As one of our assignments, the class was to "design and complete a project that fully reflects your understanding of Beowulf and/or the Anglo-Saxon society and demonstrates your engagement in higher level thought (evaluation, synthesis, analysis)." So Emily Wright, James Cox, Stephanie Driskill, and I got together, composed a song, compiled other songs along with it, and created a musical score. Anna Brawley provided us with original drawings that she put into a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. I'll try to get those drawings, as well as the song that was composed by our group, onto this site. But for now, here are the credits for the musical score:

Beowulf Musical Score

1. "Beowulf's Coming"
Pomp and Circumstance
Composed by Edward Elgar
Performed by Stephanie Driskill

2. "Grendel's Last Journey (to Herot)"
Veris leta facies (Privo Vere - Carmina Burana)
Composed by Carl Orff
Performed by the San Francisco Symphony Chorus and San Francisco Symphony (Conducted by Herbert Blomstedt)

3. "The Struggle (between Beowulf and Grendel)"
O Fortuna (Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi - Carmina Burana)
Composed by Carl Orff
Performed by the San Francisco Symphony Chorus and San Francisco Symphony (Conducted by Herbert Blomstedt)

4. "The Victory Feast"
Were diu werlt alle min (Uf dem Anger - Carmina Burana)
Composed by Carl Orff
Performed by the San Francisco Symphony Chorus and San Francisco Symphony (Conducted by Herbert Blomstedt)

5. "Mother's Revenge (Grendel's Mother Fleeing from Herot)"
Dance Paven
Composed by John Cacavas
Performed by Stephanie Driskill

6. "Underwater Struggle (between Beowulf and the Mother)"
Rhapsodie
Composed by Maxwell Eckstein
Performed by Thomas Choong

7. "Beowulf Emerges (after Defeating the Mother)"
Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah)
Composed by George Frederick Handel
Performed by the London Symphony Choir and the London Symphony Orchestra (conducted by John Alldis)

8. "Facing the Dragon (as Old Beowulf)"
Für Elise
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Thomas Choong

9. "Beowulf's Passing"
Death of Beowulf
Composed by Thomas Choong, James Cox, and Emily Wright
Performed by Thomas Choong

10. "Tower on the Sea"
Moonlight Sonata
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Thomas Choong