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      Agreed. I’m seeing them in a month or so, which is exciting as I figured they’d never tour again.

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    Found out about this on !cyberpunk@lemmy.zip. In their neverending thirst for increased profits, Disney decided to extend the Tron franchise again, and Trent’s been making some award-winning soundtracks recently, so…

    The song’s standard-issue NIИ. Kinda makes sense: if you think about the best songs on the Not the Actual Events / Add Violence / Bad Witch EPs, they’re not the sort of thing that Disney would let them put in a movie. Or maybe this is just the “hit single” and the rest of the soundtrack’s more inventive. Also, the song sounds pretty good when it’s mixed in with the movie preview. Unfortunately the movie looks pretty mediocre – I mean it’s got the guy from Morbius ffs… and the plot seems totally predictable…

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      Yeah, Trent is fine. I’m not going to have a major objection to him. Though I was hoping that they would continue the vibe that daft punk put up. You’re not going to get any more fitting soundscape than something like they did. Then of course it’s a shame how Disney did daft punk.

      Though honestly I was hoping they might pick up a few lesser-known artists. Dance with the dead, midnight danger, Carpenter Brut. I mean listen to this track and tell me you don’t hear light cycle race all over it.

      And yeah I’m not sure what charm Jared Leto ever used to have. But at this point he’s kind of kiss of death for any project.

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        That Carpenter Brut song would definitely work well for something Tron adjacent as would a lot of synthwave style stuff. I wouldn’t mind seeing some aggressive chiptunes stuff like MASTER BOOT RECORD included too.

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          Oh definitely. Not that Trent is inappropriate. But I think Disney is pulling him more for name recognition than anything else. Which in my view at least does not bode well for the film. Along with all the other bad omens. Disney’s been on a streak of horrible decisions. Which is sad to see. As the original Star Wars and Tron or some of the first movies I saw in theaters as a child. And some of my favorite.

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            I have always loved to answer Tron when people would ask me what is my favorite Disney movie. I suspect that Disney is very aware that Daft Punk’s involvement contributed to the success of Tron: Legacy and pulled in NIN to try to duplicate the magic. I don’t necessarily think it will work, but I am not said for the new NIN.

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              Oh it was very mutual for Disney and daft punk. People like myself have had Daft Punk albums since the early 90s. While everyone was asking who was under the helmets. We already knew. And had followed them since before they formed Daft Punk. But for your average lay person. Tron legacy is what really introduced them to daft punk and caused them to blow up even bigger. Not that they didn’t deserve it.

              Legacy in the time it was made, had plenty of time to cook and get things just right. By all rights, Aries should have as well. But the Disney today is not that Disney.

              From the little I’ve read they are doing this more as a semi reboot been a continuation. Which is a definite mistake in my estimation.

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              Yes only time will tell. They really should have stuck with it after the 2010s film. All the hype around it. Everything was primed for a sequel. But then they got cold feet and questioned themselves. Even SL was Awash in cybergoth/ Tron related things at the time.

              Now without some of the cast coming back from what I heard. More than a decade after all the hype died down Etc. It’s definitely hard to get hyped for it.

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          MBR kills it! I also dig LukHash, it’s like they were made for a Tron soundtrack… I think Disney was making some Tron-related series, they definitely oughta put some of those artists on there…

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            I’m not familiar with LukHash, but I’ll give them a listen later. Thanks!

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    I wonder how much extra Disney paid to have Trent use NIN for name recognition vs Trent and Atticus, or if it was a decision by Trent to use NIN. I love NIN, but I think him and Atticus would have made more of a signature sound for the movie, kind of like what Daft Punk did.

    I’ll wait until I hear more tracks release to really feel the vibe.