Blade Runner (film score)

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Blade Runner (film score) is Vangelis’s influential, atmospheric electronic soundtrack for the 1982 science fiction film Blade Runner, renowned for its moody synth textures and enduring impact on film music.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf film score
soundtrack album
associatedWithAesthetic cyberpunk
neo-noir
associatedWithGenre science fiction cinema
basedOn Blade Runner (1982 film)
composer Vangelis
countryOfOrigin Greece
criticalReputation highly influential film score
landmark of electronic soundtrack music
directorOfRelatedWork Ridley Scott
featuresVocalist Demis Roussos
Mary Hopkin
genre ambient music
electronic music
film score
synthesizer music
hasAnniversaryEdition 25th anniversary 3-CD set
hasFanRelease bootleg editions prior to official album
hasTheme noir-influenced jazz elements
romantic saxophone love theme
hasTrack Blade Runner Blues
End Titles
Love Theme
Main Titles
Memories of Green
Tales of the Future
influenced cyberpunk film music
electronic film music
neo-noir film scores
label Atlantic Records NERFINISHED
EastWest Records
Warner Music
language instrumental
notableRelease Blade Runner Trilogy, 25th Anniversary (2007 box set)
Blade Runner: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1994 album)
originalReleaseYear 1982
partOfFranchise Blade Runner franchise
performer Vangelis
primaryInstrument synthesizer
publisherOfSheetMusic various film music publishers
recordedFor Blade Runner (1982 film)
style atmospheric
moody
synth-heavy
usedIn director's cut of Blade Runner
final cut of Blade Runner
theatrical cut of Blade Runner
usesInstrument Yamaha CS-80 synthesizer

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou
Vangelis
notableWork
Nemo Studios ("Blade Runner (soundtrack)")
associatedWith
Blade Runner (film score) ("Blade Runner Blues")
hasTrack
Blade Runner (film score) ("Blade Runner Trilogy, 25th Anniversary (2007 box set)")
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