De Homem-Christo also stated that Tron was a strong influence on him as a child. It was a continual translation between the two worlds and hopefully we put something together that will be something different because of that.'Ĭommenting on the Tron: Legacy score, Guy-Manuel de Homem Christo commented that 'We knew from the start that there was no way we were going to do this film score with two synthesizers and a drum machine.” Daft Punk cited Wendy Carlos, the composer of the original Tron film, as inspiration for the soundtrack as well as Max Steiner, Bernard Herrmann, John Carpenter, Vangelis, and Maurice Jarre. We were just together working throughout the whole process and there was never a point where the orchestra was not in their minds and the electronics were not in my mind. I was locked in a room with robots for almost two years and it was simply a lot of hard work.

Trapanese cited the collaboration between the different genres to work out well in the end, stating: 'It seems complicated at the end of the day, but it’s actually quite simple. The orchestra was conducted by Gavin Greenaway. The band collaborated with him for two years on the score, from pre-production to completion. Daft Punk's score was arranged and orchestrated by Joseph Trapanese, who stated he is a fan of Daft Punk as a duo and as solo artists. Kosinski stated that the score is intended to be a mixture of orchestral and electronic music. The score of Tron: Legacy features an 85-piece orchestra, recorded at AIR Lyndhurst Studios in London. Noé had asked Bangalter to compose the soundtrack to the film Enter the Void, but Bangalter was working on Tron: Legacy at the time and instead served as sound effects director.

Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk had previously produced the soundtrack to Gaspar Noé's 2002 film Irréversible. When asked why he wished to work with the duo, Kosinski replied, 'How could you not at least go to those guys?' The film producers initially attempted to reach Daft Punk in 2007, but the duo had been unavailable due to their Alive 2006/2007 tour. Tron: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski and music supervisor Jason Bentley approached Daft Punk and requested that the duo compose the film score. It is the first film score by French music duo Daft Punk. The Tron: Legacy Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the 2010 film of the same name, released by Walt Disney Records on December 3, 2010.

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