The soundtrack to Disney’s 2010 remake, TRON: LEGACY, features music by French band, Daft Punk. The movie was actually cut to the soundtrack created by Daft Punk, instead of the soundtrack being composed during post-production, when the film is finished, as is the norm.
The duo, better known for their edgy electronic pop music, composed the film’s score after the director, Joseph Kosinski, and music supervisor, Jason Bentley, approached them with the request.
Thomas Bangalter, one half of Daft Punk, who also produced the soundtrack to the film Irréversible, stated "We knew from the start that there was no way we were going to do this film score with two synthesizers and a drum machine."
Described as having a mixture of orchestral and electronic elements, the soundtrack features an 85-piece orchestra, recorded at AIR Lyndhurst Studios in London. Joseph Trapanese arranged and orchestrated Daft Punk's score, and for two years the band collaborated with him on it, from pre-production to completion.
Daft Punk have cited Max Steiner, Bernard Herrmann, John Carpenter, Vangelis, Maurice Jarre and even Wendy Carlos, the composer for the original film, as inspiration for the soundtrack.
