{"id":2084304,"date":"2026-08-08T21:28:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2084304"},"modified":"2026-08-08T21:28:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:28:20","slug":"daft-punks-thomas-bangalter-says-writing-the-score-for-tron-legacy-was-depressing-and-limiting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2084304","title":{"rendered":"Daft Punk\u2019s Thomas Bangalter says writing the score for \u2018Tron: Legacy\u2019 was \u201cdepressing\u201d and \u201climiting\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/daft_punk_tron.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Daft Punk\u2019s Thomas Bangalter says writing the score for \u2018Tron: Legacy\u2019 was \u201cdepressing\u201d and \u201climiting\u201d<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The 2010 Disney sci-fi film contained the duo&#8217;s first ever movie soundtrack\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Max Pilley<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-08-08T22:28:20+01:00\">8th August 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/daft_punk_tron-696x442.jpg\" alt title=\"Walt Disney Pictures \"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Daft Punk at Walt Disney Pictures &#8220;Tron: Legacy&#8221; World Premiere at the El Capitan Theatre on December 11, 2010 in Hollywood, California.  (Photo by Eric Charbonneau\/WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Daft Punk\u2018s\u00a0Thomas Bangalter\u00a0has said writing the score for\u00a0<i>Tron: Legacy<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i>was a \u201cdepressing\u201d and \u201climiting\u201d experience.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1298\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/b><b>The enduring influence of Daft Punk: \u201cThey gave off this attitude of not giving a fuck\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The musician and producer reflected on working on the 2010\u00a0Disney\u00a0film during a recent episode of\u00a0<i>The A24 Podcast<\/i>, in conversation with\u00a0Dev Hynes, aka\u00a0Blood Orange.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>He explained that director Joseph Kosinski \u2013 who went on to make\u00a0<i>Top Gun: Maverick <\/i>and <i>F1<\/i>, had expected Daft Punk to create an entirely electronic score, but Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo actually wanted to use the opportunity to work with a full symphony orchestra.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInitially, he was like, \u2018Oh no I want you guys to do a full electronic score\u2019,\u201d Bangalter said. \u201cBy that time, I\u2019d done that music for 15 years, [so I said], \u2018No, we\u2019re going to Hollywood. We\u2019re gonna use <i>Fantasia<\/i>. Like,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0Disney.\u00a0So\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0like a full\u00a0orchestra\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Devont\u00e9 Hynes (Blood Orange) &amp; Thomas Bangalter (Daft Punk) | The A24 Podcast\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uhkGCBS1s4A?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>He said\u00a0he spent months working on synth tones for the\u00a0score, but\u00a0making it fit with the film was a huge challenge. \u201cThe problem was that when we started to experiment with picture, anything that was\u00a0in the medium range,\u00a0frequency-wise, would conflict with dialogue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was so limiting to feel like, \u2018Oh\u00a0yeah, I have all these ideas about things that we can really make music. But the whole thing about film score music is to take a step back and have the\u00a0performance\u00a0and not be in the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s always very depressing, actually, when you have all these\u00a0ideas ,\u00a0and you say, \u2018OK, I\u2019m\u00a0gonna\u00a0bring that\u2019, and you end up almost having to go back to a more traditional way of doing it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Overture - Daft Punk \u200e- TRON: Legacy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cNK5xSs_A28?list=PLue_k3rjMkaAxEHRjNCdjL5XVJUsUU0Sx&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>\u201cThe tradition is not just\u00a0rules.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0sometimes,\u00a0like,\u00a0common sense.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0the idea of saying, \u2018OK,\u00a0yeah, you know, we tried that, and it\u00a0doesn\u2019t\u00a0work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<i>Tron: Legacy\u00a0<\/i>soundtrack was Daft Punk\u2019s first full film score, and at the time, Bangalter called it \u201cby far the most challenging and complex thing we have ever been involved with\u201d.\u00a0A complete edition with previously unavailable tracks was released for the film\u2019s 10th anniversary in 2020, and\u00a0a vinyl reissue followed a year later.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p><i>NME\u00a0<\/i>gave Tron: Legacy a two-star review, writing: \u201cNow it\u2019s been rebooted, it is unlikely <i>Tron<\/i>\u00a0fans will have to wait another three decades before they see a third instalment in the saga. Yet however quickly the third movie does\u00a0comes\u00a0around, by the time it does, the aforementioned fans might\u00a0realise\u00a0they\u2019re not quite as keen on\u00a0<i>Tron<\/i>\u00a0as they might have thought they were.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daft Punk, meanwhile,\u00a0split in 2021 after 28 years, and earlier this year,\u00a0Bangalter ruled out a reunion as there were still \u201cother things to explore\u201d outside of the duo. 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We\u2019re gonna use <i>Fantasia<\/i>. Like,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0Disney.\u00a0So\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0like a full\u00a0orchestra\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Devont\u00e9 Hynes (Blood Orange) &amp; Thomas Bangalter (Daft Punk) | The A24 Podcast\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uhkGCBS1s4A?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>He said\u00a0he spent months working on synth tones for the\u00a0score, but\u00a0making it fit with the film was a huge challenge. \u201cThe problem was that when we started to experiment with picture, anything that was\u00a0in the medium range,\u00a0frequency-wise, would conflict with dialogue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was so limiting to feel like, \u2018Oh\u00a0yeah, I have all these ideas about things that we can really make music. But the whole thing about film score music is to take a step back and have the\u00a0performance\u00a0and not be in the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s always very depressing, actually, when you have all these\u00a0ideas ,\u00a0and you say, \u2018OK, I\u2019m\u00a0gonna\u00a0bring that\u2019, and you end up almost having to go back to a more traditional way of doing it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Overture - Daft Punk \u200e- TRON: Legacy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cNK5xSs_A28?list=PLue_k3rjMkaAxEHRjNCdjL5XVJUsUU0Sx&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>\u201cThe tradition is not just\u00a0rules.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0sometimes,\u00a0like,\u00a0common sense.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0the idea of saying, \u2018OK,\u00a0yeah, you know, we tried that, and it\u00a0doesn\u2019t\u00a0work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<i>Tron: Legacy\u00a0<\/i>soundtrack was Daft Punk\u2019s first full film score, and at the time, Bangalter called it \u201cby far the most challenging and complex thing we have ever been involved with\u201d.\u00a0A complete edition with previously unavailable tracks was released for the film\u2019s 10th anniversary in 2020, and\u00a0a vinyl reissue followed a year later.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p><i>NME\u00a0<\/i>gave Tron: Legacy a two-star review, writing: \u201cNow it\u2019s been rebooted, it is unlikely <i>Tron<\/i>\u00a0fans will have to wait another three decades before they see a third instalment in the saga. Yet however quickly the third movie does\u00a0comes\u00a0around, by the time it does, the aforementioned fans might\u00a0realise\u00a0they\u2019re not quite as keen on\u00a0<i>Tron<\/i>\u00a0as they might have thought they were.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daft Punk, meanwhile,\u00a0split in 2021 after 28 years, and earlier this year,\u00a0Bangalter ruled out a reunion as there were still \u201cother things to explore\u201d outside of the duo. They were still heard a lot this summer, though, as their track \u2018One More Time\u2019 was France\u2019s\u00a0official goal music at the FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/daft-punks-thomas-bangalter-says-writing-the-score-for-tron-legacy-was-depressing-and-limiting-3961536&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/daft_punk_tron.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News Daft Punk\u2019s Thomas Bangalter says writing the score for \u2018Tron: Legacy\u2019 was \u201cdepressing\u201d and \u201climiting\u201d The 2010 Disney sci-fi film contained the duo&#8217;s first ever movie soundtrack\u00a0 By Max Pilley 8th August 2026 Daft Punk at Walt Disney Pictures &#8220;Tron: Legacy&#8221; World Premiere at the El Capitan Theatre on December [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,78],"class_list":["post-2084304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nme-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2084304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2084304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2084304\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2084304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2084304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2084304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}