Tron movie sequel coming!

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1982 was a pretty amazing year if you dug Sci-Fi.

ET. Bladerunner. Tron.

And now Tron gets a sequel.

I want to know about the new soundtrack, though. The original (by Wendy Carlos) had such a great interplay between analog synthesis and live orchestral score (provided by the London Philharmonic). Who would provide such a great musical metaphor for humans/machines these days?

Maybe BT? For my money nobody gets the marriage of human and machine better than Mr. Transeau. His recent 5.1 release, This Binary Universe (get it at Amazon), is breathtaking in it’s emotional depth, which is an accomplishment considering the man is aligning the sound of rain to a mathematical grid at times. But it’s those high-level, cpu-intensive-moments that balance the heart-wrenching and soul-dripping arrangements BT deftly manipulates into one cohesive work. Check out This Binary Universe in surround as soon as you can.

I could also make a case for Imogen Heap, if only for her stunningly perfect specimen of the humanization of technology, Hide And Seek (iTunes link). She manages to use only synthesis (with her voice and lyrics as an input source) to extract tears from my eyes every single time I hear that beautiful song. Could she do an entire movie score (I’m not aware of anything she’s done other than have her songs licensed in movies and television shows)? But imagine Ms. Heap paired with someone as emotive and orchestral as James Horner (who comes with a ton of sci-fi cred, having done Star Trek II and III, Cocoon, and the Academy-Award-Nominated score for Aliens), or Eliot Goldenthal. I like the sound I’m hearing in my head.

We have other votes from our studios here today (Old Man Malcolm and Kyle are exploring Logic together and Matt is putting the finishing touches on some new chilled out tracks for our production music catalog). We’re all vibing pretty hard on Justice and MSTRKRFT. Who could they pair with on the symphonic side to create a hybrid dream-score for the new Tron? Drop us your ideas in a comment below. [dh]