Richard Branson's Virgin Films, the production company bankrolling the movie, had wanted a commercially viable pop act to compose the music for this movie to increase its market potential. Originally, they approached David Bowie, who had used George Orwell's novel as inspiration for some songs on his 1974 album, "Diamond Dogs", but he demanded too much money for the job. They opted instead for Eurythmics, who had initially turned down the offer, but later accepted. Michael Radford was unaware of this plan, and had already hired Dominic Muldowney to compose the entirety of the score. Virgin Films exercised their right of final cut, and replaced most of Muldowney's score with the Eurythmics' score, for the theatrical release (some of Muldowney's score remained, particularly the state anthem, "Oceania, 'Tis for Thee"). Radford was displeased with this development, and retaliated by withdrawing this movie for consideration for BAFTA award for Best Picture. When the movie did win the Evening Standard award for Best Film of the Year, Radford used his acceptance speech at the nationally televised ceremony to denounce the Eurythmics' involvement. The Eurythmics released a statement that they were unaware of the dispute, and would not have accepted the commission if they had known it was done against Radford's consent. The Eurythmics' soundtrack was released as the album "1984 (For the Love of Big Brother)" in 1984; the complete Muldowney score was finally released as a limited-edition CD "Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Music of Oceania" in 1999, to commemorate this movie's 15th Anniversary. A 2003 DVD release featured the Muldowney score, but this version quickly went out of print. Later, both Blu-ray releases (Twilight Time and Criterion) offered the option of choosing between Eurythmics' and Muldowney's soundtracks. All releases of this movie have jointly credited The Eurythmics and Muldowney in the opening and closing credits.

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