Tron: Legacy (soundtrack)

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All music is composed by Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo

Tron: Legacy
Tron Legacy Soundtrack.jpg
Album cover
Soundtrack album by
Daft Punk
ReleasedDecember 3, 2010 (2010-12-03)
Recorded2008–2010
Studio Air Lyndhurst Studios, London
Genre
Length58:44
Label Walt Disney
Producer
Tron music chronology
Tron: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(1982)		Tron: Legacy
(2010)		 Tron: Legacy Reconfigured
(2011)
Daft Punk chronology
Alive 2007
(2007)		Tron: Legacy
(2010)		 Tron: Legacy Reconfigured
(2011)
Standard edition [3]
No.TitleLength
1."Overture"2:28
2."The Grid" (featuring Jeff Bridges)1:37
3."The Son of Flynn"1:35
4."Recognizer"2:38
5."Armory"2:03
6."Arena"1:33
7."Rinzler"2:18
8."The Game Has Changed"3:25
9."Outlands"2:42
10."Adagio for Tron"4:11
11."Nocturne"1:42
12."End of Line"2:36
13."Derezzed"1:44
14."Fall"1:23
15."Solar Sailer"2:42
16."Rectifier"2:14
17."Disc Wars"4:11
18."C.L.U."4:39
19."Arrival"2:00
20."Flynn Lives"3:22
21."Tron Legacy (End Titles)"3:18
22."Finale"4:23
Total length:58:44
Special Edition bonus disc [20]
No.TitleLength
1."ENCOM, Part I"3:53
2."ENCOM, Part II"2:18
3."Round One"1:41
4."Castor"2:19
5."Reflections"2:42
Total length:12:53
iTunes Store bonus tracks [21]
No.TitleLength
23."Father and Son"3:12
24."Outlands, Part II"2:53
Total length:6:05
Amazon MP3 Download bonus track [22]
No.TitleLength
23."Sea of Simulation"2:41
Total length:2:41
Nokia Ovi Music Store bonus track [23]
No.TitleLength
23."Sunrise Prelude"2:50
Total length:2:50
Vinyl edition bonus tracks [46]
No.TitleLength
23."Sea of Simulation"2:42
24."ENCOM Part 2"2:18
25."ENCOM Part 1"3:53
26."Round One"1:41
27."Castor"2:19
28."Reflections"2:42
29."Sunrise Prelude"2:51
Total length:18:21
The Complete Edition [47]
No.TitleLength
23."Sea of Simulation"2:42
24."ENCOM Part II"2:18
25."ENCOM Part I"3:53
26."Round One"1:41
27."Castor"2:19
28."Reflections"2:42
29."Sunrise Prelude"2:51
30."Father and Son"3:12
31."Outlands, Part II"2:53
Total length:24:26

Personnel

Adapted from the Tron: Legacy soundtrack liner notes. [48]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for Tron: Legacy
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [78] Gold35,000^
France (SNEP) [79] Gold50,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [80] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [42] Platinum1,000,000‡

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Remix album

Walt Disney Records released a remix album of the score titled Tron: Legacy Reconfigured [81] on April 5, 2011. The album features remixes of selections of the film score by various artists.

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