Year 10 - Unit 1: Listening to and Appraising Music

Popular Music of the 20th and 21st Centuries

The following pieces are some more examples that could be used as starting points to give you an insight into the way composers have used the Areas of Study.

Blues

Robert Johnson 'Come on in my kitchen'

BB King 'You upset me baby'

Eric Clapton 'Sunshine of your love'

Rock Music, R 'n'B, Hip-Hop

Led Zeppelin 'Stairway to heaven'

Kanye West 'Gold Digger'

Rihanna 'Take A Bow'

Film Music

John Williams 'Star Wars'

Dario Marianelli 'Atonement'

Hans Zimmer 'Gladiator'

Music Theatre

Wicked 'Defying Gravity'

Oliver! 'I'm reviewing the situation'

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 'Any dream will do'