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Creation of Tron

London Philharmonic Orchestra & Wendy Carlos

Tron is assembled, the TRON logo appears, and the camera flies into the logo.

1990's Theme

Playing in the background at Flynn's as a customer plays the Light Cycle game.

We've Got Company

The Recognizers come after Clu.

Laser Bay Theme

Wendy Carlos

Playing in the background at the laser facility when you meet Lora Baines and Dr. Walter Gibbs.

Only Solutions

Playing as Lora and Alan enter Flynn's arcade (and playing again five minutes later as they discuss breaking into Encom.)

Break In (For Strings, Flutes, and Celesta)

Playing as Flynn, Lora, and Alan break in to Encom.

The song starts as Flynn is breaking into Encom's system and continues during the transition to the digital world.

Ring Game and Escape

"Ring Game" starts as Flynn enters the Ring Game arena. "Escape" starts when Flynn, Ram, and Tron escape the Light Cycle game.

Water, Music, and Tronaction

Starts when Tron, Ram, and Flynn discover a pool of pure "energy" (water). Continues when they flee from the Light Tanks again.

Miracle and Magician

This song plays as Flynn re-energizes and steals a crashed Recognizer and ends after Ram derezzes.

Magic Landings

This song starts when Tron spots the I/O Tower and continues as Flynn flies the Recognizer and eventually crash-lands it.

Tower Music - Let Us Pray

"Tower Music" plays as Tron and Yori approach the tower. "Let Us Pray" plays while Tron communicates with his user.

The Light Sailer

Tron and Yori board and steal the solar sailer, fleeing from Sark.

Sea of Simulation

The solar sailer crosses the Sea of Simulation, eventually crashing. (A portion of the song is played at 1:11. The song restarts around 1:15.)

A New Tron and the MCP

"A New Tron" plays as you see Tron hiding while Sark exits. "The MCP" plays at 1:24 when Tron kills Sark and the MCP revives him.

After Tron defeats the MCP, this music plays as the landscape lights back up again and Flynn is returned to "the real world".

Ending Titles - Tron

Time-lapse image of the city as the sun sets, followed by the ending credits.

The second song played during the ending credits.

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Tron (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Although her adaptations of Bach compositions for the Moog won Wendy Carlos three Grammys for her 1968 album Switched-On Bach, it was her scores for A Clockwork Orange and The Shining that got her the job providing the soundtrack for Tron in 1982. What set this one apart from the others was the fact that it was the first recording to meld analog synthesizers with a large ensemble—in this case, the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Both songs by Journey are exceptional (especially the instrumental “1990s Theme”), as are such sweepingly different pieces as “Tron Scherzo,” where Carlos’ staggered tones rub against the grain of descending orchestral notes, and “Theme from Tron,” a (now) retro-future contrast that has aged as well as Vangelis’ score for Blade Runner. Following its release, Carlos went on record to say she wasn’t happy with the recording because it was difficult to time the Moog’s oscillations with the signatures of the orchestra. But nobody since her has blended organic and modular tones as beautifully as on “Sea of Simulation.

July 9, 1982 21 Songs, 53 minutes ℗ 2001 Walt Disney Records

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Tron: legacy.

• Separate Ways Written by Steve Perry and Jonathan Cain Performed by Journey Courtesy of Columbia Records By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment
• Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Written by Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart (as David Stewart) Performed by Eurythmics Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Limited and The RCA Records Label By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
• The Son Of Flynn (Ki:Theory Remix) Performed by Joel Burleson

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Walt Disney Records (60748-7)

Release Date: 1982

Conducted by Douglas Gamley

Performed by The London Philharmonic Orchestra

Formats: CD, Digital, Vinyl

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Review: Tron

This review has been a long time in coming, due to both my procrastination, and the length of time it's taken for Tron to be released on CD (and properly on DVD). In the day, both the movie and the music were the seminal works of their time: one with groundbreaking animation and computer generated graphics and another integrating synthesized music with a full orchestra. Since its release in 1982, the movie has inspired many, from filmmakers, animators, and scientists all the way to musicians, designers, and artists. One of the more particularly innovative items from the film, the music, has been the one item languishing in obscurity. A "digital" film (in many respects), Tron had not had the advantage of releasing its music on the most popular format of today, that being a compact disc. Listeners in 1982 were treated to cassette tapes and vinyl LPs for their fix.

There were hopes of a release back in the early 1990's when composer Wendy Carlos was asked by Disney to re-master her surviving tapes for a collector's edition laser disc release. However, the only isolated example of her hard work was relegated to a section of the special features of the discs. Upon the rise of the Internet, I was able, under my own fruition, to contact Carlos's representatives and asked the status of the tapes, since Ms. Carlos has become quite expert at the fine art of "baking" master tapes. As it came to be, the Tron masters were some of the first bit of this work she had actually completed, however, there were rights issues with Disney (as it has been for many of their works by other composers for their films), and a future release was in legal limbo that would take more than a technical achievement to overcome. Fast forward a decade or so, and, according to Ms. Carlos, Disney called out of the blue about preparing a release to accompany their special edition DVD set. No sooner said than done, we have the release that is the subject of this review, which, is the same as the LP released in 1982 (in content) plus three additional tracks.

For the casual listener, one could easily write the sound off as dated, due to the over saturation of electronics in modern (if you can call it that) music. However, to fans, and aficionados of classic "electronic" music (akin to comparing CDs versus LPs), one cannot overlook the warmth that analog synths bring to the overall atmosphere of the score. An interesting item mentioned in the liner notes (and on Carlos' website), is that the score was to be split along a full orchestra, representing the "analog" flesh and blood world, and the synthesizers, representing the "digital" computer world. The only superbly discernable crossover (outside of live percussion) between the two occurs during the "Creation of TRON", a blend of orchestra, chorus, and electronics, "Miracle and Magician" and "End Titles", which occur, coincidentally when the analog human world comes in contact with the digital computer world. At times, some of the pieces are dissonant in sound, but it helps provide a transition between some of the major melodies and overt passages in the score. However, if one looks back on Carlos' entire recording career, the solo works as well as the coverage of Bach, this approach wouldn't sound as strange as it may appear.

The most recognizable themes from the score (some of which even my co-workers have a penchant for humming incessantly all day at times) are from three pieces on the album, "TRON Scherzo", "Theme from TRON", and "The Light Sailer". Although the themes that comprise these three pieces do show up earlier in the score, these tracks represent a coming together of each musical idea (in correspondence to the plot progression) that had been given birth in other areas of the film. Carlos mentioned that she had intended two thematic motifs to be used: one a militaristic sounding theme, corresponding to the MCP and it's cohorts, and a second theme, based on love story between Tron (Bruce Boxleitner) and Yori (Cindy Morgan). Although there is a "Love Theme" track, the full theme is best realized during the "End Titles" piece where every major musical point is brought to a resolution. A nice touch on that track is the addition of the large pipe organ, which really acts as a successful middle ground between the synthetic and organic elements of the score.

The 20th Anniversary DVD set is truly worth the investments if you grew up admiring the film. For those that find the CGI special effects of today as something that has become second nature, it's also a history lesson as to how far we've come since those days. In fact, I purchased the latest advance in CGI animation the same day I picked up the DVD for Tron as a comparison, which was Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within . Both shared a few central ideological themes, but other than that they are entirely different films, both in look and feel as well as the technology. Tron sparingly used CGI effects since it took so long to generate even the most simple computer animation, whereas the latter film was completely computer generated, even down to the actors within. One could only wonder what will happen within the next 20 years. As for the music, one could say it's gone backwards, from introducing electronics in the production of film scores to add something unique, to where the more popular scores are completely generated within a computer (which I have a tendency to dislike). However, for Final Fantasy , composer Elliot Goldenthal chose the classic route with a full orchestra and very little, if any electronic support. You can use Tron as a history lesson, and example of a genre, or let it stand alone as it may, but I'm sure you'll find it as fun and as interesting as I have for the past 20 years. On a closing note, visit www.tron20.net on June 18th for a sneak peak at Tron: Killer App .

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Journey is an American rock band formed in 1973 by former members of the group Santana. They have gone through several phases, with their strongest commercial success occurring between the late 1970s and 1987.

In the TRON Films [ ]

Various songs by Journey have been used in both TRON films. In TRON , the song "Only Solutions" can be heard in the background at Flynn's Arcade while Kevin Flynn beats his previous high-score on Space Paranoids , and again during the credits. "1990's Theme", another song featured in the original film, plays in the opening sequence where the game Light Cycles is shown being played both from the point of view of the person playing the arcade game in the real world and the programs playing it inside the computer world.

In the scene in TRON: Legacy where Sam Flynn turns on the power to his father's abandoned arcade, the song " Separate Ways " begins to play. The same song can be heard briefly in the non-canon music video for " Derezzed ", where Daft Punk enters the arcade in a similar manner.

• Journey provided the two tracks for TRON after the British rock band Supertramp pulled out of the project.

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