Tron Legacy Test Footage and Daft Punk

There has been so much hype over the Tron sequel.  The movie finally has an official name, Tron Legacy, which is much better than the TR2N or Tron 2.0 titles that have been circulating.  And the “test teaser trailer” has hit the Internet with geeks drooling all over the footage.  The “teaser trailer” isn’t actually new. Some have already seen it at last year’s Comic-Con.  Apparently this footage is not in the film and was created to sell the film. If you haven’t seen it, well here it is.  Enjoy.

I thought that was fantastic. The sound effects and visuals are amazing.  I’m actually kind of glad to hear this film is joining the lame 3-D craze.  Please Disney don’t make it into some gimmicky 3-D theme park show, which I’m sure is how Alice in Wonderland will turn out.

Some other exciting news about this film is the score.  Earlier this year we learned the French electronica duo, Daft Punk has been signed to write the film’s music.  A rather interesting choice.  If I had to chose a composer, I would have picked the brilliant Thomas Newman.  Tron Legacy would have been a great addition to his already unique sounding scores.  Still, I love Daft Punk’s music. My high school years were filled with their funky beats and I continually listen to their albums.  But how will their score pan out?  I’m not quite sure, actually.  We’ll they provide songs to the film? With all of the high end sound effects, will their score be minimal and take a backseat? We’ll just have to wait, but in the meantime here is a small sample of their music.

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This next track particularly stands out to me.  I can definitely hear this type of sound in the “Tron” world.

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In any case, Tron Legacy is bound to be one unique film.  I sure hope the film lives up to the hype.