Difference between revisions of "Leaving Hope"

Latest revision as of 00:38, 25 April 2023

Album:Still

Length:5:57

Versions:Leaving Hope

"Leaving Hope" is the final song of The Fragile era, closing off Still. The piece shares its name with Trent Reznor's former music publishing entity. A source for both uses of the name is potentially the film Pumpkinhead, which features a sign using the phrase. Reznor and company noted the influence of horror cinema on previous works, adding to the likeliness of this source.

In December 2005, Reznor granted a gratis license to an advertising agency to use the song in a public service announcement to promote a mental health hotline for those affected by Hurricane Katrina. The song was also used by Coil with Black Sun Productions on a track entitled "All This Has Always To Be Filmed. The Cameraman Has To Wear A Black Leather Coat." from the album The Plastic Spider Thing: Coil Remixed.

Appearances

Halos

And All That Could Have Been (Deluxe Edition CD; 2002)
Still (2002)

Versions

Leaving Hope

This is the only version available. It is a slow-paced, layered instrumental with an extended fadeout at the end. It uses a synthesizer pad built from samples of Reznor's voice, also utilized in "The Frail." It also features swarming tones that may be processed e-bow guitar, and the pre-outro has single harmonic guitar notes with a very hammered sound, as though the strings are being tapped with a drumstick or similar object.

Live

"Leaving Hope" has never been played live.

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 | album = ''[[Still]]''
 | length = 5:57
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 | versions = Leaving Hope
-| live = N/A
+| live = [[NIN songs never played live|Unperformed]]
-}}
+}}'''"Leaving Hope"''' is the final song of ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]]'' era, closing off ''[[Still]].'' The piece shares its name with [[Trent Reznor]]'s former music publishing entity. A source for both uses of the name is potentially the film ''Pumpkinhead'', which features a sign using the phrase. Reznor and company noted the influence of horror cinema on previous works, adding to the likeliness of this source.
-==About==
+In December 2005, Reznor granted a gratis license to an advertising agency to use the song in a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHXqbb8yVv4 public service announcement] to promote a mental health hotline for those affected by Hurricane Katrina. The song was also used by [[Coil]] with Black Sun Productions on a track entitled "All This Has Always To Be Filmed. The Cameraman Has To Wear A Black Leather Coat." from the album ''The Plastic Spider Thing: Coil Remixed''.
-"'''Leaving Hope'''" is the final song of ''[[The Fragile (halo)|The Fragile]]'' era, closing off ''[[Still]].'' It is a slow-paced layered instrumental with an extended fade-out at the end.
-In December 2005, [[Trent Reznor]] granted a gratis license to an advertising agency to use the song in a public service announcement to raise funds to restore and rebuild New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
-===Meaning===
-The song is speculated to be about [[NIN]]'s old label, [[TVT Records]]. "Leaving Hope" was NIN's name under TVT.[http://www.google.ca/search?q=%22leaving+hope+tvt]
 ===Song Credits===
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 ===Halos===
 *''[[And All That Could Have Been (halo)|And All That Could Have Been]]'' (Deluxe Edition CD; 2002)
-===Other===
 *''Still'' (2002)
 ==Versions==
 ===Leaving Hope===
-This is the only version available.
+This is the only version available. It is a slow-paced, layered [[:Category:NIN Instrumentals|instrumental]] with an extended fadeout at the end. It uses a synthesizer pad built from samples of Reznor's voice, also utilized in "[[The Frail]]." It also features swarming tones that may be processed e-bow guitar, and the pre-outro has single harmonic guitar notes with a very hammered sound, as though the strings are being tapped with a drumstick or similar object.
 ==Live==
-"Leaving Hope" has never been played live.
+"Leaving Hope" [[NIN songs never played live|has never been played live]].
 [[Category:NIN Songs]]
 [[Category:NIN Songs Never Played Live]]
+[[Category:NIN Instrumentals]]
+[[Category:Know The Score]]