Tron:Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album for the 1982 film of the same name,composed by Wendy Carlos with two additional musical tracks performed by the band Journey. The album was released on July 9,1982,the day of release of the film.[2]
The soundtrack for Tron was written by pioneer electronic musician Wendy Carlos,who is best known for her album Switched-On Bach and for the soundtracks to many films,including A Clockwork Orange and The Shining. The music,which was the first collaboration between Carlos and her partner Annemarie Franklin,[3] featured a mix of an analog Moog synthesizer and a CrumarGeneral Development System (GDS) digital synthesizer. The GDS was one of only ten made. The non-electronic pieces were performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra (hired at the insistence of Disney,which was concerned that Carlos might not be able to complete her score on time). Two additional musical tracks were provided by the band Journey after British band Supertramp pulled out of the project.[citation needed]
Shortly before the release of Tron,Walt Disney Productions replaced the second part of the ending title's score with the song "Only Solutions". This was done after the soundtrack album was already completed,so the soundtrack album features Carlos' complete piece for the end titles. As one of the special features on the 2002 2 disc 20th anniversary DVD and Blu-ray versions of the film,a version of the end titles is presented with Carlos' score intact.
Shortly after Tron's theatrical release,Carlos said in an interview that she was not happy with the use of the orchestra,saying that her music,with its variable time signatures,was too difficult to perform in the time they were allotted. She would end up replacing portions of the orchestral performances with GDS performances.[3]
For years,the soundtrack was unavailable on CD,originally due to a dispute between Carlos and CBS Records.[citation needed] Carlos later discovered that the original master tapes were in need of tape baking due to sticky-shed syndrome. This process was finally undertaken just prior to digital release in 2018.
1 2 Moog, Robert (November 1982). "The Soundtrack of TRON"(PDF). Keyboard Magazine: 53–57. Archived from the original(PDF) on December 2, 2010. Retrieved July 16, 2009.
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