Difference between revisions of "Hanging in Victory Square (song)"
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In 2024, Matt collaborated with composer Ilan Eshkeri to create the score for the Amazon Audable audiobook adaptation of George Orwell's [[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]. The score includes reworkings of both Uprising and Resistance as well as original material. | In 2024, Matt collaborated with composer Ilan Eshkeri to create the score for the Amazon Audable audiobook adaptation of George Orwell's [[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]. The score includes reworkings of both Uprising and Resistance as well as original material. | ||
The title makes reference to the public hangings in "Victory Square" where Thought Criminals are humiliated in public and then hanged, in the Audible Score, that scene opens the book. | The title makes reference to the public hangings in "Victory Square" where Thought Criminals are humiliated in public and then hanged, in the Audible Score, that scene opens the book: | ||
''–They do get so noisy– she said. –They’re disappointed because they couldn’t go to see the hanging, that’s what it is. I’m too busy to take them. and Tom won’t be back from work in time. | |||
–Why can’t we go and see the hanging?– roared the boy in his huge voice. | |||
–Want to see the hanging! Want to see the hanging!– chanted the little girl, still capering round. Some Eurasian prisoners, guilty of war crimes, were to be hanged in the Park that evening, Winston remembered. This happened about once a month, and was a popular spectacle.'' '''― George Orwell, 1984''' | |||
== Live == | == Live == | ||
Latest revision as of 02:02, 20 December 2024
| Matthew Bellamy Song | ||||
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| Name | Hanging in Victory Square | |||
| Album/single | George Orwell's 1984 | |||
| Length | 2:40 | |||
| Alternative titles | ||||
| First live performance | 2024-12-08 | |||
| Latest live performance | - | |||
| Recorded | 2024 | |||
| Writer/composer | Matthew Bellamy, Ilan Eshkeri | |||
| Producer | Matthew Bellamy, Ilan Eshkeri | |||
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Information
In 2024, Matt collaborated with composer Ilan Eshkeri to create the score for the Amazon Audable audiobook adaptation of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. The score includes reworkings of both Uprising and Resistance as well as original material.
The title makes reference to the public hangings in "Victory Square" where Thought Criminals are humiliated in public and then hanged, in the Audible Score, that scene opens the book:
–They do get so noisy– she said. –They’re disappointed because they couldn’t go to see the hanging, that’s what it is. I’m too busy to take them. and Tom won’t be back from work in time.
–Why can’t we go and see the hanging?– roared the boy in his huge voice.
–Want to see the hanging! Want to see the hanging!– chanted the little girl, still capering round. Some Eurasian prisoners, guilty of war crimes, were to be hanged in the Park that evening, Winston remembered. This happened about once a month, and was a popular spectacle. ― George Orwell, 1984
Live
The song was played for the first time in Abu Dhabi in 2024 as an intro to Time is Running Out.