Macbeth : The Soundtrack!
Now’s your chance to put music to Macbeth!
As we have been reading, we’ve been highlighting crucial points in the plot, as well as important
themes and motifs.
Use your knowledge of Macbeth’s themes, characters, plot, setting, and other aspects to create a
soundtrack of your choice of songs to the play.
What each soundtrack must include:
1. A minimum of six (6) songs
2. At least three of these songs must address a specific theme or motif.
3. The remaining songs can address a point in the plot, setting, character, character, or another
aspect of the play of your choice.
4. LINER NOTES: This is the most important part! Liner notes must include track number (in
this soundtrack), artist, title, the exact point in the play when it would be begin to be played, an
explanation of the aspect of the text being addressed and specific lines and/or lyrics that are
especially relevant, and the complete lyrics (if the song is lyrical).
*This assignment is due ONE WEEK after we finish reading the play. For example, if we finish the
play on Monday, April 11, it will be due Monday, April 18.
**As we read, note opportune scenes/themes/etc., for which you can think of an appropriate song.
This will make the assignment easier when we finish the play.
***If you need help, PLEASE CONSULT ME! I have a long list of songs that may help you
complete this assignment!
****If you’d like, include one or two songs that are the OPPOSITE of what is happening. Think of
joyful, cheery songs to play during the darkest points. Please don’t do this with your entire
soundtrack, however.
Example:
Track: 3
Artist: Black Sabbath
Title: “Paranoid” (1970)
When: Act II, Scene 2, Line 60
Explanation: This song by the goth-like band Black Sabbath addresses the moment in the
plot when Macbeth begins feeling guilty for his murderous actions. Macbeth becomes
aware and paranoid of the knocking at the door, saying, “How is’t with me, when every
noise appals me?” (II.2.61). The line in “Paranoid,” “Finished with my woman ‘cause she
couldn’t help me with my mind” is especially relevant to Lady Macbeth, who is
somewhat responsible for Macbeth’s eventual insanity. Also, Ozzy’s utterance of “I tell
you to enjoy life I wish I could but it’s too late” speaks to Macbeth’s fate, as murdering
Duncan has led to his undoing.
Lyrics:
Finished with my woman 'cause she couldn't help me with my mind
People think I'm insane because I am frowning all the time
All day long I think of things but nothing seems to satisfy
Think I'll lose my mind if I don't find something to pacify
Can you help me?
A cure for my brain/Occupy my brain/Thought you were my friend [open to interpretation, all are relevant]
woah yeah
I need someone to show me the things in life that I can't find
I can't see the things that make true happiness, I must be blind
Make a joke and I will sigh and you will laugh and I will cry
Happiness I cannot feel and love to me is so unreal
And so as you hear these words telling you now of my state
I tell you to enjoy life I wish I could but it's too late
Prodigy- Smack My Bitch Up
AC/DC: Highway to Hell, Back in Black,
Ramones: I Wanna Be Sedated
U2 DESIRE
OZZY BARK AT THE MOON
2PAC WHEN THUGS CRY
2PAC ME AGAINST THE WORLD
BONE THUGS CROSSROADS
METALLICA FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
METALLICA THE UNFORGIVEN
ALANIS BITCH
LOUIS ARMSTRONG
Ac dc DIRTY DEEDS
BLACK PEASE WHERE IS THE LOVE
VILLAGE PEOPLE MACHO MAN
ROLLING STONES PAINT IT BLACK
METALLICA FADE TO BLACK
BLACK SABBATH PARANOID
ROCKWELL SOMEBODY’S WATCHING ME
MICHAEL JACKSON GHOSTS
DIO HEAVEN AND HELL
MOTORHEAD HELLRAISER
PAULA ABDUL COLD HEARTED SNAKE
MARILYN MANSON SWEET DREAMS
EURYTHMICS SWEET DREAMS
GREEN DAY BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS
GREEN DAY INSOMNIAC
ALICE IN CHAINS DOWN IN A HOLE
OZZY THE ULTIMATE SIN
311 ALL MIXED UP
JUDAS PRIEST BREAKIN THE LAW
JUDAS PRIEST YOU GOT ANOTHER THING COMIN
NELLY GREED HATE ENVY
GUNS N ROSES BACK OFF BITCH
50 CENT MANY MEN WISH DEATH
DAVID BOWIE MOONAGE DAYDREAM