Paragraph Reviews 11/29/10
Music, Movies, Television, etc. Pop culture reviews for the short-attention-span Internet age.
Daft Punk – Tron Legacy Soundtrack
When I heard back in February Daft Punk were doing the music for Tron, I was immediately excited – new Daft Punk? Awesome! In retrospect I don’t know why I thought producing a score for a Disney sci-fi film would sound anything like Discovery, and inevitably it doesn’t. That doesn’t mean this hour-long soundtrack doesn’t have its moments – the sound is great, the French duo’s first stab at composing orchestral tunes is to be applauded, and the combination of strings with Daft Punk’s trademark house crescendo is simultaneously creepy and, well, cinematic. And there are even a couple bangers hidden in here too, reminiscent of the good ol’ Daft Punk. There just aren’t enough for my tastes. In the end, it’s just a film score.
Rating: 6