TRON: Legacy is the soundtrack album for the 2010 film TRON: Legacy composed by French duo Daft Punk. The album was released on December 7, 2010. It is the first film score released by Daft Punk.
Background
Tron: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski and music supervisor Jason Bentley approached Daft Punk and requested that the duo compose the film score.[1][2] When asked why he wished to work with the duo, Kosinski replied, "How could you not at least go to those guys?"[2] The score features an 85-piece orchestra, recorded at AIR Lyndhurst Studios in London.[3] Kosinski referred to the score as being a mixture of orchestral and electronic elements.[2] Daft Punk's score was arranged and orchestrated by Joseph Trapanese.[4] Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk had previously produced the Irréversible soundtrack and served as sound effects director for the film Enter the Void.
Commenting on the Tron: Legacy score, Bangalter noted that "We knew from the start that there was no way we were going to do this film score with two synthesizers and a drum machine.” Daft Punk cited Max Steiner, Bernard Herrmann, John Carpenter, Vangelis and Maurice Jarre as inspiration for the soundtrack. Guy-Manuel de Homem Christo also stated that the original TRON film was a strong influence on him as a child. "Maybe I only saw it two or three times in my entire life, but the feel of it is strong even now, that I think the imprint of the first [film] will not be erased by the new one. It has a real visionary quality to it.[5]
The first theatrical trailer for TRON: Legacy featured the track "The Game Has Changed". A "special presentation" trailer featuring Daft Punk and their track "Derezzed" was released online on October 26, 2010.[6] A deluxe edition of the album will be released that includes a poster of the duo from the film.[7] As a pre-order bonus for the album on the iTunes Store, "Derezzed" was released as a promotional single on November 9, 2010. The iTunes release of the album includes two bonus tracks: "Father and Son" and "Outlands, Pt. II".[8]
OST Track listing
- Overture (2:28)
- The Grid (1:36)
- The Son of Flynn (1:35)
- Recognizer (2:37)
- Armory (2:02)
- Arena (1:33)
- Rinzler (2:17)
- The Game has Changed (3:25)
- Outlands (2:24)
- Adagio for TRON (4:11)
- Nocturne (1:41)
- End of Line (2:36)
- Derezzed (1:44)
- Fall (1:22)
- Solar Sailer (2:24)
- Rectifier (2:14)
- Disc Wars (4:11)
- C.L.U (4:39)
- Arrival (2:00)
- Flynn Lives (3:22)
- TRON: Legacy (End Titles) (3:17)
- Finale (4:22)
Daft Punk Special Edition disc
- Encom, Part I (3:53)
- Encom, Part II (2:18)
- Round One (1:40)
- Castor (2:19)
- Reflections (2:42)
iTunes bonus tracks
- Father and Son (3:12)
- Outlands, Part II (2:53)
Amazon MP3 bonus track
- Sea of Simulation (2:41)
Nokia Ovi bonus track
- Sunrise Prelude (2:50)
Complete Soundtrack
The complete film score for TRON: Legacy is broken up over several special editions, and a couple songs featured in the film were not released on any form of the soundtrack. Below is a listing combining all songs, released and unreleased, in the order in which they appear in the film.
- Overture
- The Grid
- The Son of Flynn
- Encom, Part I
- Encom, Part II
- Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) (Journey, "Frontiers", 1983)
- Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (Eurythmics, "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), 1983)
- Recognizer
- Armory
- Arena
- Round One
- Rinzler
- The Game has Changed
- Adagio for TRON
- Nocturne
- Reflections
- Outlands, Part II
- End of Line
- Castor
- Derezzed
- Fall
- Sea of Simulation
- Rectifier
- Disc Wars
- C.L.U.
- Arrival
- Flynn Lives
- Father and Son
- Sunrise Prelude
- TRON Legacy (End Titles)
- Solar Sailer
- FInale
References
- ↑ KCRW and Disney to host preview of Daft Punk's 'Tron: Legacy' score on Saturday latimes.com. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 'Tron Legacy' Panel Report, Fresh From San Diego Comic-Con. MTV.com (July 23, 2009). Retrieved on July 29, 2009.
- ↑ Tron: Legacy | Music. waltdisneystudiosawards.com. Retrieved November 19, 2010.
- ↑ Daft Punk’s Classical Meets Cyberpunk Approach to “Tron: Legacy” culturemob.com. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
- ↑ Daft Punk tell all about Tron: Legacy on Factmag.com
- ↑ Teaser trailer with "Derezzed" by Daft Punk (October 26, 2010). Retrieved on October 26, 2010.
- ↑ Official website of Tron Legacy's soundtrack. Retrieved September 27, 2010.
- ↑ TRON: Legacy by Daft Punk - Preorder TRON: Legacy on iTunes. Retrieved on November 19, 2010.