Episode 25: Blade Runner

Art of the Score

Nicholas Buc

Education, Tv & Film, Music

5 • 624 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2019

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 25, we’ve seen things you wouldn’t believe. A guest synth expert to tell us all about the great Yamaha CS-80’s attack and delay, and the shoulders of its Orion filter envelopes. We’ve watched Vangelis glitter in the dark, near Wagner’s Tannhäuser Overture. All these moments will be recorded in time, on podcast recording equipment, and released online, like tears in rain. Episode notes: 3:20 – A special Art of the Score guest 4:57 – A history of Blade Running 12:21 – The Vangelis sound 16:34 – Sound design versus music 20:37 – The Blade Runner main theme 26:48 – Synth talk with Seja: the Yamaha CS-80 31:52 – Aftertouch 35:32 – Oscillators and ring modulators 40:22 – The pitch ribbon 43:20 – Seja recreates the Blade Runner theme 52:44 – Pronunciation fun with Dan 55:02 – Tears In Rain 56:51 – Blade Runner and the film noir sound, from Double Indemnity to L.A. Noire 1:10:33 – The Blade Runner Blues 1:14:34 – Rachel’s theme 1:19:15 – The Love theme 1:23:49 – The ‘ethnic’ influences on the score – Blush Response 1:26:22 – Tales of the Future 1:31:10 – Damask Rose 1:36:15 – One More Kiss Dear and Blade Runner’s world of jazz 1:40:11 – The End Titles We love to hear from our listeners – get in touch via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and if you like The Art of the Score, please take a moment to subscribe, rate and comment.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Art of the Score, the podcast that explores, demystifies and celebrates some of the greatest soundtracks of all time from the world of film,
0:21.3	TV and video games.
0:23.0	I'm Andrew Poxson.
0:24.2	And in each episode, we'll be joined by Daniel Golding and Nicholas Buck,
0:27.6	as we check out a soundtrack we love, break down its main themes,
0:31.3	explore what makes the score tick,
0:33.3	and hopefully impart our love of the world of soundtrans.
0:50.9	Thank you. and hopefully impart our love of the world of soundtrance. In episode 25, we get under the hood of the 1982 futuristic neo-noir world of Blade Runner,
0:59.0	a movie by Ridley Scott based on a novel by Philip K Dick, starring a young Harrison Ford and importantly featuring a synth heavy score by the legendary film composer Van Gellis.
1:11.6	Although Blade Runner left many moviegoers slightly confused at the time, it has gone on to be
1:16.6	considered a masterpiece of the genre, having influenced endless sci-fi films, games and literature
1:22.6	ever since. And what better year to celebrate such an iconic score than in 2019, the year that Blade Runner is actually set.
1:31.0	I can't wait to buy my new spinner tomorrow.
1:33.3	And joining me, as always, is writer-critic composer, university lecturer, host of the ABC screen sounds and man who recently passed his Void ComComft test, though I want a second opinion,
1:46.3	can you please welcome Dr. Dan Golding.
1:49.8	Look, there is nothing wrong with my capillary dilation of the so-called blush response.
1:55.5	I think, you know, you'll find that my Voicamp is all in order.
1:59.6	I think, yeah, this is going to be an interesting, a different direction for our episodes.
2:05.1	And I think it will be a really nice change of pace.
2:07.9	I love the score.
2:08.9	So, yeah, it'll be a great one to talk about.
2:10.7	Absolutely.
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