jeff@dciem.UUCP (Jeff Richardson) (04/15/85)
> I'd really like to get the original soundtrack to the movie Bladerunner > done by Vangelis. I haven't been able to find this and all that > seems to be out is a "muzak" orchestrated version that is not up to the > original. Does anyone else have more info? I hate to disappoint all of you Vangelis/Bladerunner fans, but the original soundtrack of Bladerunner was never released on record, so don't waste your time looking for it. I remember reading a letter from the record company that said something to the effect that Vangelis was working on a lot of different things, and that he didn't feel that he could fit a Bladerunner album into his plans, nor could he fit the music in with any of his other projects. Commercially speaking, I think it was a very unwise decision, since it came hot on the heels of his "Chariots Of Fire" popularity, and as another soundtrack to a popular movie, Bladerunner would have been a logical and probably successful followup. Instead, somebody came up with the orchestrated version to try to cash in on Vangelis' popularity, since Vangelis chose not to cash in on it himself. Anyway, it's not a hopeless situation. I have an idea of how to get a recording of the original soundtrack, assuming you have a cassette deck. I'm not sure if it's legal, but since it's probably the only way to get the music, nobody should mind. All you have to do is rent a Beta Hi-Fi video recorder, assuming you don't already have one, and then rent a Beta Hi-Fi version of the movie. Then, hook the video recorder up to your audio tape deck, and record the music you like. It may be a difficult editing job, but the sound quality should come out better than if you had taped the record (if there was one). I'm thinking of trying out this idea on Pink Floyd's "The Wall", since no soundtrack record was ever released and many of the songs are very different from or do not appear on the Wall album. -- Jeff Richardson, DCIEM, Toronto (416) 635-2073 {linus,ihnp4,uw-beaver,floyd}!utcsrgv!dciem!jeff {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!dciem!jeff