Macbeth-Alex+U-Soundtrack


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**Songs:**

The General, Dispatch- Act I Scene II [|The General]

King of Anything, Sara Bareilles- Act I Scene V

[|King of Anything]

Secrets, One Republic- Act II Scene III

[|Secrets]

Shout, The Isley Brothers- Act III Scene I

[|Shout]

Heartless, Kanye West- Act IV Scene II

[|Heartless]

In the Air Tonight, Phil Collins- Act V Scene I

[|In the Air Tonight]

Bad Day, Daniel Powter. Act V scene I

[|Bad Day]

**Explanation of Songs:**

My first song, titled //The General//, literally relates to the idea of Macbeth being on the battlefield. In the first Act, Macbeth is still very kind-hearted and a hero to all. This song is portraying a nice general, which to me shows how Macbeth would have been before his ambition got to him. Though my second song does have the title, //King of Anything//, I am not trying to be as literal with the title as the first song's title. This song basically asks, who gave you the right to do anything. As Lady Macbeth talks Macbeth into killing Duncan towards the end of the first Act, it's the idea of who is giving Macbeth the right to kill him, his wife, or the weird sisters who have a prophecy? My third song, //Secrets// by One Republic, gives off the vibe of being truthful by lying; just as Macbeth, in Act II, says he killed the guards, and is really trying to say he killed the king. Also there is a part in the song "and when my sleeves are stained red from all the truth that I said," this could portray the blood staining his hands, or when he is telling the truth, there is blood that comes with the truth. During the third Act, as Macbeth is crowned king, there is a celebration. The fourth song on this soundtrack, //Shout//, an older song, expresses the celebration feeling, or what the celebration feeling should be: joy. As the story gets bloodier, and Macbeth's ambition takes over, Macbeth kills Macduff's family; I chose the song //Heartless//, by Kanye West. Macbeth's ambition has taken the place of his heart, so now he is heartless. Lastly, where Lady Macbeth starts to go crazy from all the guilt in Act V, I picked two songs to portray this. The first song, //Bad Day//, by artist Daniel Powter, talks about not lying and letting everything out. Here, as Lady Macbeth talks her crazy talk, she is letting everything out subconsciously because she has done so much lying. The second song, representing the same scene (because I just couldn’t pick between the two), //In the Air Tonight//, expresses the paranoia "in the air", and the eerie ambiance.