"Love Crime" is a song by Siouxsie. Her first release in eight years,Kreps, Daniel. "Hear Siouxsie Sioux's Haunting Hannibal Finale Song Love Crime" . Rolling Stone. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015 it was featured in the finale of the TV series Hannibal, broadcast in August 2015.
Background Series creator Bryan Fuller, who had contacted her in November 2014,Prudom, Laura. "Hannibal' Final Postmortem Bryan Fueller" . Variety. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015 described the song (composed by Siouxsie with Brian Reitzell) as "epic".Seghers, Christine. "Hannibal unleashes the red dragon" . Ign.com. 11 July 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015 Reitzell had previously worked for Siouxsie in 2006 for the Marie Antoinette soundtrack when he re-orchestrated the introduction of Siouxsie and the Banshees's debut single "Hong Kong Garden" with strings players for Sofia Coppola's film.
On recording the song, Siouxsie has stated:
Releases Two different versions of the song were released. "Love Crime (Amuse-Bouche Version)" was made available for digital download on 4 December 2015.
The song became available for streaming in 2022.
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