Soundtrack

For Great Expectations:

We'll try to start off strong with this, having "Vesti la giubba" from the play "Pagliacci" by Leoncavallo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky271W94VHA

I believe it's about a clown who must hide his true unhappyness under his jovial clown's mask. This is much like how Pip must hide his feelings that he would be happier if Magwitch hadn't left him money from Magwitch-pretending to be grateful.

Next, comes "Seminole Wind" by John Anderson. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGoBQIhyFFM

This is similar to Pip earlier in the book, as he craved to be raised out of his poverty (searching for wealth), while leaving broken relationships (holes) behind him.

Weakening, comes "Good King Wenceslas" by the hymnwriter John Mason Neale (not an attempt at conversion, etc., etc.). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfKtrJ1GvOU

It's about a king (rich man=Magwitch) giving food (wealth) to a poor man (Pip).

Last, and the largest stretch, "Wanted Dead or Alive" by Bon Jovi. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oot0GtjQuxQ

Magwitch is an wanted man, and England is a place where the faces are cold to him, as they represent the possibility of being turned in. Also, though this only applies to it as the theme for "Deadliest Catch," he attempts to catch a boat (steel horse in context) to escape.