Curated from the 27 pieces of music included in the Golden Record on the 1977 Voyager spacecraft:

1. Track 5: Brandenburg Concerto by J. S. Bach
2. Track 8: Alima Song
3. Track 9: Australia Barnumbirr and Moikoi Song
4. Track 10: El Casabel
5. Track 11: Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry
6. Track 13: Sokaku-Reibo
7. Track 16: Chakrulo
8. Track 17: Roncadoras and Drums
9. Track 20: The Rite of Sprin
10. Track 22: Symphony No. 5 by Beethoven

My criteria for this top 10 selection was very similar to the original selection parameters: to be as inclusive as possible. The songs I have chosen reflect musical languages from most continents around the world, as well as universal languages such as mathematics. I also believe the first 4 tracks are the most important (which were not included as options for choosing the top 10) because it represents the land and evolution of it- something that was already there before humans were present. The existence of humans only takes up less than 1% of the Earth’s history, so it seems more appropriate that the land be represented. My top 10 choices of songs would probably look very different in the 21st century, but would still be selected from the same criteria.

Reflection: It was much harder than I thought completing this assignment. First, I started to summarize the movie on an online emoji keyboard, but it was missing some of the new emojis. The next challenge was coming up with a synopsis using only emojis… especially for a movie that portrays mostly internal struggles in a protagonist- so difficult to convey emotions!

Here is a quick little scenario game I created using Twine:

http://philome.la/jisoocomplains/bee-game/play