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Wendy Carlos wrote the theme for TRON – True

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Wendy Carlos composed the original score for the 1982 film *Tron*, including its main theme. The soundtrack is credited to her and released as the *Tron* Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.

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  • Tron (soundtrack) - Wikipedia

    All tracks composed by Wendy Carlos, except where noted. Chiptune artists 8 Bit Weapon released an 8-bit music tribute to the original Tron soundtrack. The tribute was made using vintage computers and video game consoles such as Commodore 64, Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Apple II, and Atari 2600. ... 1 2 Moog, Robert (November 1982...

  • Wendy Carlos - Wikipedia

    Its commercial success led to several more albums, including further synthesized classical music adaptations, and experimental and ambient music. She composed the score to two Stanley Kubrick films, A Clockwork Orange (1971) and The Shining (1980), and for Tron (1982) for Walt Disney Productions.

  • Tron - Wikipedia

    Tron was originally meant to be ... of 1982, but when chairman of the Disney board Card Walker found out the release date of Don Bluth's film The Secret of NIMH was in early July, he rushed it into a summer release to be able to compete with Bluth, and it ended up competing with films like E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Blade Runner and Poltergeist. The soundtrack for Tron was written by pioneer electronic musician Wendy Carlos, who is best ...

discogs.com
wendycarlos.com
  • Wendy Carlos Tron-News

    Look at Recent News Look at Older News · TRON has been remastered for CD, Disney #60748-7. Read the initial anticipatory report. New: Bonus Image and Description: Wendy's original sketch for main themes to TRON! New pdfs: Keyboard magazine articles on TRON

thequietus.com
  • Reissue Of The Week: Wendy Carlos' Tron OST | The Quietus

    Though Wendy Carlos’ legacy is often unfairly undermined, her newly reissued Tron soundtrack is more than a superficial artefact of ‘80s aesthetics; it’s a vital chapter in the development of the synthesiser unfolding right before your ears

gearspace.com
  • Daft Punk TRON Soundtrack | Gearspace

    Although I liked it ... wasn't as if anything Daft Punk did in the new film was THAT SPECTACULAR that all traces of the Wendy Carlos theme should have been expurgated (other than Jeff Bridges' impromptu rendition during a scene) ...

tron.fandom.com
  • Music in TRON | Tron Wiki | Fandom

    "Lightcycle Games" was originally meant to be played during the lightcycle sequence, but was removed. This track did not appear on the LP nor CD releases of the TRON soundtrack, but rather on Wendy Carlos' "Rediscovering Lost Scores Vol.

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