Disney announced at the studio’s presentation at D23 today that Nine Inch Nails will compose the music for the upcoming sci-fi sequel Tron: Ares. The film is directed by Joachim Rønning (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil) and stars Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Jodie Turner-Smith, Hasan Minhaj, Arturo Castro, Cameron Monaghan and Gillian Anderson. The follow-up to Disney’s 1982 classic Tron (scored by Wendy Carlos) and 2010’s Tron: Legacy (scored by Daft Punk) follows a highly sophisticated Program, Ares, who is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind’s first encounter with A.I. beings.
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Music from Magic Kingdom Park’s ‘TRON Lightcycle / Run’ Released
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.
‘Tron: Uprising’ Soundtrack Announced
Walt Disney Records will release a soundtrack album for the animated series Tron: Uprising. The album features selections from the show’s original score composed by Joseph Trapanese (The Raid) who previously collaborated with Daft Punk on their score for Tron: Legacy. The soundtrack will be released digitally on January 8, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Tron: Uprising is created by Steven Lisberger & Bonnie MacBird and features the voice talent of Elijah Wood, Bruce Boxleitner, Lance Henriksen, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Mandy Moore, Paul Reubens, Nate Corddry and Reginald VelJohnson. The show is set between the feature versions of Tron and Tron: Legacy. The first season of 18 episodes premiered on Disney XD this past summer.