Blade Runner is obviously one of the great sci-fi films of all time, with one of the best soundtracks of all time. As a testament to the staying power of Vangelis' work, we still have a artists today that mimic the sound of the Blade Runner score.
The recording that got me started on this mix is brand new from Crows Labyrinth called "Neon Scenes I: Granular Dreams". It's a longform generative ambient drone track with a lead synth that has a great Blade Runner vibe. You can find it here... https://crowslabyrinth.bandcamp.com/album/neon-scenes-i-granular-dreams
As soon as I heard that track I knew I had to create another Blade Runner mix. This is my fourth one. Here are the links to the others:
https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/alternative-blade-runner-2049-soundtrack/
https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/blade-runner-is-now/
https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/blade-runner-pop-soundtrack/
One thing that sets this mix apart from the others is that many of the tunes are very purposely trying to replicate the sound of the original soundtrack. Some cuts even use rain, voices and effects to mimic the feel. I added a bit of BR sound fx on a couple of tracks to reinforce the vibe. Most of the time though it's that lead synth sound that transports me right back to 1982.
Some folks may have a problem with current artists so blatantly aping a style and sound(some more than others here). But I don't care, I just love the overall sound and feel of these tracks.
Here links to the music used in this mix:
Soothing Sequencers by Paul Asbury Seaman
Maps Without Edges - 90s Tribal Ambient
Stranger Synths 2022
Tears in the Rain - A Tribute to Vangelis
Fractal Panorama - Guitar Space Rock
A Faint Resemblance - Tapes & Topographies mix
Space Requiem - A Tribute to Klaus Schulze
Totally Ambient
Severance - and alternative soundtrack
Listening in the Dark (Mystical Ambience #4) by Paul Asbury Seaman
International Piano Day 2022
rainfall meditation ’22
I dreamed I had to take a test...
The Power of Memory by Altus
Meditation Zone
Being Human by Fragile X
somewhere else by Michael McGarrity
Between These Breaths
Unfold the Universe
Hymns & Voices
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Irish Songs with Ken Murray
Immediately Kinfolk
Turned On
Resident by Hernan Cattaneo
Markus Schulz presents Global DJ Broadcast