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Leaving Hope

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Album:Still
Length:5:57
Tempo:66 BPM
Versions:Leaving Hope
Live:Unperformed

"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 sampled by Coil with Black Sun Productions on a remix 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.

Contents

  • 1 Song Credits
  • 2 Appearances
    • 2.1 Halos
  • 3 Versions
    • 3.1 Leaving Hope
  • 4 Live

Song Credits

  • Performance: Trent Reznor
  • Mix engineering: Alan Moulder
  • Engineering: Alan Moulder
  • Second engineering: Leo Herrera
  • Programming: Keith Hillebrandt

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."

Live

"Leaving Hope" has never been played live.

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Last edited on 28 November 2020, at 06:39
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