Daft Punk have spoken about their new soundtrack for the forthcoming film 'TRON: Legacy'.
The reclusive French pair granted a rare interview to Dazed & Confused magazine, where they spoke about their hotly anticipated new project.
'As soon as we saw the filmmaker was not trying to copy the first [Tron movie], but expand it after almost 30 years, we thought it was interesting,' said Thomas Bangalter. “Then we questioned ourselves as to whether or not it was something we could actually do.
'The most pressure we feel is always from ourselves, even in a project like this. I think that is why we took so much time before we jumped on board, so we could guarantee our freedom and room for experimentation in this environment – it’s a dream factory. Hollywood is at the corner of imagination and industry.
'Coming from our background of making electronic music in a small bedroom, and ending up having our music performed by a 90-piece orchestra, with some of the best musicians in the world…We are lucky to have had the opportunity to experience some powerful moments artistically over the years, but recording this orchestra was a very intense experience.'
On the subject of their new orchestral direction, Bangalter added: 'A cello was there 400 years ago and will still be here in 400 years. But synthesizers that were invented 20 years ago will probably be gone in the next 20. Synths are a very low level of artificial intelligence. Whereas you have a Stradivarius that will live for a thousand years. In the past, we have worked with clashing genres like disco and heavy metal, and here we would do it with film scores…this idea of the ultimate retro-futurism.'
Tron Legacy is out in cinemas December 17th.
