboration with James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem ) `` Fate Glory '' - Montevideo . `` Constant Conversations '' - Passion Pit . `` Work '' - The 2 Bears . Thom Browne . `` Stabat Mater Dolorosa '' - Antonin Dvorak . `` Storm '' - Bjork . `` Pearl '' - Bjork . `` Saint Matthew Passion '' - J.S.Bach . Passion ( Music for the Last Temptation of Christ ) - Peter Gabriel - With This Love ( Choir ) Victoria Beckham . `` The Truth Is '' - Chrysta Bell . `` Swinging Upstream ( Gab Demo 4 ) '' - DJ Shadow . `` Polish Poem '' - Chrysta Bell . Jason Wu . `` This Ladder is Ours '' - The Joy Formidable . `` Milk & Black Spiders '' - Foals . `` Here Comes the Rain Again '' - Eurythmics . `` Skyfall Remix '' - Adele . `` A Song For You '' - Amy Winehouse . *This story is part of coverage from CNN National Correspondent Alina Cho , who returns with her latest installment of `` Fashion : Backstage Pass from New York Fashion Week . '' This season , Cho sits down with supermodel Naomi Campbell to talk about her legendary career and new reality show `` The Face , '' take a tour of Coach President Reed Krakoff 's 18,000-square-foot Manhattan town house , spend the day with a top model , buyer and editor to see the craziness and frenetic pace of fashion week ( it 's NOT all glitz and glamour ) and talk one-on-one backstage with New York 's hottest designer , Alexander Wang , who at age 29 was just named creative director of storied European fashion house Balenciaga . The special will also include interviews with Sarah Jessica Parker , Drew Barrymore , Diane von Furstenberg and Michael Kors .
Music is an integral part of New York Fashion Week . One designer has commissioned a track for his show . Selections this year range from classical to more popular tunes .