Is the 'New American Orchestra' rendition worth picking up?
Not really. The magic of the soundtrack is pretty much the Vangelis synth sound, which that recording is utterly lacking.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 14:30 (twelve years ago) link
god so beautiful
i like that theo parrish record that samples the new american orchestra version
― corpse pose (missingNO), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
@the girl from spirea x (f. hazel) - thanks.
― sam500, Thursday, 2 June 2011 02:26 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXFqPzAFv8o
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 23:31 (ten years ago) link
Oh damn, this is an ILM thread.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 23:32 (ten years ago) link
haha. the music is inextricable from the movie tho so it's all good. my fav soundtrack ever. :)
i would like to dl the esper edition sometime but i am really torrent-illiterate. i'll figure it out eventually.
― dyl, Thursday, 17 October 2013 00:03 (ten years ago) link
here you go! grab it while you can as 'they' keep taking it down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbDOl1QHerE
― piscesx, Thursday, 17 October 2013 00:40 (ten years ago) link
Funny that this reboot and teh star wars both have a theme of "we found harrison ford and its 20 years later! "
― Dean of the University (Latham Green), Monday, 17 July 2017 16:47 (six years ago) link
Coffee shop was playing the cut from the soundtrack with Demis Roussos's voice today. Nice way to begin the morning.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 17 July 2017 17:14 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7FhEpif1cA
― Dean of the University (Latham Green), Thursday, 20 July 2017 20:21 (six years ago) link
My all-time favorite soundtrack. None of the officially released versions satisfy, though, so I found the 3 disc "EMS Recombination" version. It picks up all the random bits from the film and then some!
Details here:http://www.vangelis-rarities.com/index.php?methode=methode1&id=191
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 21 July 2017 02:09 (six years ago) link
Well, have spent a lot of fruitless time trying to find a way to download that :(
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Friday, 21 July 2017 04:06 (six years ago) link
It's all over slsk.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 21 July 2017 04:14 (six years ago) link
all those hours will be like tears in rain
― Dean of the University (Latham Green), Monday, 24 July 2017 17:33 (six years ago) link
The sound design of 'Blade Runner' shaped me as much as the soundtrack--and both were pivotal for 14-year-old-me, circa 1994 and the 'Director's Cut'. And the film and the sound have stuck with me over all these years. Discovering the sound-design-focused bootleg 'Los Angeles, November 2019' some years back, I've wanted to make a mix that treated those sounds as field recordings, to pair with contemporary music that felt like it came from the world of 'Blade Runner' as much as our own world. Now here we are in 2019--and our world is quickly tilting toward 'Blade Runner's, minus the flying cars. But the isolation-in-a-crowd, the paranoiac uncertainty about the meaning of “real,” and oligarchic dehumanization of the oppressed feel intimately familiar. And I realized a lot of my favorite music from this year sounds exactly like what music would sound like in that nocturnal Los Angeles.
So I've put together 'Like Tears, In Rain' as a tribute to today's music and the beautiful squalor of 'Blade Runner':
https://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/musicophilia_00_various_-_like-tears-in-rain_2019_cover.jpg
Various – ‘Like Tears, In Rain’ (2019)[Music in the World of ‘Blade Runner’]I. Chinatown[00:00] Elucid – “A Great Many Wishes” (‘Every Egg I Cracked Today’, 2019)[02:30] Hildur Gudnadottir– “Gallery” (‘Chernobyl’, 2019)II. Police Headquarters[04:50] Debby Friday– “Indulge Me” (‘Bitchpunk’, 2019)III. Tyrell Corporation[08:15] Yosuke Tokunaga – “Cabinet” (‘8 Furnitures’, 2019)[10:50] Tim Hecker – “Step Away From Konoyo” (‘Anoyo’, 2019)IV. Apartment 9732[15:15] Yatta – “Francis” (‘Wahala’, 2019)[19:35] Thom Yorke – “Dawn Chorus” (‘Anima’, 2019)V. Downtown[25:15] Burial – “State Forest” (‘Claustro’ EP, 2019)[30:35] These New Puritans – “A-R-P” (‘Inside The Rose’, 2019)VI. Animoid Row[36:45] Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah – “I Own The Night” (‘Ancestral Recall’, 2019)VII. DNA Row[42:20] Andrew Wasylyk – “Through The Field Beyond the Trees” (‘The Paralian’, 2019)[43:50] Nelson Bandela – “Balance 101” (‘Fantastic’, 2019)VIII. Apartment 9732[45:30] Sequoyah Murray – “I Wonder” (‘Before You Begin’, 2019)[49:30] Charles Hayward – “Watching You” (‘Begin Anywhere’, 2019)IX. Downtown[53:00] Country Florist – “Outlastr” (‘Outlastr’ EP, 2019)X. The Bradbury[57:05] Lealani – “The Mountain” (‘Fantastic Planet’, 2019)[60:25] Clipping – “Nothing Is Safe” (‘There Existed an Addiction to Blood’, 2019)[65:25] Fran & Flora – “Doina I” (‘Unfurl’, 2019)[Total Time: 71:00]
[Music in the World of ‘Blade Runner’]
I. Chinatown[00:00] Elucid – “A Great Many Wishes” (‘Every Egg I Cracked Today’, 2019)[02:30] Hildur Gudnadottir– “Gallery” (‘Chernobyl’, 2019)
II. Police Headquarters[04:50] Debby Friday– “Indulge Me” (‘Bitchpunk’, 2019)
III. Tyrell Corporation[08:15] Yosuke Tokunaga – “Cabinet” (‘8 Furnitures’, 2019)[10:50] Tim Hecker – “Step Away From Konoyo” (‘Anoyo’, 2019)
IV. Apartment 9732[15:15] Yatta – “Francis” (‘Wahala’, 2019)[19:35] Thom Yorke – “Dawn Chorus” (‘Anima’, 2019)
V. Downtown[25:15] Burial – “State Forest” (‘Claustro’ EP, 2019)[30:35] These New Puritans – “A-R-P” (‘Inside The Rose’, 2019)
VI. Animoid Row[36:45] Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah – “I Own The Night” (‘Ancestral Recall’, 2019)
VII. DNA Row[42:20] Andrew Wasylyk – “Through The Field Beyond the Trees” (‘The Paralian’, 2019)[43:50] Nelson Bandela – “Balance 101” (‘Fantastic’, 2019)
VIII. Apartment 9732[45:30] Sequoyah Murray – “I Wonder” (‘Before You Begin’, 2019)[49:30] Charles Hayward – “Watching You” (‘Begin Anywhere’, 2019)
IX. Downtown[53:00] Country Florist – “Outlastr” (‘Outlastr’ EP, 2019)
X. The Bradbury[57:05] Lealani – “The Mountain” (‘Fantastic Planet’, 2019)[60:25] Clipping – “Nothing Is Safe” (‘There Existed an Addiction to Blood’, 2019)[65:25] Fran & Flora – “Doina I” (‘Unfurl’, 2019)
[Total Time: 71:00]
If you're curious, stream or download here: https://musicophilia.wordpress.com/2019/09/28/blade-runner-like-tears/
― Soundslike, Saturday, 28 September 2019 20:17 (four years ago) link
wow, thanks!
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 28 September 2019 20:23 (four years ago) link
Will listenIf it were my mix I would sub out thom yorke for some hke or dream catalogue stuff
― calstars, Saturday, 28 September 2019 20:38 (four years ago) link
I'm not huge on solo Thom Yorke, but that particular track just fit irrefutably, to my ears, so I had to include it (given especially I'm drawing entirely from 2019 music). . .
― Soundslike, Saturday, 28 September 2019 20:40 (four years ago) link
A dodgy fileshare link to 'Los Angeles, November 2019' is here, btw - http://download-soundtracks.com/movie_soundtracks/blade-runner-los-angeles-november-2019-soundtrack-by-vangelis/
(mentioned at the top of this thread)
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 28 September 2019 20:48 (four years ago) link
Well, that certainly puts my half-hearted attempt at a Blade Runner-themed playlist from a few years back to shame!
I think I went at it from a different angle and had a few Kuedo tracks that were indebted to Vangelis’ original end credits and a fair amount of Dream Catalogue material
― mh, Saturday, 28 September 2019 21:03 (four years ago) link
Two mentions of Dream Catalogue as related to Blade Runner, never heard of it/them, so will have to investigate.
I think the key for me for this mix was thinking of music that seemed like it could come from the world of Blade Runner, not necessarily music that was especially influenced by 'Blade Runner'. Probably a high degree of overlap in truth, but allowed me to escape the shadow of Vangelis somewhat, while still honoring what he created.
― Soundslike, Sunday, 29 September 2019 00:23 (four years ago) link
Yeah, hke has said that the BR soundtrack played a part in the creation of DC. “Why doesn’t anyone make music like this anymore” or something to that effect
― calstars, Sunday, 29 September 2019 00:28 (four years ago) link
Amazing, thank you
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Sunday, 29 September 2019 02:30 (four years ago) link
Kuedo's Severance was I think entirely indebted to blending footwork with Bladerunner and one of my favorite records of this soon to be ending decade.
Dream Catalogue I'm familiar with only from 2814, but it appears to be one of the only remaining vaporwave labels with any consistency and credibility. They basically churn out "Bladerunner" style vaporwave music!
― octobeard, Monday, 30 September 2019 21:28 (four years ago) link
DC is not the only “consistent, credible” v wave label around. There’s Geometric Lullaby, My pet Flamingo, pure life, global pattern, virtual dream plaza, BLCR, the Infiniti pool, DMT Tapes FL, just to name a few
― calstars, Monday, 30 September 2019 22:25 (four years ago) link
BTW, looks like a lossless version based on a hypercomplete 'Esper' edition of recent years is here, though with selections of its own. Assuming the quality's any good -- I'm downloading it now -- this could be it:
http://download-soundtracks.com/movie_soundtracks/blade-runner-soundtrack-complete-by-vangelis/
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 5 October 2019 05:13 (four years ago) link
thanks ned
― calstars, Saturday, 5 October 2019 13:48 (four years ago) link
Thanks, Ned! Lots of cues I've never heard compiled til now.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Sunday, 6 October 2019 08:08 (four years ago) link
My gosh, Ned, that version is even more "complete" than the thirty-something track version on the 'Esper Edition' bootleg from a few years back. Thanks!
― Soundslike, Sunday, 6 October 2019 22:25 (four years ago) link
Yeah, it's remarkable. At this point I'm assuming we'll never quite get it better than this.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 7 October 2019 04:45 (four years ago) link
so…the 2007 25th anniversary set is flawed? I have the 1994 set via Picture disk, but there's so much else I recall that's not on there, and I think the 1994 set is what's on the streamers? Somebody tell me if I should or shouldn't get the 2007 version… I have the scarface release from a few years ago, it has everything —including not only foreboding Moroder stuff, but the dance pop/Debbie Harry/"She's on Fire"/Latin shit— and that approach is what I would want from Blade Runner.
― veronica moser, Monday, 25 March 2024 19:13 (one month ago) link
Well, I'm glad I have that 2007 set -- I view a lot of the bonus/'new' stuff on the third disc as just interesting elaborations/interpretations, why not -- but if the link I posted back in 2019 above still works, I'd snag that for sure.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 25 March 2024 19:30 (one month ago) link
well, define "flawed"
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Monday, 25 March 2024 19:36 (one month ago) link
it's good
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 25 March 2024 19:45 (one month ago) link
flawed in the sense that the 2007 set doesn't include every recording vangelis made for the film, when it would seem that a release that does include every recording vangelis made for the film, since his score is universally regarded as among the best film scores ever made, would be warranted…
― veronica moser, Monday, 25 March 2024 19:56 (one month ago) link
wouldn’t that be an audio release and not a blu-ray? I get that bundling the score/soundtrack would be nice but that’s an outlier on video releases
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 25 March 2024 20:02 (one month ago) link
OK yeah, in that sense (being incomplete) it is flawed. what you want is called the esper MR3 edition of the soundtrack, which is a two-CD bootleg available online that is as complete a collection of what was actually recorded for the movie as exists. that is also included as the first two discs of the esper retirement edition... do not pay money for these, they're not too difficult to find online.
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Monday, 25 March 2024 20:33 (one month ago) link
Right, and I'll share this again! It's the link I just mentioned!
https://download-soundtracks.com/movie_soundtracks/blade-runner-soundtrack-complete-by-vangelis/
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 25 March 2024 20:38 (one month ago) link
(that said, I always end up returning to the 1994 CD version because it's what I grew up listening to and unlike the purists, I love the integration of dialog and SFX from the movie into the soundtrack and don't care that some of the stuff on the CD isn't from the movie at all... fans of Popol Vuh soundtracks laugh at the idea this is even to be expected)
― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Monday, 25 March 2024 20:42 (one month ago) link
Yeah I like that they kept that as the first disc on the 2007 set. It's a nice reimagining, and was definitely better than the original weird version.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 25 March 2024 20:48 (one month ago) link
I think I have about six reimaginings of the soundtrack that I downloaded eons ago. It was a thing people did in the early 00s
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 25 March 2024 20:49 (one month ago) link
Literally found out only a few weeks ago, thanks to this video, that there are some lingering shots of the photos on the piano which are missing from every other cut except the '82 theatrical.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK8gSbIaNhM
― piscesx, Monday, 25 March 2024 21:03 (one month ago) link
I was delighted to find about about the 'deckard is gaff' theory last week: https://steemit.com/cinema/@starlight8888/blade-runner-deckard-is-gaff
― gene besserit (ledge), Tuesday, 26 March 2024 09:22 (four weeks ago) link
I like it.
The part of fandom that comes up with little plot speculations you can tease out that are neither true nor false in the presented fiction is so much more fun than the people arguing that something is specifically true or false when the art left it intentionally vague
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Tuesday, 26 March 2024 14:12 (four weeks ago) link
Ha! I'm imagining Edward James Olmos reading it and nodding his head then pointing at his ipad going "this guy gets it!"
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 26 March 2024 15:39 (four weeks ago) link
that's a fantastic theory, i love it
― memphis milano: the new trend of the 80s (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 26 March 2024 16:03 (four weeks ago) link
Wonder if that plot strand made its way through by stealth from an earlier draft of the script?
― two-one-one-two (Matt #2), Tuesday, 26 March 2024 16:11 (four weeks ago) link
edward james olmos put an astounding amount of work into developing the character of gaff on his own - he even devised the polyglot 'cityspeak' that gaff uses himself! - so i think a lot of the stuff like gaff's limp came directly from him rather than being a planned script element
― memphis milano: the new trend of the 80s (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 26 March 2024 16:19 (four weeks ago) link
reminding me I never finished Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner Revised & Updated Edition
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Tuesday, 26 March 2024 16:22 (four weeks ago) link
that book was a bible to me as a teen
― memphis milano: the new trend of the 80s (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 26 March 2024 16:24 (four weeks ago) link