Did the music make "Blade Runner"?

[UndertheOcean]

I think , without the music we won't be hearing about the movie today.

[Dr Fate]

1. I like the music - but I've heard people say it dates the movie...

To me, the sets are what makes the movie.

They still can't quite match models withthe CGI (but they are getting close)

[Orrex]

2. The music does very little for me. It's too Chariots of Fire IMO

And it definitely dates the film, as much as Rachael's prodigious shoulder pads.

[RoyGBiv]

3. I barely remember it ...

So, I guess "no" for me.

[baldguy]

4. Deckard is a Replicant.

And Roy Batty is the hero.

[Lorax7844]

5. I think the awesome story, acting, script, sets, and music make the movie

Roy's scene at the end is one of the deepest scenes in movie history.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

10. I heard he ad-libbed the "Tears in rain" speech.

[Frank Cannon]

6. It's a gesamtkuntzwerk

Just about everything in it is perfect for the story that the movie tells.

[Orrex]

8. No need to use profanity

And I don't accept that everything in the film is perfect, not even for the story it tells.


It's still damn good, though.

[Frank Cannon]

18. It's my favorite movie of all time

Sorry about the swearing. I'm too lazy to Google gesamtkunstwerk.

[Orrex]

7. Deckard is not a Replicant.

But Roy Batty is the hero.

[CBGLuthier]

9. Of Course it did

And so did the voice over dialog, screw you Ridley Scott.

But, I am a major Vangelis (and other electronic music) fan so I may be biased. The love theme is a timeless classic and the end title music is a personal favorite.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9KAqhbIZ7o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAwo7DPUFUM

[Orrex]

14. Ugh! The voiceover was terrible!

I understand that it was an homage to noir voiceovers, but that's no excuse. It served no purpose but to give information that was either irrelevant or redundant.

Scott is wrong about many things, not least his mistaken belief that Deckard was a Replicant, but he was exactly right to remove the voiceover.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

15. Scott did NOT want the voiceover.

It was something the studio forced him to do- typical "dumb it down so the morons in the audience don't feel left out" bullshit.

Scott removed it for the Director's Cut.

[CBGLuthier]

17. Yes, I know, I don't care

I agree some of it, most of it even, was bullshit lame exposition, but I still like the semi=noir feeling it gave the movie.

I think there is a compromise version that would be superior with some of the voiceover, remove the happy ending and stop trying to prove Decker was really a replicant "all along."

I am not an adherent to the auter theory for directors. I believe film is a collaborative medium and writers deserve more credit than directors.

That said, some directors are "auters" for certain but I don't include Ridley Scott quite in that hallowed group. If he had made more intelligent, quality films like The Duelists I might feel differently about his work.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

11. No, we would definitely still hear about it.

It's one of the most influential movies of the last 30 years, even sans music.

[bridgit]

12. Production Design killed the radio star

[Swede]

13. The music was secondary or thirday to the story.

IMO.

[surrealAmerican]

16. Are you forgetting how visually stunning that film was?

[Forkboy]

19. I think that's pretty silly.

[dysfunctional press]

20. vangelis did some GREAT movie scores...

'opera sauvage', used in 'the year of living dangerously' is still my favorite, though.

[Lethe]

21. the music was a huge part of the movie

vangelis's music is not really dateable.

i'm not really sure if i could have received the full impact of the movie without the music.

the people who are saying that the music dates the movie....thats pretty ridiculous. It was quite fantastic, and not at all trendy. It's in the same category as Tangerine Dream or Kraftwerk, it sounds as fresh and moving as it did back then.

The opening synthesizer sounds are nothing short of fantastic, it still gives me chills. Memories of Green is a modern masterpiece. How do you react when you realize you are not real?



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg0cmhjdiLs