Walt Disney Records has released a digital single for the new theme park attraction TRON Lightcycle / Run. The 2-track single features the ride’s music based on Daft Punk’s TRON: Legacy score, produced and arranged by Joseph Trapanese (The Greatest Showman, Shadow and Bone, Oblivion, Straight Outta Compton, The Witcher) who collaborated with the electronic music duo on their music from the 2010 feature and also composed the score for the animated series TRON: Uprising. Visit Amazon or any other major digital music services to stream/download the soundtrack and also listen to both tracks below.
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‘TRON: Legacy’ The Complete Edition Soundtrack Released
Walt Disney Records has released a new soundtrack album for the 2010 sci-fi movie TRON: Legacy directed by Joseph Kosinski and starring Garrett Hedlund, Jeff Bridges, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner, James Frain, Beau Garrett and Michael Sheen. The album features the film’s original music by Daft Punk, including the 22 tracks from the original soundtrack album, as well as all bonus tracks from the vinyl edition and the various digital special editions, some of which were only available for a limited time. The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also listen to audio clips.
Daft Punk to Compose Music for Dario Argento’s ‘Black Glasses’ (‘Occhiali Neri’)
Director Dario Argento (Suspiria, Inferno, Opera, Trauma) revealed in a recent interview with Repubblica (via The Film Stage) that the French electronic music duo Daft Punk are set to compose the music for his upcoming feature Black Glasses (Occhiali Neri). The movie will star Asia Argento and is being described as his return to crime films . No plot details have been announced yet. Argento also co-wrote the screenplay and Luciano Tovoli will serve as the director of photography, Daft Punk have made their scoring debut on 2010’s Tron: Legacy.
2012 Grammy Nominations Announced
The nominations for the 54th Grammy Awards have been announced. Here are the nominations in the film music related categories:
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
- Black Swan (Clint Mansell) – Sony Classical/Fox Music
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow – Part 2 (Alexandre Desplat) – WaterTower Music
- The King’s Speech (Alexandre Desplat) – Decca
- The Shrine (Ryan Shore) – Screamworks
- Tron Legacy (Daft Punk) – Walt Disney Records
‘Tron: Legacy Reconfigured’ Soundtrack announced
Walt Disney Records recently announced a new collection of remixes of Daft Punk’s orginal music from the movie Tron: Legacy. The album features 15 tracks of reworks of Daft Punk’s score from electronic music artists including Paul Oakenfold, The Crystal Method and Moby. The compilation will be released on April 5, 2011 and can be pre-ordered at Amazon. The original Tron: Legacy soundtrack album was one of the most successful soundtrack releases of recent times and the first score album to enter the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 charts since 2005’s Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith.
Weekly Film Music Roundup (December 17, 2011)
Three new movies are opening wide this weekend:
Tron: Legacy features a score by Daft Punk. Click here to check out our posting on the soundtrack album announcement. Variety published an article on how the music of the French Duo grew from a supporting player to a starring role over the course of the movie’s production. Also visit Dazed Digital for a lenghty article on Daft Punk scoring the movie.
Tron: Legacy Soundtrack details
Walt Disney Records will release soundtrack album for the upcoming sci-fi movie Tron: Legacy. The soundtrack set for a December 7 release will include the score for the movie by Daft Punk. The electronic duo assembled a symphony of eighty-five world-class musicians in London and recorded the orchestra at AIR Lyndhurst Studios. The movie about a virtual-world worker who looks to take down the Master Control Program stars Olivia Wilde, Garrett Hedlund, Jeff Bridges and Michael Sheen is coming out on December 17. A number of cues from the score can be heard on Disney’s official movie webpage. For more audio samples, also check out Walt Disney Studio Awards page and the soundtrack’s Facebook page. To watch the music video to Daft Punk’s Derezzed cue from the movie, check out this YouTube link. To listen to audio clips from every track on the album, visit Amazon UK. To pre-order the CD, click here.