A2 Music Technology Coursework 2015 – 16

You are required to produce a sequenced integrated realisation using one of the recordings listed below as your stimulus. You must include all vocals, instrumental parts and production features.

This is predominantly an aural task, and no score has been included. You may work from a score if you wish, but be aware that scores of rock and pop songs are often incomplete or inaccurate. (Read The Full Task 3A Instructions)

Stimuli:

• Monument (The Inevitable End version) (Röyksopp feat. Robyn) from the CD The Inevitable End, Dog Triumph/Wall Of Sound – DOG013CD
• Limbo (Sin Cos Tan) from the CD Afterlife, Solina – SOL-030

Task 3A: Resources and Guides

Please note: These resources are for guidance only and will in no way violate the Edexcel rules regarding controlled conditions.

Make a recording of a piece of music of your own choice in a style relating to Area of Study 3: The Development of Technology-based Music.

You must record a piece of music that has been made available for general release, or an accepted rock, pop or jazz standard. It must not be an original student composition. (Read The Full Task 3B Instructions)

Choose ONE of the following briefs, and compose an original piece as instructed. The composition must contain at least SIX separate vocal/instrumental/sample based parts. (Read The Full Task 3C Instructions)

Task 3C: Resources and Guides

Here you will find a range of resources to help you complete this piece of coursework.

Please note: These resources are for guidance only and will in no way violate the Edexcel rules regarding controlled conditions.

COMPOSITION BRIEF 1 – PROJECT: Horizon by Kirill Kripak/Scope Entertainment

You have been commissioned to compose the music for this video. Your composition should reflect the action, emotions and pace of the film, and be timed to accurately sync with the scenes and images. You must use the movie file located on the Edexcel website and not any other version:

Download Project Movie File

To locate the movie file, copy and paste or type this link into the address bar on your internet browser.

You must not sample audio from any version of the movie.

Your composition must be THREE MINUTES long.

COMPOSITION BRIEF 2 – The City Planners

Create a composition using the extract taken from The City Planners by Margaret Atwood. The meaning of the text must be reflected in the music. Your composition may take the form of a song (which must include recorded vocals), or a piece of contemporary music using audio samples created from recorded extracts of the text. You may adapt or re-order the words.

Your composition must be THREE MINUTES long.

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COMPOSITION BRIEF 3 – Space

In 1969, Apollo 11 became the first manned space flight to land on The Moon, marking a major achievement in space exploration and scientific discovery. The programmes of discovery and exploration have changed over the years, but still continue with missions such as the European Space Agency’s Rosetta, which last year landed a module on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

Create an original composition that makes use of a minimum of SIX samples of words, phrases or sounds that represent space exploration.

Your composition must be THREE MINUTES long.

You may use one or more of the following themes:

• Communication between astronauts and control centres
• Recorded sound of rockets or shuttles at take-off
• Interviews and discussions about space exploration from TV/radio
• The ‘sounds of space’ as generated by converting electromagnetic waves found in space into audio

Below you will find a range of resources to help you complete the logbook. The logbook, declaration and all three pieces of coursework must arrive with the examiner no later than 15th May. (Download The Logbook)