Hamlet Soundtrack Project

Hamlet Apocalypse

Alex's Song

Analysis

"you are my fire/my one desire" represent's Hamlet's need to inflict revenge upon Claudius.

"I want it that way" correlates to Hamlet's need to kill Claudius in a vengeful manner.

Lastly, the song repeats the same questions numerous times (ie. "tell me why/ it ain't nothing but a heartache?") which paralells Hamlet's attempt to restrain himself.

Ankeel's Song

Analysis

Specific Lyrics Analyzed

Won't listen to any advice

Momma's telling me I should think twice

But look into my own devices, I'm addicted it's a crisis

My friends think I've gone crazy

My judgments gettin' kinda hazy

My steeze is gonna be affected if I keep it up like a love sick crack head

(P.O.V.: Hamlet)

Hamlet neglects those around him.

His mother attempts to divert Hamlet’s attitudes.

Under Claudius' employment, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern learn of Hamlet’s true behavior and they fear he is becoming uncontrollable, and as Ke$ha mentioned, crazy.

The word “steeze” basically means skills and the ability to perform coherently.

When Ophelia was alive, Hamlet's vision of her was clouded by love, as his feelings for her were natural and not influenced by an external factor.

Manaswini's Songs

Analysis

"Apologize"

One Republic

I'm holding on your rope,

Got me ten feet off the ground

I'm hearin’ what you say but I just can't make a sound

You tell me that you need me

Then you go and cut me down, but wait

You tell me that you're sorry

Didn't think I'd turn around, and say...

It's too late to apologize, it's too late

I said it's too late to apologize, it's too late

Upon realizing that he is being spied on and Ophelia was only a distraction, Hamlet is prone to think that Ophelia is betraying him, although he really loves her. Ophelia had Hamlet floating in the clouds when they were in love ("got me ten feet off the ground").

Later, Ophelia tried to apologize under the radar so that her father doesn't detect it.

However, Hamlet refuses to accept her apology, similar to what the song is trying to convey. "It's too late to apologize" to Hamlet after betraying his trust and love.

Although Ophelia was forced to betray Hamlet, she still went "and cut me [him] down" by framing their conversation. In the end, she "didn't think I'd [Hamlet] turn around, and say... It's too late to apologize". This and her father's death eventually drives her insane, leading to her death, like the way the song dulls down and ends in repetition.

Analysis

"What Goes Around Comes Around"

Justin Timberlake

Don't want to think about it

Don't want to talk about it

I'm just so sick about it

Can't believe it's ending this way

Just so confused about it

Feeling the blues about it

....

What goes around, goes around, goes around

Comes all the way back around

What goes around, goes around, goes around

Comes all the way back around

What goes around, goes around, goes around

Comes all the way back around

What goes around, goes around, goes around

Comes all the way back around

Hamlet doesn't "want to think about it", referring to his uncle's crime of murdering Hamlet's father,

Hamlet is "just so confused about it [how to deal with his father's murder]". In the end, everyone gets what they deserve because "what goes around, goes around, goes around, comes all the way back around"

Claudius is killed due to his own plot of murdering Hamlet, Gertrude dies from poisoning,

The repetition of the song supports the idea of karma once again because it is viewed as a circular concept, occurring over and over again.

Also, "what goes around, goes around, goes around" until it is no longer expected to come "all the way back around", similar to the characters from Hamlet that were not expecting their fate.