Description
Tron: Legacy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album to the 2010 film of the same name, released on December 3, 2010. It is the only film score by French music duo Daft Punk.
The score of Tron: Legacy features an 85-piece orchestra, recorded at AIR Lyndhurst Studios in London, Daft Punk cited Wendy Carlos, the composer of the original Tron film, as inspiration for the soundtrack as well as Max Steiner, Bernard Herrmann, John Carpenter, Vangelis and Maurice Jarre. The soundtrack debuted at number 10 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with sales of 71,000 copies. This marked the duo’s first top 10 album/soundtrack in the United States. As of November 17, 2011, It has sold 588,000 copies in the US as of May 2013 and is certified gold in the UK. Tron: Legacy received an award for “Best Original Score” from the Austin Film Critics Association and was nominated for Score of the Year and Breakout Composer of the Year and won Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film by the International Film Music Critics Association. The soundtrack album was nominated for Best Score Soundtrack Album for Visual Media at the 54th Grammy Awards.
