Post by sharked98 on Feb 11, 2018 0:17:22 GMT
Blade Runner 2049 is a 2017 sci-fi thriller directed by Denis Villeneuve, written by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green, and starring actors Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford. The film is a sequel to the original 1982 film Blade Runner, and is set thirty years after the events of the first film. Despite underperforming at the box office, 2049 received widespread critical acclaim, and currently sits at an 87% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Originally, the film was set to have an original soundtrack by Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, who had previously worked with director Denis Villeneuve on his previous films, Prisoners (2013), Sicario (2015), and Arrival (2016), the latter two having been nominated for an Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Original Score respectively. However, Jóhannsson left during the making of the film, with his music being replaced by Hans Zimmer & Benjamin Wallfisch.
In an interview with William Mullally for news site Al Arabiya English, Villeneuve revealed why Jóhannsson was replaced:
“The thing I will say is that making movies is a laboratory. It’s an artistic process. You cannot plan things. Jóhann Jóhannsson is one of my favorite composers alive today. He’s a very strong artist.
“But the movie needed something different, and I needed to go back to something closer to Vangelis [Blade Runner (1982)'s original composer]. Jóhan and I decided that I will need to go in another direction—that’s what I will say. I hope I have the chance to work with him again because I think he’s really a fantastic composer.”1
In light of Jóhannsson's recent tragic death at age 482, I feel that the time is right for his original soundtrack to resurface in some form out of respect to the composer, whether it be featured as an optional audio track on a future DVD/Blu-Ray release, or as a standalone release on CD or Vinyl.
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Here are a few samples of some of the resurfaced tracks of Jóhannsson's original score:
1english.alarabiya.net/en/life-style/2017/09/28/EXCUSIVE-Villeneuve-reveals-why-he-wanted-David-Bowie-in-Blade-Runner-2049.html
2www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/02/celebrated-composer-johann-johannsson-dead-at-48
Originally, the film was set to have an original soundtrack by Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, who had previously worked with director Denis Villeneuve on his previous films, Prisoners (2013), Sicario (2015), and Arrival (2016), the latter two having been nominated for an Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Original Score respectively. However, Jóhannsson left during the making of the film, with his music being replaced by Hans Zimmer & Benjamin Wallfisch.
In an interview with William Mullally for news site Al Arabiya English, Villeneuve revealed why Jóhannsson was replaced:
“The thing I will say is that making movies is a laboratory. It’s an artistic process. You cannot plan things. Jóhann Jóhannsson is one of my favorite composers alive today. He’s a very strong artist.
“But the movie needed something different, and I needed to go back to something closer to Vangelis [Blade Runner (1982)'s original composer]. Jóhan and I decided that I will need to go in another direction—that’s what I will say. I hope I have the chance to work with him again because I think he’s really a fantastic composer.”1
In light of Jóhannsson's recent tragic death at age 482, I feel that the time is right for his original soundtrack to resurface in some form out of respect to the composer, whether it be featured as an optional audio track on a future DVD/Blu-Ray release, or as a standalone release on CD or Vinyl.
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Here are a few samples of some of the resurfaced tracks of Jóhannsson's original score:
1english.alarabiya.net/en/life-style/2017/09/28/EXCUSIVE-Villeneuve-reveals-why-he-wanted-David-Bowie-in-Blade-Runner-2049.html
2www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/02/celebrated-composer-johann-johannsson-dead-at-48
