Tron [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

by Wendy Carlos

Overview

Though the film was important mostly for impressionable children, the original soundtrack to Disney's video game crossover movie Tron was a notable landmark in the synthesis of electronic and traditional orchestral music. Given a set of cues by the director, Carlos composed an electronic score for the movie, which was later overlapped with symphonic backgrounds by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the UCLA Chorus. Despite months of nagging problems in the combination stage, the result is an impressive score that fuses organic and electronic to such a degree that much of the score sounds of a piece. The explicitly electronic portions on tracks like "Tron Scherzo" and "Theme from Tron" are beautifully stilted examples of early-'80s sequencer trance with Carlos' soundtrack expertise still in fine form. ~ John Bush

Product Details

Release Date:	06/03/2022
Label:	Disney / Umc / Walt Disney
UPC:	0050087484392
Rank:	481038

Tracks

1. Creation of TRON
2. Only Solutions
3. We've Got Company
4. Wormhole
5. Ring Game/Escape
6. Water Music/Tronaction
7. TRON Scherzo
8. Miracle and Magician
9. Magic Landings
10. Theme from TRON
11. 1990's Theme
12. Love Theme
13. Tower Music: Let Us Pray
14. Light Sailer
15. Sea of Simulation
16. A New TRON and the MCP
17. Anthem
18. Ending Titles

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Wendy Carlos   Primary Artist,Synthesizer,Moog Synthesizer
Journey   Primary Artist
London Philharmonic Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Tron   Primary Artist
Martin Neary   Organ
Douglas Gamley   Conductor
Donn Weiss   Choir Director
Martin Neery   Organ

Technical Credits

Wendy Carlos   Engineer,Mixing,Arranger,Composer,Musician,Producer,Liner Notes
Jonathan Cain   Composer,Lyricist
Journey   Performer
Neal Schon   Composer,Lyricist
London Philharmonic Orchestra   Performer
Steve Perry   Composer,Lyricist
Jorge Calandrelli   Orchestration
Annemarie Franklin   Assistant
Steve Sterling   Design,Art Direction