Alternative Blade Runner 2049 Soundtrack

 

Being a science fiction & electronic music geek, it's no surprise that I'm a big fan of the soundtrack for the original Blade Runner film.  When I heard that they'd tabbed Johann Johannsson to do the score for the 2049 film I was very excited.  But then he was pulled from the project & replaced with Hans Zimmer.  While I've actually liked a few of Zimmer's recent scores, I wasn't overly impressed with his music for 2049.  It wasn't that I disliked it.  I think I was just disappointed that it wasn't Johannsson.

 

My son, however, liked the soundtrack much more than I did.  So much in fact that he went home after seeing the film, created his own track in the 2049 style and sent it to me the next day.  I was impressed with the track and immediately made plans for a Blade Runner mix.

 

The music here is a collection of tunes that sounds like it fit perfectly in Blade Runner 2049.  In searching for music I was happy to have rediscovered Xerrox, Vol. 2 by Alva Noto, such a great album.  I was also excited to find music and artists I'd not heard before like Ital Tek, Floating Machine & Island People.

 

Here's a link to my son's track which appears in the mix as track #3 - "Blade Running" by just a human.

 

https://soundcloud.com/axxmusic/blade-running-master/s-recEt 

 

 

Cheers!

 

 

T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    Alva Noto - Xerrox Moonphaser 2
• 05:00    Ital Tek - Jenova
• 10:10    just a human - Blade Running(unreleased)
• 12:18    36 - Black Future
• 16:05    Ryuichi Sakamoto - life, life
• 20:00    Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - The Same Dream
• 23:51    Floating Machine - Nowhere
• 30:40    Island People - vogelsang
• 35:25    Andreas Tilliander - Syncussion Discussion
• 40:10    Boards of Canada - Transmisiones Ferox
• 41:35    Arovane & Hior Chronik - Into My Own
• 45:35    Ryuichi Sakamoto - Fullmoon
• 47:30    Island People - from the sky
• 54:35    Alva Noto - Xerrox Moonphaser 1
• 61:40    end