


Kosinski also told MTV.com that the duo were big fans of the original TRON, and that their initial meeting “was almost like they were interviewing me to make sure that I was going to hold up to the TRON legacy.” It wasn’t until 2008 that the pair was finally done touring and were able to take part in the film’s production, where they worked alongside composer Joseph Trapanese and music supervisor Jason Bentley. That doesn’t mean that the film wasn’t a hit with many fans, as it was, but one of the things that is universally loved and celebrated about TRON: Legacy is its amazing soundtrack, composed by Daft Punk.įirst approached in 2007 by the film’s producers, Daft Punk was picked the film’s director, Joseph Kosinski, because “rather than going with a traditional film composer, I wanted to try something fresh and different.” Kosinski was also interested because of their work on side projects like their film, Electroma. The film was met with mixed reviews upon its debut, mostly praising the beautiful visuals and production design, but sharply criticizing the characters and story. Sam, his father, and a mysterious program named Quorra (Olivia Wilde) all must now escape whilst stopping his father’s creation, Clu, from leaving the digital realm and invading the real world. At his dad’s old arcade, where the message came from, Sam finds himself in his father’s hidden office booting up his dad’s computer system, inadvertently beaming him into “The Grid,” where his father has been trapped for decades. The film follows the adult son of Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), Sam (Garrett Hedlund), who responds to a cryptic message from his long-lost father that was sent to Kevin’s old friend, Allen Bradley. TRON: Legacy, the long-awaited sequel to 1982’s TRON, was released after much fanfare and hype (especially from the Comic-Con crowd) in 2010. With today’s news of the split of French electronic musical duo, Daft Punk, I thought it would be fun to take a look at what is likely their biggest contribution to Disney fans, the music of TRON: Legacy.
