# Murder in the Skies guitar solo > The guitar solo on Murder in the Skies by Gary Moore (1983) starts at about 4:05. From the album Victims of the Future. A hard rock classic from the 1980s. Canonical URL: Gary Moore, 1983, from *Victims of the Future*. Solo by *Gary Moore*. A furious protest over the downing of flight KAL 007, powered by Moore's aggressive, whammy-laced shred. It shows how fast and fierce he could be in his metal era. Murder in the Skies by Gary Moore is #9 in our ranking of the best Gary Moore guitar solos. The solo is played by Gary Moore and the song was released in 1983. ## In our lists - [The Best Gary Moore Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/gary-moore-guitar-solos/) — #9 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Murder in the Skies? Gary Moore played the solo on Gary Moore's Murder in the Skies (1983). --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)