Muse‘s Matt Bellamy has announced that he has scored a new audiobook of 1984 – starring Andrew Garfield.George Orwell’s famed dystopian novel 1984 will be getting a new dramatization as an Audible original.
The audiobook narration will be done by actors Garfield, Cynthia Ervio, Andrew Scott and Tom Hardy. It is set to be released on April 4 and is available for pre-order here.Bellamy took to his official X/Twitter page to tweet about the new dramatisation of the novel and shared that he and award-winning British composer, Ilan Henry Eshkeri created the audiobook’s original score.“Original music score by myself and @ilaneshkeri and recorded with the one and only London Metropolitan Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios,” read his tweet.Original music score by myself and @ilaneshkeri and recorded with the one and only London Metropolitan Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios.
You can pre-order now! #1984xAudible https://t.co/LFQ25UU55U— Matt Bellamy (@MattBellamy) January 9, 2024This is not the first time Bellamy has mentioned has interacted with Orwell’s novel.
Back in 2009, Muse cited the book as a major influence for the creating of their fifth album ‘The Resistance’.Speaking to Radio 1’s Zane Lowe at the time (via BBC), Bellamy shared how he reread the book shortly before writing the band’s new material and said: “When I read it this time I was much more taken with the love story.”He continued: “I read once in school about 15 years ago it was all about the politics.
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