Track Listing

1. Main Titles
2. Blush Response
3. Wait For Me
4. Rachel's Song
5. Love Theme
6. One More Kiss, Dear
7. Blade Runner Blues
8. Memories Of Green
9. Tales Of The Future
10. Damask Rose
11. Blade Runner (End Titles)
12. Tears In Rain

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18944 in Music
• Released on: 1994-06-21
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Original language: English, German, Japanese

Amazon.com
For years, the soundtrack to Blade Runner held legendary status among fans of Greek synthesist Vangelis. Except for a few cuts on the Themes compilation, it had never been released on vinyl or CD, although there was an orchestral version of the score. But in 1994, 22 years after Vangelis composed the dark, edgy soundtrack to director Ridley Scott's archetypal science fiction thriller, the music of Blade Runner came out in all its cybernoir glory.

Vangelis couched his electrosymphonic score in percussive rhythms and shadowed timbres. Effectively interpolating dialogue from the film, the CD moves from the threatening tension of "Blush Response" to the ethereal wordless vocal of Mary Hopkin over a water-drop synthesizer sequence on "Rachel's Song." A few tracks, notably "Love Theme" with Dick Morrisey's smarmy saxophone solo, drip with Hollywood sentimentality, but Vangelis quickly wipes that away with the hyperdrive of "Blade Runner (End Titles)." --John Diliberto

Customer Reviews

Love Theme
One of the great synth-based soundtracks of all time-I guess i'm a corny romantic type,but the love theme always gets through to me-to me,it's a beautifully inspired take on "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You"-I forgot who did that one.

A Must Have
If you have seen the movie, you already know. This is a must have. Vangelis wraps it up into a fine package with additional tracks that don't see the light of the film, but fit perfectly into the soundtrack. Buy it.

One of the Few Scores One Should Own
I'm not a great fan of movie scores, but this is an exception. Vangelis' style is perfectly suited to the movie, but the score is very listenable on its own, with cuts of movie dialogue between a few pieces, giving the whole thing unity. Most of the music is deep and well written, unlike that of other artists filed under "new age" in the record store, and tracks like "One More Kiss Dear" -- an homage to music of the 30s and 40s -- show variety of style. It is worth owning.