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Vangelis’ film score for Blade Runner

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Re: Vangelis’ film score for Blade Runner

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I'm particularly fond of the soundtrack editions which overlay Vangelis' music with city background noise, bits of dialog, and other atmospherics from the appropriate scene:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3fz6CC45ok

I don't know what this version is properly called; however I used to listen to a similar (but shorter, perhaps one hour long) version called the 'Esper Edition'.

Give it a listen, while you read the article... or anytime.

Re: Vangelis’ film score for Blade Runner

#7
For anyone interested in the world of analog synths, now is the time to jump in. The hobby is starting to get affordable enough for everyone, but elitist enough that you'd be fooled into thinking that synth owners spend a lot of money on their hobby. Joking aside, the Yamaha CS-80 sound that built Vangelis' career is easily a $60,000 synthesizer today, but you can still get 90% the same sound from a $600 Behringer Deepmind 6. Both instruments are obviously respectable in their own rights (and perhaps detestable in others), but I think it represents a really hopeful trend for the future of electronic music. I still have a hard time believing that you can get several high-quality polyphonic, analog synthesizers for less than a grand.
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