“The Artilleryman Returns” is an unofficial but widely used name for the reappearance of the Artilleryman character in Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds. It corresponds directly to the beginning of the track “Brave New World” (Track 9 on the 1978 album). In this section, the Artilleryman—voiced by David Essex—reunites with the Journalist (Richard Burton) and outlines his grand plan to rebuild human civilization beneath the Earth’s surface.

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