tom@oasys.UUCP (12/27/85)
Does anyone know who did the music for Blade Runner,the lable,etc.?
hsu@eneevax.UUCP (Dave Hsu) (12/27/85)
In article <168@oasys.UUCP> tom@oasys.UUCP writes: >Does anyone know who did the music for Blade Runner,the lable,etc.? The Blade Runner soundtrack was composed by Vangelis. As far as I know, the only available recording was done by some completely different person with an orchestral arrangement (a la not-quite-soundtrack John Williams), but it's been some time since I've seen this album. If only they'd release the original soundtrack recording.... -dave -- David Hsu Communication & Signal Processing Lab, EE Department <disclaimer> University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 hsu@eneevax.umd.edu {seismo,allegra}!umcp-cs!eneevax!hsu CF522@UMDD.BITNET And then there were none.
marcos@sdchema.UUCP (David A. Pearlman) (12/28/85)
In article <168@oasys.UUCP>, tom@oasys.UUCP writes: > Does anyone know who did the music for Blade Runner,the lable,etc.? Vangelis wrote the music for Blade Runner (and I think performed it, though I'm not sure--I never saw it :-( ). At any rate, he did not want the soundtrack released--something about the music being too similar to "Chariots of Fire", not an artistic step forward, or something like that. SO...Warner's Brother (:-)) decided he'd put out some schlocky cover version of the music, since obviously there would be lots o' folk who wanted the soundtrack. The resulting album is as close as you're gonna get to a soundtrack (and I think it's still in print...sorry, I don't actually remember who made the recording, but it is on Warner Brothers, and any large record store -- e.g. Tower -- should have a copy). David ("Dr. DAP") Pearlman "And all this science, I don't understand...It's just my job five days a week..." -- Elton John
page@ulowell.UUCP (Bob Page) (12/30/85)
In article <521@sdchema.sdchema.UUCP> David A. Pearlman writes: >Vangelis ... did not >want the soundtrack released ... > ...Warner's Brother (:-)) decided he'd put out some schlocky >cover version of the music ... The original Vangelis version was released in France. I have seen it at a friend's house on cassette, which he said was the only way he could find it. ..Bob
hankb@teklds.UUCP (Hank Buurman) (01/01/86)
In article <168@oasys.UUCP> tom@oasys.UUCP writes: >Does anyone know who did the music for Blade Runner,the lable,etc.? Vangelis. Hank Buurman Tektronix Inc. ihnp4!tektronix!dadlac!hankb -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-Beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die." -- Roy Baty, N6MAA10816, Nexus6, Combat Model -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
hankb@teklds.UUCP (Hank Buurman) (01/01/86)
In article <1459@teklds.UUCP> hankb@teklds.UUCP (Hank Buurman) writes: >In article <168@oasys.UUCP> tom@oasys.UUCP writes: >>Does anyone know who did the music for Blade Runner,the lable,etc.? > > Vangelis. > > Hank Buurman Tektronix Inc. ihnp4!tektronix!dadlac!hankb > -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ > "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire > off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-Beams glitter in the dark near > the Tanhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears > in rain. Time to die." -- Roy Baty, N6MAA10816, Nexus6, Combat Model > -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ > Since this question has generated so much interest, I thought I would provide a few more facts than in my previous posting. I have in front of me MY copy of the lp "Blade Runner". The cover states "Orchestral Adaptation of Music Composed for the Motion Picture by Vangelis. Performed by The New American Orchestra, Jack Elliot, Musical Director." It's available from Warner Brothers, and far from being `schlocky', as some netter put it, it is in some ways even more haunting and beautiful than the original soundtrack. I love it. Hank Buurman Tektronix Inc. ihnp4!tektronix!dadlac!hankb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Firey, the angels fell. Deep thunder rolled 'round the shores, burning with the fires of Orc." -- Roy Baty, Nexus 6, Combat Model, N6MAA10816 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
bright@dataioDataio.UUCP (Walter Bright) (01/03/86)
In article <168@oasys.UUCP> tom@oasys.UUCP writes: >Does anyone know who did the music for Blade Runner,the lable,etc.? Vangelis. But the record was done by someone else... Seems that for some peculiar reason Vangelis didn't want to be on the record.