Comments on: Daft Punk To Score TR2N (Tron 2)

By: guest

guest — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:09:55 +0000

are you guys joking? a daft punk soundtrack would be INCREDIBLE. they've done soundtrack work before, and it wasn;t all loopy disco-house. this is going to be very cool.

By: synthhead

synthhead — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:09:59 +0000

I’m skeptical about the idea of a TR2N and about having Daft Punk score it – but it should at least be interesting to see what comes of this.

By: Torley

Torley — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:43:31 +0000

Daft Punk is a very marketable choice. They’ve got a keen ear for catchy samples, but virtuoso performers they aren’t.

So, it’ll be intriguing to see who else collaborates with them for their score — it seems unlikely they’d do it by themselves without an orchestrator or other talents skilled at less linear arrangement. A Carlos-Daft Punk blessed collaboration would be dreamy.

By: St. B from DEAD PANDA

St. B from DEAD PANDA — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:11:24 +0000

WTF? Disney is releasing sequels to both “Tron” and “Dark Crystal” (it’s true) DECADES after the originals came out? Perhaps someone with some creative talent took a look at their recent works and decided to rehash some of their classics. “Witch Mountain” is also being re-released, “Black Hole” is probably next. Maybe they can re-do “One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing”. As far as Daft Punk doing the soundtrack, I will wait and see/hear….

By: Connor Bevans

Connor Bevans — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:46:10 +0000

Not sure what to think here. The director (or Disney) felt that Daft Punk’s style (house, though it occasionally varies) would fit the film, but to me, having house in Tron doesn’t seem like much sense. I’d rather have something more like Benny Benassi, though I’ve not seen Tron in awhile.

Also, I agree with Alex, they’re not geniuses. They know how to produce, mix, spot samples, make songs, and they’re damn good at all of this, but there’s so many four beat loops that it’s a bit ridiculous. I hope they think “Voyager” or “Face to Face” when they sample, not “Robot Rock” or “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” (though HBFS is still a great song).

PS: I think we all (or at least most of us) can agree that we don’t want it (overall) to be like Human After All!

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:25:12 +0000

No one knows how the result will sound…Daft punk for me are not music geniuses. I love most of their tracks but i find it a little hard to accept the big usage of very long and clear samples in some, like they were djing in a club. They have a talent in production though, and much higher level of music and technology knowledge than most of “top” commercial djs.. On the other side, Wendy Carlos was a modern composer – not so radical IMO – and she knew how to use the technology of her age, to bring proper “new” timbres to her compositions. For 2011, i prefer Daft Punk. Carlos has stuck with a specific music genre, which is hard to fit in the futuristic era we live nowadays. I think that i don’t even liked Tron 1 soundtrack on the movie. It was a wonderful piece of music, but it wasn’t so proper for the specific movie…it didn’t sound “futuristic” IMO…

By: bez

bez — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:28:42 +0000

Reserve judgment? How about reserve it forever and keep it to yourself when you do hear it, and just enjoy it and everything else and shut the f-up. People just cant wait to judge shit.

Having said that, the original score sounds a bit dated these days, moog sounds have been flipped upside down since then. And this new Daft score will be a very important piece of music.

By: stretta

stretta — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:26:37 +0000

I will reserve judgement until I hear the result.

As far as the original soundtrack is concerned, I’d encourage everyone to refresh their opinion with a listen to the CD release. I can’t think of a better example of synthesis merged with orchestra.