Joan of Arc in Music

Joan of Arc is represented numerous ways in ‘high’ art and poular culture. Filmmakers and song writers have long recognized the complex associations Joan’s image provokes. For filmmakers, Joan’s story has been a structural paradigm for a successful screenplay, and Joan’s is the most frequently represented story of any woman. The heroics, drama, suspense and conflict of Joan’s life and death translate magically on the screen.

These are samples of the songs:

Country Girl – Texyclectics

You Better Wait – Steve Perry

Joan of Arc – Jennifer Warnes and Leonard Cohen