Hope and desperation inspired Hong Kong’s ‘national anthem’, says incognito composer

City needed a protest song to unite it, says the anonymous writer behind the tune sweeping the barricades

The orchestra wear hard hats and gas masks, the choir emerges from a swirl of tear gas-like smoke, and as the music swells, cutaway shots show crowds thousands-strong marching through the streets of Hong Kong.

The video is for the song Glory to Hong Kong, which was written as a protester anthem but has become something even bigger for many residents - a kind of national anthem for a city that never had one.

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