Blade Runner Soundtrack LP (180g Vangelis)

“Blade Runner,” as a film is both a film-noir/detective story and an epic, philosophical exploration of what it means to be human.  As such, the film calls for a soundtrack that can be described as not only intimate and lonely, but also grandiose and sweeping. In addition, the cyberpunk aesthetic central to the artistic composition of the film must be maintained in the score. The score ends up being a synthesis of jazz, classical music, cyberpunk electronica and Middle Eastern music. Vangelis was able to match the visuals and themes of the film beat for beat through the combined use of traditional film noir instrumentation and the decidedly non-traditional Yamaha CS-80 synthesizer. -- Hamza Ali Zahurullah