Hanging in Victory Square (song)
| Matthew Bellamy Song | ||||
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| Name | Hanging in Victory Square | |||
| Album/single | George Orwell's 1984 | |||
| Length | 2:40 | |||
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| 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.
Live
The song was played for the first time in Abu Dhabi in 2024 as an intro to Time is Running Out.