Audio CD review:
Vangelis - Blade Runner

Vangelis - Blade Runner

Band: Vangelis Title: Blade Runner Rating: Release Date: 21 June, 1994 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 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

Editoral Review 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. For years, the soundtrack to Blade Runner held legendary status among fans of Greek synthesist Vangelis. 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 .. You can see a complete list of all Vangelis discography, or go back to the Vangelis tabs