4/5
Legacy
Disney really did it in 2010. Feeling before its time, of its time and ahead of it, the Mickey Mouse company released the digital delight of 'Tron: Legacy', the IMAX ready sequel to the 1982 cult hit that looked like a board game in relation to this videographers dream. The massive movie brought Jeff Bridges back (duuuude), de-aged him in classic CG, turned Olivia Wilde into an instant star, and character actor Michael Sheen into Ziggy Stardust. The iconic Lightcycle bikes in baby blue and their neon streams have now even inspired their own Disney World ride in Magic Kingdom's Tomorrowland. Like Garrett Hedlund, this legend making 'Legacy' looked great, and it sounded the part too. Thanks to an absolutely amazing, award nominated soundtrack from French electronic duo Daft Punk, mixing orchestra with their signature sound.
No matter how much you stay up all night for good fun, you can't get that lucky again, as the iconic Sia identity sparing chrome domes of these punks have been hung up. Now, the much-delayed and long-awaited, 'Legacy' sequel is almost here as October's very own, it seems like the Lightcycles have been knocked off the grid like Peter Griffin. Fifteen years later, 'Tron: Ares' has managed to bring Bridges back again, not to mention, the classic look of the '82 original. But that blue washing dark red hides some devil in their details. Leading man and star of the show Jared Leto ('Blade Runner 2049'), who also moonlights as the lead singer of Thirty Seconds to Mars, is clouded in a controversy and allegations of abuse and even more brutal behaviour. More than the movie, we hope these things aren't true, because no one should have to go through this. Buzz has picked up for this movie ever since the teaser trailer saw cop cars chopped in two and 'Past Lives' breakout star Greta Lee run away from a Tron battleship...on earth. The game has changed, as the music that won't stop has too.
Sounding familiar, but not Daft, right at the end of the trailer for this film that also stars Quicksilver Evan Peters and 'The X-Files' legend Gillian Anderson, we see a familiar logo in 'Ares' red. NIN. Yeah, those 'Fragile' industrial rockers are back in the new industry they've broken into. Nine-Inch Nails are heavy metal legends, but Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross got even more iconic when they started making music for movies. Breaking through with a clear and crisp sound that scored soundtracks for the likes of David Fincher and his 'Gone Girl' and 'The Social Network'. Now, the pair are everywhere and in everything in a formidable filmography that even rivals their definitive discography. And fresh off of the 'Ghosts' of 2020, the Nails are back to hammer down more legacy making music that honours both Daft Punk and the movie's signature style, all whilst finding their own lane. The 'Init' introduction gives way to a 'Forked Reality' fork in the road where this Nine-Inch takes its own instrumental direction. You can hear it in the 'Echoes' of what's to come. 'This Changes Everything'. Literally and figurately in song.
The atmospheric 'In The Image Of' takes you higher in Tron tones to a world above our reality. Whereas 'I Know You Can Feel It' could equally find itself on a regular NIN studio album. Singing, "Just like that, it began, appetite emotion/All alone, all in time, appetite emotion". Besides, this is a band whose, 'We're In This Together', hits made 'Avengers: Age Of Ulton' trailers. 'Permanence' feels exactly like that, before it's interrupted by the next infiltrating track. You can imagine '100% Expendable' playing as Ares shatters into pixels again and again. The 'Still Remains' lifting you up above the piano notes that strike a chord. They're 'Building Better Worlds' here and nothing sounds better, like nothing looks better than the amazing 'Ares' on screen, continuing 'Tron's' legacy. 'Target Identified' sounds like Nine-Inch Punk, just like 'What Have You Done?' sounds like Tron Inch Nails. There's more to come for this 'Ghost In The Machine', 'Out In The World'. Yet the real headliners come in the form of the hits. There's a big single ('As Alive As You Need Me To Be') and a beautiful collaboration with Judeline ('Who Wants To Live Forever'), but it's the influential instrumentals that are the most inspired. Even if the 'Shadows Over Me' fading this 24-track album to black tell us more. "(God) I've got a shadow over me/I am not what I appear to be/And I know that you believe in me/And it feels so real, and it feels so re-." This one fights for the users. TIM DAVID HARVEY.
Playlist Picks: 'As Alive As You Need Me To Be', 'Who Wants To Live Forever (Feat. Judeline)', 'Building Better Worlds'.
Spin This: Daft Punk - 'Tron: Legacy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)'.
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