These tracks come as welcome relief from the tension Daft Punk ratchets up on almost every other piece, particularly "Rectifier" and "C.L.U." Encompassing the past, present, and future of sci-fi scores, Tron: Legacy feels like it grew and mutated from its origins the same way the film's world did. It's not until the score's second half that the duo's more typical sound emerges on "Derezzed"'s filter-disco and on "End of the Line," where witty 8-bit sounds evoke '80s video games. However, for most of Tron: Legacy, they're concerned with pushing boundaries. Daft Punk get in a few clever nods to Wendy Carlos' Tron score, from "The Grid"'s blobby analog synth tones to "Adagio for Tron"'s mournful sense of lost wonder. Elsewhere, "Recognizer"'s pulsing horns and synths and "The Son of Flynn"'s arpeggios and strings are so tightly knit that they finish each others' phrases. "The Game Has Changed" may be the most dramatic example: It starts with a wistful wisp of melody that sounds like a ghost in the machine, then swells of strings and brass and buzzsaw electronics submerge but never quite overtake it. Tron: Legacy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album to the 2010 film of the same name, released by Walt Disney Records on December 3, 2010. Working with the London Orchestra, Bangalter and de Homem-Christo fuse electronic and orchestral motifs seamlessly and strikingly. Tron: Legacy's legitimacy as a score may surprise listeners unaware of Bangalter's fine work on 2003's Irreversible while that score actually hews closer to Daft Punk's sound, it showed his potential for crafting music beyond the duo's usual scope. However, Tron: Legacy takes a much darker, more serious approach than the original film and Daft Punk follows suit, delivering soaring and ominous pieces that sound more like modern classical music than any laser tag-meets-roller disco fantasies fans may have had. It is the only film score by French music duo Daft Punk. When it was announced that the duo would score the sequel to one of sci-fi's most visionary movies, it seemed like the perfect fit: Their sleek, neon-tipped, playful aesthetic springs from their love of late-'70s and early-'80s pop culture artifacts like Tron. Tron: Legacy is the soundtrack album to the 2010 film of the same name, released by Walt Disney Records on December 3, 2010. You can also watch the film now on Disney+."The Game Has Changed" is the name of one of the tracks on Daft Punk's score to Tron: Legacy, and it also fits Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo's music for the film. In the meantime, you can check out the soundtrack of TRON: Legacy on Spotify and Apple Music. Until we get some official updates, all we can really do is guess. Admittedly, a lot of people are starting to look back at TRON fondly, and though the CG-Jeff Bridges is still uncanny, the rest of the film still looks fantastic, and the world of the Grid is always something that fans thought was worth exploring.įor now, fans are hoping that Daft Punk would come back for the third TRON film, and word has it that Disney also wants the duo to come back and provide the score. Like I said, TRON: Legacy was poorly received when it came out initially, but the soundtrack from Daft Punk had always been one of the highlights of the film, even earning a Grammy nomination. 1 Overture 2:27 2 The Grid 1:36 3 The Son of Flynn 1:35 4 Recognizer 2:37 5 Armory 2:02 6 Arena 1:33 7 Rinzler 2:17 8 The Game Has.Genres: Film Score, Electronic Orchestral, Ele.
Daft Punks score was arranged and orchestrated by Joseph Trapanese, who stated he is a fan of Daft Punk as a duo and as solo artists. Kosinski stated that the score is intended to be a mixture of orchestral and electronic music. The release was said to be done to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of TRON: Legacy, and though the other tracks had been available in other forms, this will be the first time that all of them will be gathers in ‘the same place.’ The score of Tron: Legacy features an 85-piece orchestra, recorded at AIR Lyndhurst Studios in London.
With a third TRON movie set to come out with Jared Leto onboard, Daft Punk has decided to release a ‘Complete Edition’ of the TRON soundtrack just in time for Christmas.Īccording to Polygon, this ‘Complete Edition’ of the TRON soundtrack will have the full original score plus five additional tracks. Though TRON: Legacy may not be a perfect film, a lot of people agree that the soundtrack from Daft Punk is probably one of the best things about the movie.